The Bill Cosby Show
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The Bill Cosby Show is an American sitcom starring Bill Cosby as a high school gym teacher, known for its character-driven humor and early 1970s television run.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Bill Cosby Show canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7989879 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Bill Cosby Show Context triple: [Lowell Ganz, notableWork, The Bill Cosby Show]
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A.
The Cosby Show
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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B.
The Barry Williams Show
"The Barry Williams Show" is a satirical song by Peter Gabriel that critiques sensationalist daytime talk shows and exploitative media culture.
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C.
The Carol Burnett Show
The Carol Burnett Show is a landmark American television variety and sketch-comedy series that aired from 1967 to 1978, renowned for its ensemble cast, physical comedy, and influential impact on TV comedy.
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D.
The Cosby Mysteries
The Cosby Mysteries is a mid-1990s American crime drama television series starring Bill Cosby as a retired criminologist who assists the police in solving complex cases.
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E.
Sanford and Son
Sanford and Son is a classic 1970s American sitcom about a cantankerous junk dealer and his long-suffering son, renowned for its sharp humor and cultural impact.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Bill Cosby Show Target entity description: The Bill Cosby Show is an American sitcom starring Bill Cosby as a high school gym teacher, known for its character-driven humor and early 1970s television run.
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A.
The Cosby Show
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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B.
The Barry Williams Show
"The Barry Williams Show" is a satirical song by Peter Gabriel that critiques sensationalist daytime talk shows and exploitative media culture.
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C.
The Carol Burnett Show
The Carol Burnett Show is a landmark American television variety and sketch-comedy series that aired from 1967 to 1978, renowned for its ensemble cast, physical comedy, and influential impact on TV comedy.
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D.
The Cosby Mysteries
The Cosby Mysteries is a mid-1990s American crime drama television series starring Bill Cosby as a retired criminologist who assists the police in solving complex cases.
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E.
Sanford and Son
Sanford and Son is a classic 1970s American sitcom about a cantankerous junk dealer and his long-suffering son, renowned for its sharp humor and cultural impact.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | mono ⓘ |
| character | Chet Kincaid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | high school gym teacher ⓘ |
| composer | Quincy Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Bill Cosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalAired | 1971-03-21 ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1969-09-14 ⓘ |
| followedBy | The New Bill Cosby Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Joseph Perry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joyce Bulifant NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Weaver NERFINISHED ⓘ Lillian Randolph NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Clute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
African-American lead character
ⓘ
school life ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Chet Kincaid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| network | NBC ⓘ |
| notableFeature | character-driven humor ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 52 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 2 ⓘ |
| openingTheme | Hikky Burr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingThemePerformer |
Bill Cosby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quincy Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalChannel | NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastIn | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | color ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Cosby Productions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tandem Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | 30 minutes ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| starring | Bill Cosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeMusicComposer | Quincy Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 1970s
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late 1960s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Bill Cosby Show Description of subject: The Bill Cosby Show is an American sitcom starring Bill Cosby as a high school gym teacher, known for its character-driven humor and early 1970s television run.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.