Season 5 (The Cosby Show)

The following is a list of episodes for the fifth season of the NBC-TV sitcom The Cosby Show. The series aired from September 20, 1984 to April 30, 1992 with 201 episodes produced spanning eight seasons.

Season 5 (1988–89)

 * This season comprises 26 episodes
 * The opening sequence in this season features the cast dancing on a veranda in Caribbean-style clothing, to music performed by the Oregon Symphony Orchestra. This opening credit sequence, choreographed by Geoffrey Holder, is the only one during the series' entire run that featured the whole cast dancing together. There is only one version of the theme used for this season, much like in season four. There is no closing theme version of this orchestration of the theme, instead a funk/jazz version of the theme was used as the closing theme this season.
 * The closed captioning this season is said to be made possible by MetLife and NBC.
 * Producer Gary Kott becomes Co-Supervising Producer.