Cybill
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Cybill is a 1990s American sitcom starring Cybill Shepherd as a struggling middle-aged actress juggling career, family, and relationships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cybill canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6520490 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cybill Context triple: [Carsey-Werner Company, notableWork, Cybill]
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A.
Grace Calhoun
Grace Calhoun is a collegiate athletics administrator known for leading major university sports programs, including serving as athletic director for Brown University's Brown Bears.
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B.
Billie Stanton
Billie Stanton is the central protagonist of the film "Downhill," around whom the story’s emotional and narrative developments revolve.
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C.
Emily Woodruff
Emily Woodruff was the wife of Canadian-American actor Hume Cronyn and is primarily known for her connection to his life and career.
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D.
Carol Blue
Carol Blue was a British-born American writer and journalist best known for her essays and for being the widow of author and polemicist Christopher Hitchens.
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E.
Rebecca Calhoun
Rebecca Calhoun was the wife of American Revolutionary War general and South Carolina politician Andrew Pickens.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cybill Target entity description: Cybill is a 1990s American sitcom starring Cybill Shepherd as a struggling middle-aged actress juggling career, family, and relationships.
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A.
Grace Calhoun
Grace Calhoun is a collegiate athletics administrator known for leading major university sports programs, including serving as athletic director for Brown University's Brown Bears.
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B.
Billie Stanton
Billie Stanton is the central protagonist of the film "Downhill," around whom the story’s emotional and narrative developments revolve.
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C.
Emily Woodruff
Emily Woodruff was the wife of Canadian-American actor Hume Cronyn and is primarily known for her connection to his life and career.
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D.
Carol Blue
Carol Blue was a British-born American writer and journalist best known for her essays and for being the widow of author and polemicist Christopher Hitchens.
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E.
Rebecca Calhoun
Rebecca Calhoun was the wife of American Revolutionary War general and South Carolina politician Andrew Pickens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | stereo ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedByCastMember |
Christine Baranski
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cybill Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | live-action ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
Chuck Lorre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cybill Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Chuck Lorre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cybill Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1995-01-02 ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Cybill Sheridan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ira Woodbine NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ Maryann Thorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Blanders NERFINISHED ⓘ Zoey Woodbine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1998-07-13 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Cybill Sheridan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
career
ⓘ
family ⓘ romanticRelationships ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 87 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 4 ⓘ |
| openingTheme | Nice Work If You Can Get It NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingThemePerformer | Cybill Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
NTSC color television standard
ⓘ
surface form:
NTSC
|
| productionCompany | Carsey-Werner Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | actress ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | 22 minutes ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1990s ⓘ |
| starring |
Alan Rosenberg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alicia Witt NERFINISHED ⓘ Christine Baranski NERFINISHED ⓘ Cybill Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ Dedee Pfeiffer NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Maculan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Wopat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme | middle-aged woman balancing work and personal life ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cybill Description of subject: Cybill is a 1990s American sitcom starring Cybill Shepherd as a struggling middle-aged actress juggling career, family, and relationships.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.