The Cosby Show (1984)
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 20 September 1984 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 30 April 1992 |
| Genre | Comedy, Family |
| Created by | Bill Cosby, Michael J. Leeson and Ed. Weinberger |
| Starring | Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashād and Malcolm-Jamal Warner |
| Seasons | 8 seasons, 197 episodes |
| Episode length | about 24 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 79 hours |
| Rated | TV-PG |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.0/10 |
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What kind of watch this is
The Cosby Show is a 1984 American sitcom that spent 8 years on NBC. It centers on the Huxtable family, an upper-middle-class Black family living in a Brooklyn brownstone. The father is a doctor; the mother is a lawyer. They have five children. The show is 24 minutes per episode, totaling 197 episodes across 8 seasons. That is 79 hours of watching a family navigate life, school, and relationships. It treats serious topics like dyslexia with the same dry, steady humor as a grocery run. It is a warm, grounded look at a specific time and place, told with a consistency that rarely wavers.
How it did with audiences
There is no box office figure to cite, so the money talk stops there. Instead, look at the TMDB user score, which sits at 7 out of 10. It is a solid mark. The numbers are quiet, but the cultural footprint is loud.
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Sources
- The Cosby Show on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q463999 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “The Cosby Show” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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