The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | E26 | ||
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| S1 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 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 | |||
| S2 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 7.0 | ||
| S3 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.2 | ||
| S4 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.0 | ||||
| S5 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 7.2 | ||
| S6 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.1 | |
| S7 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7.3 | ||
| S8 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 7.5 |
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"Groundbreaking warmth now viewed through a complicated lens"
The Cosby Show follows Heathcliff and Clair Huxtable, an obstetrician and a lawyer raising five kids in a Brooklyn brownstone, as they navigate school troubles, dating dramas, and family squabbles with patience and wit. It's gentle, low-stakes family comedy built on warm banter, sharp parenting one-liners, and genuine affection between the cast. The pace is unhurried and episodic, more about comfort and charm than plot momentum. It was groundbreaking for depicting an affluent, loving Black family on network TV, and that historical weight still shapes how it's watched and discussed today.
the effortless ensemble chemistry and its dignified, era-defining portrait of Black family life.
you can't separate the show from Bill Cosby's later criminal conviction and its shadow over the legacy.
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