Sitcom: the Cosby Show by ric gustafson
The Cosby Show which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1992 was about a man named Heathcliff Huxtable. Bill Cosby played a father and a doctor. Cosby was a stand up comic and a TV star for two decades. The 1980's was the decade of fatherhood resurgent. Heathcliff and his wife Claire played by Phylicia Rashad had a no nonsense attitude toward child rearing. Cosby was the first African American star of a prime time drama series called I Spy. The show premiered two months before Ronald Reagan was reelected.
On April 2 1992, the show had a two part finale. Their son Theo graduated from college and people were rioting in the streets of Los Angeles. The success of the show was staggering to NBC. It was one of the top five shows for seven of it's eight seasons. It's syndication deal was an unheard of $500 million dollars. Heathcliff and Claire come home from Theo's graduation and dance in their living room one last time. The sitcom was 201 episodes of situation comedy perfection.
research: ' Sitcom' by Saul Austerlitz
Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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