TV series
The Cosby Show
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 1984-09-20
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 8 seasons
- Episodes
- 197 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
- Network
- NBC
- Production
- Carsey-Werner Company, Bill Cosby
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Bill Cosby as Heathcliff Huxtable
- Phylicia Rashād as Clair Huxtable
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Theo Huxtable
- Tempestt Bledsoe as Vanessa Huxtable
- Keshia Knight Pulliam as Rudy Huxtable
- Sabrina Le Beauf as Sondra Huxtable
- Lisa Bonet as Denise Huxtable
- Geoffrey Owens as Elvin Tibideaux
- Raven-Symoné as Olivia Kendall
- Joseph C. Phillips as Martin Kendall
- Erika Alexander as Pam Tucker
- Earle Hyman as Russell Huxtable
Creators and crew
- Bill Cosby - Creator
- Michael J. Leeson - Creator
- Ed. Weinberger - Creator
- Marcy Carsey - Executive Producer
- Tom Werner - Executive Producer
- Carmen Finestra - Producer
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