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Premiered

Thursday, September 24, 1987

Ended: Thursday, April 28, 1988

When does The Cosby Show Season 4 come out?

The Cosby Show Season 4 premiered Thursday, September 24, 1987 on NBC and ended Thursday, April 28, 1988. The season has 23 episodes.

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The Cosby Show Season 4 release schedule

The Cosby Show Season 4 episode release dates
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1. Call of the Wild

The newlywed Sondra and Elvin return from their honeymoon with shocking news for Cliff and Clair.

Thursday · 39 years ago

2. Theogate

Theo and Cockroach come home unusually late from a track meet. They both deny anything out of the ordinary happened, but Clair knows better. A mock trial is held to get to the bottom of the situation.

Thursday · 39 years ago

3. It's Not Easy Being Green

Rudy wants to wear summer clothes in winter to a party, while Cliff tries to get rid of an old water heater.

Thursday · 39 years ago

4. Cliff's Mistake

While setting up the house as a "haunted house" for Halloween, Cliff discovers he's lost a power drill that his neighbor loaned to him.

Thursday · 39 years ago

5. Shakespeare

Theo must read ‘Julius Caesar’ for school, but complains that it is boring. Russell and his friends read scenes from the play aloud, and Theo is enthralled.

Thursday · 39 years ago

6. That's Not What I Said

Cliff and Clair have an argument after Theo gets detained by police for riding in a car with an unlicensed driver.

Thursday · 39 years ago

7. Autumn Gifts

Rudy goes to an older widowed lady's house each afternoon to have tea and play cards, but notices that she refuses to take her daily medication for diabetes.

Thursday · 39 years ago

8. Looking Back

Sondra and Elvin have their first marital fight, and Elvin comes to the Huxtable house for comfort and support. Clair shares about the difficulties in their house as flashbacks are shown.

Thursday · 39 years ago

9. Where's Rudy?

Theo and Vanessa lose track of Rudy in a mall while Clair enters a squash exhibition.

Thursday · 39 years ago

10. Dance Mania

Theo and Cockroach have tickets to appear on television on the dance show "Dance Mania", but are told that only one of them can enter the studio during the filming because of fire laws.

Thursday · 38 years ago

11. The Locker Room

Theo and his classmates brag about their dates with girls in the locker room, but Theo's mood changes when one of the guys goes out with Vanessa and brags about it the next day.

Thursday · 38 years ago

12. The Show Must Go On

Vaudeville is shown to Rudy and her friends, who are unimpressed.

Thursday · 38 years ago

13. Bookworm

Clair drags Cliff to her book club meeting, and he's the lone male there. Much to Clair's surprise, Cliff knows quite a bit about the book in question! Meanwhile, the kids attempt a sleepover at Sondra and Elvin's run-down studio apartment.

Thursday · 38 years ago

14. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Rudy has to play the violin in music class at school, but gets jealous because she thinks her classmates' instruments are more fun.

Thursday · 38 years ago

15. The Visit

Theo visits a friend in the hospital who has cancer.

Thursday · 38 years ago

16. The Drum Major

Vanessa tries out for the drum major at school. Meanwhile, Cliff cooks up a batch of extremely spicy chili, and Russell tries to pay off a loan from an old friend.

Thursday · 38 years ago

17. Waterworks

Clair tries to stop Cliff from fixing a leaky pipe by hiring a team of professionals: friends of Sondra and Elvin from Princeton.

Thursday · 38 years ago

18. Once Upon a Time

Rudy writes a fairy tale, and the colorful story is acted out in her fantasy.

Thursday · 38 years ago

19. Petanque

Cliff and a friend play pétanque.

Thursday · 38 years ago

20. Trust Me

A friend of Clair's has marital problems; Cliff takes a "mini-vacation" in the house as Theo, Rudy, and Vanessa try to stump each other with riddles.

Thursday · 38 years ago

21. Home for the Weekend

Denise comes home from college, but seems to have more time for her friends than for the family.

Thursday · 38 years ago

22. The Prom

Theo, Denny and Smitty go to great lengths to impress their dates for the senior prom, but fail disastrously; Cliff and Clair relive their own prom.

Thursday · 38 years ago

23. Gone Fishin' Finale

When the Huxtable men go fishing, Theo catches a dead body, and soon attracts attention from the media. This success goes to his head, while Rudy and Kenny find a nest of baby birds, but the mother bird is missing. The two stories eventually cross in a surprising-and rather humiliating-lesson for Theo.

Thursday · 38 years ago

The Cosby Show Season 4 guest stars

  • Lisa Bonet

    Lisa Bonet

    Denise Huxtable

  • Peter Costa

    Peter Chiara

  • Deon Richmond

    Deon Richmond

    Kenny

  • Carl Anthony Payne II

    Carl Anthony Payne II

    Cockroach

  • Earle Hyman

    Earle Hyman

    Russell Huxtable

  • Wallace Shawn

    Wallace Shawn

    Jeffrey Engels

  • Roscoe Lee Browne

    Roscoe Lee Browne

    Dr. Barnabus Foster

  • Sullivan Walker

    Sullivan Walker

    Dr. James Harmon

  • Freda Foh Shen

    Freda Foh Shen

    Cliff's Patient

  • Louis Nye

    Louis Nye

    Norman Kirby

  • Eileen Heckart

    Eileen Heckart

    Mrs. Hickson

  • Carmen Finestra

    Andy Witherspoon III

  • Adam Sandler

    Adam Sandler

    Smitty

  • LaChanze

    LaChanze

    Sylvia

  • Meg Foster

    Meg Foster

    Dyan

  • Troy Winbush

    Troy Winbush

    Denny

The Cosby Show Season 4 FAQ

When does The Cosby Show Season 4 come out?

The Cosby Show Season 4 premiered Thursday, September 24, 1987 on NBC.

How many episodes are in The Cosby Show Season 4?

The Cosby Show Season 4 has 23 episodes.

Are new episodes of The Cosby Show Season 4 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the The Cosby Show Season 4 finale?

The The Cosby Show Season 4 finale (Episode 23) aired Thursday, April 28, 1988.

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