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The Carol Burnett Show: Season 8

24 episodes Premiered Sep 14, 1974 Updated Nov 6, 2026
Previously on The Carol Burnett Show

Season 8 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of The Carol Burnett Show Season 7.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 8 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 8: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (21): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S8·E1 Mytharc

Episode 184 (#803)

Sep 14, 1974 · 54 min

With an A, B, C; The Family: Brotherly Love; Toilet Tissue; One Life; Bedtime Honesty; Just a Gigolo; The Gunslinger; Rimshot

S8·E2 Core

Episode 185

Sep 21, 1974 · 54 min

with Steve Lawrence

S8·E3 Core

Episode 186

Sep 28, 1974 · 54 min

with James Coco

S8·E4 Core

Episode 187

Oct 5, 1974 · 54 min

with Jack Weston and Michele Lee

S8·E5 Core

Episode 188 (#806)

Oct 12, 1974 · 54 min

Comedy Spot: The Nightingale Song; The Family: Hospital Visit; Rubber Bands and Bits of String; The Broken Merger; TV Commercials; Poopi Le Moko

S8·E6 Core

Episode 189

Oct 26, 1974 · 54 min

with Eydie Gorme and Rich Little

S8·E7 Core

Episode 190

Nov 2, 1974 · 54 min

with Alan King and Lena Zavaroni

S8·E8 Core

Episode 191 (#809)

Nov 9, 1974 · 54 min

Angie Baby; The Family: Sorry!; Comedy Spot; The Pickups

S8·E9 Core

Episode 192

Nov 16, 1974 · 54 min

with John Byner and Helen Reddy

S8·E10 Core

Episode 193 (#810)

Nov 23, 1974 · 54 min

Born Free; Talk and Duet: You're So London; My Buddy; A Visit from Karen; The Third Degree; Charwoman Medley: Oh, to Be a Movie Star / Cuddle Up a Little Closer

S8·E11 Core

Episode 194

Dec 7, 1974 · 54 min

with Steve Lawrence, Tim Conway, and Steven Warner

S8·E12 Core

Episode 195 (#812)

Dec 14, 1974 · 54 min

Razzle-Dazzle; The Biggest Movie of the Week: Disaster '75; Song Blackouts: I've Gotta Be Me / Something / Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! / A Baby is Coming; Bedtime Honesty II; Hold Me, Ham

S8·E14 Core

Episode 197 (#814)

Jan 4, 1975 · 54 min

Alice Portnoy: The Author; Born in Brooklyn; Comedy Spot; The Ham Actor: The Understudies; TV Blackouts: Police Lady / Chiquita and the Man / Rhonda / Tony Tallahassee & Dusk; The

S8·E15 Core

Episode 198

Jan 11, 1975 · 54 min

with Tim Conway

S8·E16 Core

Episode 199

Jan 25, 1975 · 54 min

with William Conrad and The Jackson Five

S8·E17 Core

Episode 200

Feb 8, 1975 · 54 min

with Tim Conway and The Pointer Sisters

S8·E18 Core

Episode 201 (#817)

Feb 15, 1975 · 54 min

Mine; TV Commercials; Partners; The Late Late Late Show: When My Baby Laughs at Me

S8·E19 Core

Episode 202

Feb 22, 1975 · 54 min

with Tim Conway and Dick Patterson

S8·E20 Core

Episode 203

Mar 8, 1975 · 54 min

with Wayne Rogers and Buddy Ebsen

S8·E21 Core

Episode 204 (#821)

Mar 15, 1975 · 54 min

The Family: Visit to Phillip; All That Jazz; The Typists; The Late, Late Movie: The Lady Heir; Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock Paris '90s Mini-Musical: Good Clean Fun / Dear Friend

S8·E22 Core

Episode 205

Mar 22, 1975 · 54 min

with Steve Lawrence and Sally Struthers

S8·E23 Mytharc

Episode 206 (#823)

Mar 29, 1975 · 54 min

Tacky Lady: Alice Blue Gown; The Couples; Losing My Mind; TV Commercials; Saturday Night Stoop: Flings; The Old Folks: Anniversary Present; Hallway Encounter; Bilko's New Army: Any

S8·E24 Mytharc

Episode 207 (#824)

Apr 5, 1975 · 54 min

The Family: Hardware Store; Mama's Hit Parade Medley; Shower Blackout: When Your Lover Has Gone; The Oldest Man: Clock Repair; Ain't That Nothin'; Charwoman: The Two of Us / Carol'

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