user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: What is the original air date of episode 8?  Answer: Dec. 21, 2006
Columns: ['Series #', 'Episode #', 'Title', 'Directed by', 'Written by', 'U.S. viewers (million)', 'Original airdate', 'Production Code']
Types: ['real', 'real', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: [77.0, 1.0, '"The Avengers"', 'Ian Toynton', 'Josh Schwartz', '3.39', 'November2,2006', '3T5251']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT COUNT("Original airdate") FROM "Table" WHERE "Episode #" = 8.0;