The Cosby Show

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American television sitcom sitcom television series

The Cosby Show is a landmark American sitcom that aired in the 1980s and early 1990s, portraying an upper-middle-class African American family and significantly influencing television representation and culture.

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Label Occurrences
The Cosby Show canonical 62
The Cosby Show universe 9
The Cosby Show season 1 5

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American television sitcom ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ
television series ⓘ
audioFormat stereo ⓘ
awardReceived Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series ⓘ
broadcastTimeSlot NBC Thursday night lineup ⓘ
characterFocus Huxtable family ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Bill Cosby ⓘ
Ed. Weinberger ⓘ
Michael Leeson ⓘ
endYear 1992 ⓘ
executiveProducer Bill Cosby ⓘ
Marcy Carsey ⓘ
Tom Werner ⓘ
filmingStyle multi-camera ⓘ
firstAired 1984-09-20 ⓘ
genre sitcom ⓘ
influenced A Different World ⓘ
lastAired 1992-04-30 ⓘ
mainCharacter Clair Huxtable ⓘ
Cliff Huxtable ⓘ
network NBC ⓘ
notableFor influence on American television culture ⓘ
positive representation of African American family life ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 201 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 8 ⓘ
openingTheme Kiss Me ⓘ
originalChannel NBC ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyBroadcastIn 1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
originalRunDayOfWeek Thursday ⓘ
pictureFormat NTSC color television standard ⓘ
surface form: NTSC
portrays upper-middle-class African American family ⓘ
premiereYear 1984 ⓘ
productionCompany Carsey-Werner Company ⓘ
runtimePerEpisode approx. 24 minutes ⓘ
settingLocation Brooklyn ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn, New York City
spinOff A Different World ⓘ
starring Bill Cosby ⓘ
Clarence Williams III ⓘ
Geoffrey Owens ⓘ
Joseph C. Phillips ⓘ
Keshia Knight Pulliam ⓘ
Lisa Bonet ⓘ
Malcolm-Jamal Warner ⓘ
Phylicia Rashad ⓘ
Raven-Symoné ⓘ
Sabrina Le Beauf ⓘ
Tempestt Bledsoe ⓘ

Referenced by (95)

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Bill Cosby → notableWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Bill Cosby → notableWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cosby
Phylicia Rashad → notableWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Tom Werner → notableWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
TV Land Award → notableRecipient → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Clair Huxtable → appearsIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Clair Huxtable → fictionalUniverse → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cosby Show universe
Clair Huxtable → firstAppearance → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cosby Show season 1
A Different World → follows → The Cosby Show ⓘ
A Different World → spinOffFrom → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Heathcliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show → appearsIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
subject surface form: Heathcliff Huxtable
Heathcliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show → seriesTitle → The Cosby Show ⓘ
subject surface form: Heathcliff Huxtable
Heathcliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show → firstAppearance → The Cosby Show ⓘ
subject surface form: Heathcliff Huxtable
this entity surface form: The Cosby Show season 1, episode 1
Rashad → notableWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
subject surface form: Phylicia Rashad
Phylicia Ayers-Allen → notableWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Phylicia Ayers-Allen → notableWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cosby Show (television series)
Carsey-Werner Company → notableWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
BernNadette Stanis → appearedIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Lisa Bonet → notableWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Tom Poston → notableWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cosby
Jasmine Guy → appearedIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Nick at Nite → notableProgramming → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Moses Gunn → notableWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
38th Primetime Emmy Awards → notableNominee → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Legend Award → notableRecipient → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Janet Leahy → notableWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Raven-Symoné → notableWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Raven-Symoné → debutWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Roscoe Lee Browne → notableWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Sondra Huxtable → appearsIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Sondra Huxtable → fictionalUniverse → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cosby Show universe
Sondra Huxtable → appearsIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cosby Show season 1
Sondra Huxtable → appearsIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cosby Show season 2
Sondra Huxtable → appearsIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cosby Show season 3
Sondra Huxtable → appearsIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cosby Show season 4
Sondra Huxtable → appearsIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cosby Show season 5
Sondra Huxtable → appearsIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cosby Show season 6
Sondra Huxtable → appearsIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cosby Show season 7
Sondra Huxtable → appearsIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cosby Show season 8
Vanessa Huxtable → appearsIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Vanessa Huxtable → fictionalUniverse → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Vanessa Huxtable → firstAppearance → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cosby Show season 1
Rudy Huxtable → appearsIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Rudy Huxtable → fictionalUniverse → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cosby Show universe
Rudy Huxtable → firstAppearanceWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Clair → appearsIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
subject surface form: Clair Huxtable
Ed. Weinberger → notableWork → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Russell Huxtable → appearsIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ
Russell Huxtable → firstAppearanceInSeries → The Cosby Show ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cosby Show season 1
Cliff Huxtable → appearsIn → The Cosby Show ⓘ