The Cosby Show: Season Five

Title: The Cosby Show: Season Five
Year: 1988-1989
Network: NBC
Creators: Ed. Weinberger, Michael Leeson & Bill Cosby
Directors: Tony Singletary (16 episodes), Jay Sandrich (5), Chuck Vinson (5), Carl Lauten (3)
Writers: John Markus (21 episodes), Carmen Finestra (19), Gary Kott (19), Janet Leahy (2), Mark St. Germain (2)
Starring: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Sabrina LeBeauf, Geoffrey Owens, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam
Music: Stu Gardner & Bill Cosby (theme); non-original music throughout the show
Episodes: 26, at c. 23 minutes
Synopsis: the day to day life of a large family in Brooklyn
How I saw it: any number of times on television; on video (rented from Netflix), over the past couple weeks
Subjective Rating: 8/10
Objective Rating: 9/10 (1 point off for cinematography) c. 3.3/4 (Very good).

For the most part the quality is about the same as seasons three and four. Except that where three and four have a couple episodes that stand out as bad, season five has a couple episodes that are among my favorites. It's never quite as funny as the first two seasons, though, and there are plenty of sit-com cliches.