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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S03E01 Bring 'em Back Alive
September 25 · 22min find the promo
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The Huxtable house is thrown into chaos after Rudy finds a snake in the basement.
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S03E02 Food for Thought
October 2 · 22min find the promo
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Clair challenges Cliff to not eat any salty food for the day. Denise leaves for her freshman year at Hillman College.
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S03E03 Golden Anniversary
October 9 · 22min find the promo
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Russell and Anna's 50th wedding anniversary. The family performs James Brown's "I Got the Feelin' " in this sequel to Season 2's "Happy Anniversary".
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S03E04 Man Talk
October 16 · 22min find the promo
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Although he has a steady girlfriend, Theo wants to start dating someone else.
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S03E05 Mother, May I?
October 23 · 22min find the promo
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After Clair specifically forbids her from wearing make-up, Vanessa, behind her mother’s back, does it anyways.
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S03E06 The March
October 30 · 22min find the promo
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Theo writes a report on the March on Washington. But gets a poor grade and is asked to redo his project. Much to his surprise, he learns more about the march from his family than he did from books. Meanwhile, Vanessa is worried about asking a boy to the turn-around dance.
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S03E07 Theo's Flight
November 6 · 22min find the promo
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Theo and Cockroach decide they want to learn to fly, but Cliff doesn't want to waste his money on another dream of his son's.
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S03E08 Vanessa's Rich
November 13 · 22min find the promo
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Friends call Vanessa a stuck-up, rich girl at school.
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S03E09 Denise Gets a D
November 20 · 22min find the promo
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Denise's college career starts with a D, but Denise is too scared to show her parents. Clair needs to rest in bed because of a pinched nerve.
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S03E10 A Girl and Her Dog
December 4 · 22min find the promo
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Rudy and Peter find a dog and attempt to take care of it without her parents knowing.
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S03E11 War Stories
December 11 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff and his father's friends play a challenging game of cards. Vanessa prepares to go to a skating party with a nervous date, Tyrone.
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S03E12 Cliff in Charge
December 18 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff is in charge when Clair leaves for 10 days.
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S03E13 Monster Man Huxtable
January 8 · 22min find the promo
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Although, Elvin and Sondra have made plans for the weekend, he helps Theo with some wrestling moves. He also reveals that he is thinking of asking Sondra to marry him.
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S03E14 Rudy Spends the Night
January 15 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff establishes the Huxtable Men's Club, when the women are away, to help Theo recover from his sadness over a lost date. Vanessa is very excited that big sister Denise is letting her go to the Village with Denise's college friends.
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S03E15 Say Hello to a Good Buy
January 22 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff buys a new car. Rudy cuts some animal pictures out of Cliff's expensive books for school. Watched by almost 65 million viewers when it originally aired, "Say Hello to a Good Buy" was the series' highest rated episode.
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S03E16 Denise Gets an Opinion
February 5 · 22min find the promo
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Denise has a blind date, but is really scared. So, she asks Theo to grade him for her.
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S03E17 Calling Doctor Huxtable
February 12 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff is called to the hospital for 3 deliveries.
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S03E18 You Only Hurt the One You Love
February 19 · 22min find the promo
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Rudy gets hurt from Theo's rough games. Also, Cliff learns that the woman who cleans up the Doctor's Lounge at the hospital (Rita Moreno) has been fired.
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S03E19 The Shower
February 26 · 22min find the promo
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Denise holds a bridal shower for her pregnant, bride-to-be friend, Veronica, but finds out some disturbing information.
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S03E20 Cliff's 50th Birthday
March 12 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff's 50th birthday has all kinds of surprises.
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S03E21 I Know That You Know
March 19 · 22min find the promo
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When Sondra and Elvin announce their engagement, Clair and the children use the news to play a practical joke on Cliff, who launches a counter-offensive of his own.
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S03E22 Andalusian Flu
April 2 · 22min find the promo
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While Cliff and Clair have the flu, Theo tries to keep the house going.
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S03E23 Bald and Beautiful
April 9 · 22min find the promo
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Cliff's Navy friend comes to visit. Cockroach shaves his head to be in a rock video.
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S03E24 Planning Parenthood
April 30 · 22min find the promo
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Clair's sister decides she wants to be a mother. Cliff takes Rudy and her friends out to eat at a fancy restaurant.
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S03E25 Hillman
May 7 · 22min find the promo
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The Huxtable family goes to Hillman College to attend a ceremony in honor of its president's retirement.