Columns: No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code | U.S. viewers (million)
148 | 1 | " And Then There Were Fewer " | Dominic Polcino | Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | September26,2010 | 8ACX01/8ACX02 | 9.41 | 149 | 2 | " Excellence in Broadcasting " | John Holmquist | Patrick Meighan | October3,2010 | 8ACX03 | 7.94 | 150 | 3 | " Welcome Back, Carter " | Cyndi Tang | Wellesley Wild | October10,2010 | 8ACX04 | 7.02 | 151 | 4 | " Halloween on Spooner Street " | Jerry Langford | Andrew Goldberg | November7,2010 | 8ACX06 | 7.97 | 152 | 5 | " Baby, You Knock Me Out " | Julius Wu | Alex Carter | November14,2010 | 8ACX05 | 7.00 | 153 | 6 | " Brian Writes a Bestseller " | Joseph Lee | Gary Janetti | November21,2010 | 8ACX07 | 6.59 | 154 | 7 | " Road to the North Pole " | Greg Colton | Chris Sheridan & Danny Smith | December12,2010 | 8ACX08/8ACX09 | 8.03 | 155 | 8 | " New Kidney in Town " | Pete Michels | Matt Harrigan & Dave Willis | January9,2011 | 8ACX10 | 9.29 | 156 | 9 | " And I'm Joyce Kinney " | Dominic Bianchi | Alec Sulkin | January16,2011 | 8ACX12 | 7.08 | 157 | 10 | " Friends of Peter G. " | John Holmquist | Brian Scully | February13,2011 | 8ACX13 | 5.99 | 158 | 11 | " German Guy " | Cyndi Tang | Patrick Meighan | February20,2011 | 8ACX14 | 6.56 | 159 | 12 | " The Hand That Rocks the Wheelchair " | Brian Iles | Tom Devanney | March6,2011 | 8ACX11 | 6.32 | 160 | 13 | " Trading Places " | Joseph Lee | Steve Callaghan | March20,2011 | 8ACX17 | 6.55 | 161 | 14 | " Tiegs for Two " | Jerry Langford | John Viener | April10,2011 | 8ACX16 | 6.61 | 162 | 15 | " Brothers & Sisters " | Julius Wu | Alex Carter | April17,2011 | 8ACX15 | 6.04 | 163 | 16 | " The Big Bang Theory " | Dominic Polcino | David A. Goodman | May8,2011 | 8ACX18 | 6.52 | 164 | 17 | " Foreign Affairs " | Pete Michels | Anthony Blasucci & Mike Desilets | May15,2011 | 8ACX19 | 6.55