The Cosby Show (1984)
The Cosby Show (1984)
Plot.
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This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Bill Cosby
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable
Phylicia Rashād
Clair Huxtable
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Theo Huxtable
Tempestt Bledsoe
Vanessa Huxtable
Keshia Knight Pulliam
Rudy Huxtable
Sabrina Le Beauf
Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux
Lisa Bonet
Denise Huxtable
Geoffrey Owens
Elvin Tibideaux
Ed. Weinberger
Creator / Writer
Erika Alexander
Pam Tucker
John Markus
Writer / Producer
Raven-Symoné
Olivia Kendall
Gary Kott
Writer / Producer
Joseph C. Phillips
Lt. Martin Kendall
Tom Werner
Executive Producer
Michael J. Leeson
Writer
Marcy Carsey
Executive Producer
Caryn Mandabach
Producer
Matt Williams
Producer / Writer
Michael Loman
Producer
Earl Pomerantz
Producer
Jerry Ross
Producer / Writer
Elliot Shoenman
Producer / Writer
Jay Sandrich
Director
Chuck Vinson
Director
Oz Scott
Director
Alan Smithee
Director
Neema Barnette
Director
Janet Leahy
Writer
Ehrich Van Lowe
Writer
Mark St. Germain
Writer
Lore Kimbrough
Writer
Adriana Trigiani
Writer
Elaine Arata
Writer
Thad Mumford
Writer
Lisa Albert
Writer
Oliver Hailey
Writer
Stuart Silverman
Writer
Winifred Hervey
Writer
Peter Costa
Peter Chiara
Deon Richmond
Kenny
Danny Kaye
Dr. Burns
Ann Reinking
Jill Kelly
Carl Anthony Payne II
Cockroach
Gilbert Gottfried
Mr. Babcock
Alicia Keys
Maria
Lena Horne
Lena Horne
Jeff Pope
Justin
S. Epatha Merkerson
Book Club Member #5
Robert Weil
Mike
Dondré Whitfield
Robert
Mushond Lee
Slide
Gary LeRoi Gray
Nelson Tibideaux
William Thomas, Jr.
Dabnis Brickey
Pam Potillo
Janet
Elizabeth Narvaez
Kara
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Phyllis
Robert Culp
Scott Kelly
Francisco Rivela
Mr. Arroyo
Clarence Williams III
Mr. Thornehill
Dub Taylor
Noel MacNeal
Red Buttons
Gloria Foster
Richard Lawson
Bill Irwin
Patricia Richardson
Russell Curry
Roger Robinson
Dave Goelz
Carl Ballantine
Tony Orlando
Audrey Landers
Ahmad Rashād
Suzzanne Douglas
B.B. King
Joel Fabiani
L. Scott Caldwell
Nancy Wilson
Alec Mapa
Marge Redmond
Clayton Prince
Joe Seneca
John Ritter
Earle Hyman
Clarice Taylor
Karen Malina White
Troy Winbush
Reno Wilson
William Christian
Merlin Santana
Ethel Ayler
Wallace Shawn
Sullivan Walker
Adam Sandler
Nicole Leach
Marcella Lowery
Gabrielle Carmouche
Anthony Quinn
Melba Moore
Plácido Domingo
Austin Pendleton
Lisa Arrindell
Ron Foster
Leila Danette
Matt Robinson
Paulene Myers
Alexis Cruz
Christopher Plummer
Leila Kenzle
Beatrice Winde
Denise Nicholas
Pamela Blair
Moses Gunn
Eden Svendahl
Angela Bassett
Eagle-Eye Cherry
Blair Underwood
Max Roach
Chandra Wilson
Vanessa Williams
Daryl Mitchell
Bemi Faison
Allen Payne
Victoria Rowell
Lynne Thigpen
Malinda Williams
Steven Culp
Carmen Finestra
Producer / Writer
Michelle Pierce
Elaine Stritch
Kevin Kilner
Russell Nype
Lisa Rieffel
Seth Gilliam
Naomi Campbell
Maurice Lauchner
Christine Andreas
Roscoe Lee Browne
Bern Nadette Stanis
LaChanze
CCH Pounder
Miriam Makeba
Meg Foster
Alan North
Doris Belack
David O'Brien
J. August Richards
Terry Farrell
Kadeem Hardison
Amy Yasbeck
Lisa Mordente
Debbie Allen
Jason Bernard
Jim Valvano
Minnie Gentry
Mercedes Ruehl
Tonya Pinkins
Saundra Quarterman
Charles Brown
Samuel E. Wright
Dick Vitale
Robin Givens
Mavis Staples
Kathleen Doyle
Sheldon Leonard
Tracey Ross
Betty Carter
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Don Franklin
Edmund Lyndeck
Mario Van Peebles
Eve Gordon
Iona Morris
John Amos
Robbi Chong
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 20, 1984
StatusEnded
Seasons8
Episodes201
Running Time24m
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
Wiki.
The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom co-created by and starring Bill Cosby. The series aired from September 20, 1984, to April 30, 1992, on NBC. It focuses on the Huxtables, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York; the series was based on comedy routines in Cosby's stand-up comedy act, which in turn were based on his family life. The series was followed by a spin-off, titled A Different World, broadcast from 1987 to 1993 for 144 episodes in six seasons.
TV Guide listed the series as "TV's biggest hit in the 1980s", adding it "almost single-handedly revived the sitcom genre and NBC's ratings fortunes", while also ranking it 28th on their list of 50 Greatest Shows; with this list, Cliff Huxtable was named as the "Greatest Television Dad" in 2014. In May 1992, Entertainment Weekly stated that The Cosby Show helped to make possible a larger variety of shows with a predominantly black cast, from In Living Color to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.The Cosby Show spent five consecutive seasons as the number-one rated show on television and, along with All in the Family, is the only sitcom in the history of the Nielsen ratings as the number-one show for five seasons, having spent the series in the top 20 ratings. It also remains the only scripted TV show with a predominately African-American cast to top the Nielsen ratings, and to do so more than once. Its spinoff, A Different World', also became a ratings hit, featuring in the top 5 of the ratings for four of its six seasons. It launched the extended cast into stardom and Cosby, having already had a successful career on TV, films and stand-up, became the highest paid actor on television. Eight seasons and 201 episodes were produced.
It was also an international hit, garnering a following from across the world being a regular fixture in markets previously considered unattainable for African-American leads, such as Europe, where the show became a ratings and commercial hit and cemented itself as an international icon of 1980s pop culture. Its effects on Black American portrayal and gender politics on television were a major part of its success. The portrayal of Clair Huxtable, the matriarch of the Huxtable family, by Phylicia Rashad sparked an international wave of working mothers on television dubbed the "Clair Huxtable effect", and Bill Cosby was nicknamed "America's Dad" for his highly celebrated portrayal of Cliff Huxtable. The colourful sweaters he wore as Cliff became a fashion trend for a time which was temporarily revived in the early 2010s. Another sitcom starring Cosby and Rashad, Cosby, aired on CBS from 1996 to 2000, notable for its differences to The Cosby Show, garnering positive reviews.The show and A Different World have been pulled from syndication in many countries, including the U.S., due to sexual assault allegations that have been made against Cosby since 2014.