All Available Season All Season Specials Apr, 1987 80 episodes 0.0 Season 1 Dec, 1989 13 episodes 7.0 Season 2 Oct, 1990 22 episodes 7.4 Season 3 Sep, 1991 24 episodes 7.5 Season 4 Sep, 1992 22 episodes 7.6 Season 5 Sep, 1993 22 episodes 7.6 Season 6 Sep, 1994 25 episodes 7.5 Season 7 Sep, 1995 25 episodes 7.5 Season 8 Oct, 1996 25 episodes 7.5 Season 9 Sep, 1997 25 episodes 7.0 Season 10 Aug, 1998 23 episodes 6.8 Season 11 Sep, 1999 22 episodes 6.4 Season 12 Nov, 2000 21 episodes 6.6 Season 13 Nov, 2001 22 episodes 6.1 Season 14 Nov, 2002 22 episodes 6.2 Season 15 Nov, 2003 22 episodes 6.3 Season 16 Nov, 2004 21 episodes 6.0 Season 17 Sep, 2005 22 episodes 6.1 Season 18 Sep, 2006 22 episodes 5.8 Season 19 Sep, 2007 20 episodes 6.0 Season 20 Sep, 2008 21 episodes 6.2 Season 21 Sep, 2009 23 episodes 6.0 Season 22 Sep, 2010 22 episodes 6.1 Season 23 Sep, 2011 22 episodes 6.0 Season 24 Sep, 2012 22 episodes 6.1 Season 25 Sep, 2013 22 episodes 6.3 Season 26 Sep, 2014 22 episodes 6.2 Season 27 Sep, 2015 22 episodes 6.3 Season 28 Sep, 2016 22 episodes 5.9 Season 29 Oct, 2017 21 episodes 5.9 Season 30 Sep, 2018 23 episodes 5.8 Season 31 Sep, 2019 22 episodes 5.6 Season 32 Sep, 2020 22 episodes 5.9 Season 33 Sep, 2021 22 episodes 5.7 Season 34 Sep, 2022 22 episodes 6.7 Season 35 Oct, 2023 18 episodes 8.1 Season 36 Sep, 2024 11 episodes 6.9