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The Cosby Show | EpisodesRatings

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The Cosby Show

1984-19927.4 IMDbEpisode avg 7.18 seasons · 197 rated episodes

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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Last updated 6/6/2026

Episode Rating Grid

Rows are episode numbers, columns are seasons. Every rated cell shows its numeric score.

9.0+

8.0-8.9

7.0-7.9

6.0-6.9

5.0-5.9

Below 5.0

Unrated/missing

Ep

S1

S2

S3

S4

S5

S6

S7

S8

Avg

7.4

7.5

7.1

7.0

7.1

7.1

6.7

6.4

E1

8.0 7.5 7.2 7.5 7.4 7.8 6.9 7.3

E2

7.7 7.9 7.3 7.6 7.5 7.0 7.7 6.8

E3

7.2 8.2 7.5 6.5 6.9 7.7 7.5 6.5

E4

7.2 7.8 7.2 7.2 7.5 6.9 6.6 6.0

E5

8.2 7.6 7.2 7.4 6.8 7.4 7.1 6.5

E6

7.5 7.1 7.4 7.0 7.3 7.0 6.4 6.4

E7

7.0 6.9 7.3 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.5

E8

7.2 7.5 7.1 6.8 7.0 5.9 6.9 6.3

E9

7.7 6.9 7.0 6.7 7.5 8.0 6.6 6.5

E10

7.1 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.9 7.2 6.2 6.3

E11

7.3 7.8 7.0 6.9 7.2 7.0 7.1 6.4

E12

7.1 7.6 6.9 6.6 7.1 6.6 6.7 6.4

E13

7.3 7.6 7.0 7.1 7.2 6.8 6.5 5.8

E14

7.8 7.2 7.2 6.9 7.2 6.2 6.6 5.8

E15

7.4 7.5 7.3 7.3 7.3 6.7 6.9 6.1

E16

7.4 7.8 7.0 6.9 6.9 7.0 6.6 6.8

E17

7.7 6.7 7.1 7.4 6.7 7.2 6.7 6.5

E18

7.0 7.8 7.0 5.8 6.4 7.1 6.6 6.6

E19

7.2 7.5 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.9 6.4 6.3

E20

7.0 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.9 8.0 6.5 6.5

E21

7.3 7.3 8.1 7.2 6.8 7.5 6.0 6.4

E22

8.0 8.5 7.3 7.1 7.2 7.1 6.0 5.6

E23

6.4 7.8 7.2 7.0 6.6 8.2 6.5 5.9

E24

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7.3 6.7 7.1 7.5

E25

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E26

-

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Show Statistics

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Best episode

S2E22 Theo's Holiday (8.5)

Consistency score

90/100

Std dev 0.52

Rated episodes

197

32,076 total votes

Episode ratings timeline

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Top 3 episodes: S2E22 Theo's Holiday8.5 S1E5 A Shirt Story8.2 S2E3 Happy Anniversary8.2
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S8E22 You Can't Stop the Music (5.6)

Highest-rated season

Season 2 (7.5)

Lowest-rated season

Season 8 (6.4)

Average episode rating

7.1