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The Cosby Show

1984–1992 · 8 seasons · 197 episodes · Comedy, Romance

The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.

7.4IMDb · 39k votes

The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.

Best season: 7.5; Season 2. Weakest is season 8, at 6.5
Top episode: 8.5; S2 E22 · Theo's Holiday
Lowest episode: 5.4; S8 E22 · You Can't Stop the Music
Finale: 7.5; +0.4 against the show's 7.1 average

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IMDb rating of every The Cosby Show episode, by season and episode number
	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Episode 6	Episode 7	Episode 8	Episode 9	Episode 10	Episode 11	Episode 12	Episode 13	Episode 14	Episode 15	Episode 16	Episode 17	Episode 18

Season 1	8.0	7.7	7.2	7.2	8.3	7.5	7.0	7.2	7.7	7.1	7.3	7.1	7.3	7.9	7.4	7.4	7.7	7.1	7.3	7.0	7.4	8.0	6.4	7.6
Season 2	7.5	7.9	8.2	7.8	7.7	7.2	7.0	7.5
Season 3	7.3	7.3	7.5	7.2	7.2	7.4	7.4	7.1
Season 4	7.5	7.6	6.5	7.2	7.4	7.0	6.9	6.8
Season 5	7.4	7.6	6.9	7.5	6.9	7.3	6.9	7.0
Season 6	7.8	7.1	7.7	7.0	7.4	7.1	6.9	5.9
Season 7	7.0	7.7	7.5	6.6	7.1	6.5	6.7	6.9
Season 8	7.3	6.8	6.6	6.1	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.4