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The Cosby Show

Television
NameThe Cosby Show
FormatSitcom
Created byEd. Weinberger
Michael Leeson
Bill Cosby
StarringBill Cosby
Phylicia Rashād
Sabrina Le Beauf
Geoffrey Owens
Lisa Bonet
Joseph C. Phillips
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Tempestt Bledsoe
Keshia Knight Pulliam
Raven-Symoné
Erika Alexander
Theme music composerStu Gardner &
Bill Cosby
Opening theme"Kiss Me"; performed by:
Bobby McFerrin (season 4),
Oregon Symphony (season 5),
Craig Handy (seasons 6 � 7),
Lester Bowie (season 8)
Ending theme"Kiss Me" (instrumental)
(various orchestrations used as main theme was remixed)
ComposerStu Gardner &
Bill Cosby
Country of originUnited States
LanguageEnglish
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes197 (201 in syndication)
List of episodesList of The Cosby Show episodes
Production
Executive producerMarcy Carsey
Tom Werner
Bernie Kukoff (season 7)
Janet Leahy (season 8)
LocationBrooklyn, New York (setting)
Kaufman-Astoria Studios,
New York City (taping location)
Camera setupVideotape; Multi-camera
Running time24 � 25 minutes (1984 � 1988)
23 � 24 minutes (1988 � 1991)
22 � 23 minutes (1991 � 1992)
Production companyCarsey-Werner Productions
DistributorViacom (reruns on CBS)
Broadcast
Original channelNBC
Picture format480i (SDTV)
First airedSeptember 20, 1984
Last airedApril 30, 1992
StatusEnded
Followed byA Different World (1987 � 1993)

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'The Cosby Show' is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, first airing on September 20, 1984 and running for eight seasons on the NBC television network, until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an affluent African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.

According to TV Guide, the show "was TV's biggest hit in the 1980s, and almost single-handedly revived the sitcom genre and NBC's ratings fortunes". Originally, the show had been pitched to ABC, which rejected it. Entertainment Weekly stated that The Cosby Show helped to make possible a larger variety of shows based on African Americans, from In Living Color to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The Cosby Show was also one of the first successful sitcoms based on the subject matter of a standup comedian’s act, blazing a trail for other programs such as Seinfeld, Ellen, Roseanne, Home Improvement, The Drew Carey Show, and Everybody Loves Raymond. The Cosby Show is one of only three American programs that have been #1 in the Nielsen ratings for at least five consecutive seasons, along with All in the Family and American Idol. The show spawned the spin-off A Different World, which ran for six seasons from 1987 to 1993.

As of 2010, The Cosby Show is the third-longest running U.S. comedy with a predominantly African American cast, surpassed only by The Jeffersons and Family Matters. The show had 197 episodes (201 in syndication).

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Pilot :
Season Season Premiere Season Finale TV Season Ranking Households
(in millions)
1st September 20, 1984 May 9, 1985 1984 � 1985 #3 20.546 (24.2 rating)
2nd September 26, 1985 May 15, 1986 1985 � 1986 #1 28.948 (33.7 rating)
3rd September 25, 1986 May 7, 1987 1986 � 1987 #1 30.503 (34.9 rating)
4th September 24, 1987 April 28, 1988 1987 � 1988 #1 24.630 (27.8 rating)
5th October 6, 1988 May 11, 1989 1988 � 1989 #1 23.14 (25.6 rating)
6th September 24, 1989 May 3, 1990 1989 � 1990 #11 21.27 (23.1 rating)
7th September 20, 1990 May 2, 1991 1990 � 1991 #5 15.92 (17.1 rating)
8th September 19, 1991 April 30, 1992 1991 � 1992 #18 13.81 (16.13 rating)

Honors :
DVD Title Ep # Release dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
Season 1 24 August 2, 2005 May 19, 2008 October 4, 2006
Season 2 25 March 7, 2006 Aug 25, 2008 February 7, 2007
Season 3 25 June 5, 2007 Oct 13, 2008 April 4, 2007
Season 4 24 June 5, 2007 Feb 9, 2009 November 7, 2007
Season 5 25 November 6, 2007 March 5, 2008
Season 6 25 November 6, 2007 July 9, 2008
Season 7 26 April 8, 2008 January 13, 2010
Season 8 24 April 8, 2008 January 13, 2010
25th Anniversary
Commemorative Edition
201 November 11, 2008



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