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Oct 21, 2014 · The Cosby Show (NBC) As the popular family sitcom turns 30, Joanne Griffith looks at the representation of African-American characters on screen – and asks what’s changed.
The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom created by (along with Ed. Weinberger and Michael J. Leeson ) and starring Bill Cosby that originally aired on NBC from September 20, 1984, to April 30, 1992, with a total of 201 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons, including an outtakes special.
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6 days ago · The Cosby Show, American television situation comedy that ranked as the most popular family comedy (i.e., about family issues and aimed at a family audience) of the 1980s. As the keystone of Thursday-night television for eight seasons (1984–92) on NBC, the show was credited with reviving the sitcom genre and raising the network’s ratings.
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Sep 20, 2023 · On September 20th, 1984, television history was forever altered when "The Cosby Show" debuted. Created by and starring Bill Cosby, this groundbreaking NBC sitcom became an instant hit and...
Sep 19, 2014 · In the book, author Mark Whitaker makes a strong argument that Cosby's comedic style and approach to race issues turned The Cosby Show into television's most quietly subversive program.
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The Cosby Show, a situation comedy that ran for eight seasons on NBC Television, was one of the most intensely and immediately popular shows ever broadcast in America. The show, which began in the fall of 1984, featured comedian Bill Cosby in the role of obstetrician-father Cliff Huxtable and his family: attorney-wife Claire, daughters Sondra ...
Sep 22, 2014 · The Cosby Show's landmark legacy is still being discussed three decades later. Thirty years after The Cosby Show's debut, scholars reflected on the show's influence on social discourse in America Thursday at the John Hope Franklin Center.
