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List of Wings episodes

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ6604170 ↗
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The following is an episode list for the American television sitcom Wings, which ran on NBC from April 19, 1990, to May 21, 1997, with a total of 172 episodes produced, spanning eight seasons.

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Episodes

Season 1 (1990)

The first season consists of only 6 episodes. This is the shortest season of the series.

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