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.
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- Seasons
- 8
- Episodes aired
- 197
- Latest aired
- S08E24
- Total runtime
- 3d 1h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1984 – May 1985 24 episodes
- Season 2 September 1985 – May 1986 25 episodes
- Season 3 September 1986 – May 1987 25 episodes
- Season 4 September 1987 – April 1988 23 episodes
- Season 5 October 1988 – May 1989 25 episodes
- Season 6 September 1989 – May 1990 26 episodes
- Season 7 September 1990 – May 1991 25 episodes
- Season 8 September 1991 – April 1992 24 episodes
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S07E01 Same Time Next Year
September 20 · 22min find the promo
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Denise takes classes locally at Medgar Evers College, while Vanessa enrolls at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Rudy starts sixth grade. Olivia starts preschool.
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S07E02 Bird in the Hand
September 27 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff tries to win a classic jazz record at an auction, while filling in for Denise as volunteer parent at Olivia's preschool. Sullivan Walker as Dr. James Harmon.
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S07E03 The Last Barbecue
October 4 · 22min find the promo
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The Huxtable family erupts in a battle of the sexes after Theo suggests having a stripper at Martin's post-wedding bachelor party.
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S07E04 Period of Adjustment
October 11 · 22min find the promo
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Clair's teenage second cousin moves in with the family.
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S07E05 It's All in the Game
October 18 · 22min find the promo
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After Vanessa gets into a minor car accident and tries to cover it up, Cliff and Clair complain about the various small disasters the children have caused them, and the children fight back by complaining about ways Cliff and Clair have embarrassed them.
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S07E06 Getting the Story
October 25 · 22min find the promo
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Rudy and Kenny do a video project.
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S07E07 Just Thinking About It
November 1 · 42min find the promo
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Under pressure from her boyfriend to become sexually active, Pam considers using birth control.
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S07E08 The Infantry Has Landed (and They've Fallen Off the Roof)
November 8 · 22min find the promo
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Rudy gets her first period. Clair plans "Women's day" where she goes out alone with Rudy and answers any questions she has, but Rudy refuses to talk. Keith Diamond as Danny.
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S07E09 You Can Go Home Again
November 15 · 22min find the promo
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Seeking privacy, Denise and Martin decide to look for their own apartment.
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S07E10 It's a Boy
November 29 · 22min find the promo
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The husband of one of Cliff's patients worries that he will be a poor father because he has no athletic ability. After Pam breaks up with Slide, she and the class brain are attracted to each other.
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S07E11 Clair's Liberation
December 6 · 22min find the promo
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Clair enters menopause. She takes the news fine, but the kids treat her as if she's losing her mind.
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S07E12 It's Your Move
December 13 · 22min find the promo
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Elvin and Sondra help friends move during a football game.
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S07E13 Theo's Final Final
January 3 · 22min find the promo
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Theo will make the dean's list if he gets an A on his final, but a beautiful exchange student planning to leave the next day for Barbados distracts him. Vanessa A. Williams appears (now portraying Cheryl).
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S07E14 Attack of the Killer B's
January 10 · 22min find the promo
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Pam's grades have improved, but she worries that she will not be able to afford college.
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S07E15 Total Control
January 31 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff's patient and her husband are convinced that they are prepared for every scenario ... and then labor begins.
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S07E16 Adventures in Babysitting
February 7 · 22min find the promo
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Rudy begs Martin to let her babysit Olivia. Cliff and Dr. Harmon enter a pinochle tournament as partners ... and so do their wives.
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S07E17 27 and Still Cooking
February 14 · 22min find the promo
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To celebrate his 27th wedding anniversary with Clair, Cliff recreates the Callaloo Pot, a Caribbean restaurant where the couple dined on their honeymoon.
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S07E18 The Return of the Clairettes
February 21 · 22min find the promo
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An old friend of Clair visits, along with her husband. Rudy prepares for her first date.
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S07E19 No More Mr. Nice Guy
February 28 · 22min find the promo
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Theo's friend Denny thinks his girlfriend is cheating on him.
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S07E20 Home Remedies
March 7 · 22min find the promo
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When Olivia comes down with a cold, everyone (except Cliff) has a different home remedy to offer as a cure. Russell and Anna celebrate another wedding anniversary. Cliff, Rudy and Olivia perform Koko Taylor's "I'm A Woman".
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S07E21 Nightmare on Stigwood Avenue
March 21 · 22min find the promo
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Rudy has a nightmare about Olivia always getting her way.
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S07E22 There's Still No Joy in Mudville
April 4 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff goes bowling with his friends.
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S07E23 Cliff and Jake
April 11 · 22min find the promo
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Clair tries to prevent Cliff from buying a new appliance from his friend Jake.
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S07E24 Theo and the Kids (1)
April 25 · 22min find the promo
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Theo, who is majoring in pediatric psychology, begins an internship as a junior counselor at the community center; he soon suspects that one of the children there is dyslexic.
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S07E25 Theo and the Kids (2)
May 2 · 22min find the promo
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Theo continues his attempts to help Stanley and the other children at the community center.