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The History of Stand-Up Comedians Doing Sitcoms, Part 1
Unless Larry David changes his mind, the currently airing 12th season of his acerbic sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm will be...
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Jon Hein: The Shows That Made Me
Jon Hein knows TV.
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Adam Sandler Made His Acting Debut on The Cosby Show
Before he became a comedy icon, Adam Sandler was just an aspiring actor and comedian.
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Posted Friday 4/29/22 at 5:21PM EDT
How the Los Angeles Riots, which started 30 years ago today, impacted TV comedy
"In 1992 ― just four months after the cops who beat Rodney King nearly to death were acquitted, and the...
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Posted Saturday 2/19/22 at 4:49AM EST
Black viewers were not foolish to enjoy The Cosby Show or to need what Bill Cosby was selling
"Even if you did not live in Compton or New York or Chicago in the 1980s, the racist tropes used...
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Posted Saturday 1/29/22 at 5:28AM EST
In W. Kamau Bell's We Need to Talk About Cosby, rarely does a title give such clear instruction and still earn its declarative urging
"The four-part Showtime documentary isn’t called 'I Want to Talk About Cosby,' since director, executive producer, and host W.
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Posted Thursday 9/23/21 at 3:43PM EDT
Jay Sandrich, prolific sitcom director who won Emmys directing The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Cosby Show, dies at 89
Sandrich directed two-thirds of The Mary Tyler Moore Show -- 119 of 168 episodes -- including the pilot, winning the Outstanding Directorial Achievement...
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Is NBC Done With Thursday-Night Comedy For Good?
Forty years ago, the National Broadcasting Company decided to try something new on Thursday nights: comedy.
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Flashback: When Fox Set The Simpsons and 90210 to Take Down NBC's Must See TV
There are plenty of reasons why Wednesday night's premiere of BH90210 was a big deal.
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Posted Wednesday 9/26/18 at 2:44PM EDT
Bill Cosby's prison sentence gets TV-themed New York tabloid treatment
The New York Post used the "Cuff Huxtable" headline to describe Cosby's three- to 10-year prison sentence, while The New...
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Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in state prison for 2004 sexual assault
Prosecutors had asked that the comedy icon and former The Cosby Show star be sentenced to the maximum 10 years...
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Posted Tuesday 9/11/18 at 9:05PM EDT
Why stars of classic TV shows like Geoffrey Owens and Dawn Wells run into financial difficulties
The Cosby Show's Owens and Gilligan's Island's Wells made headlines last week with their financial issues -- Owens for working...
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Posted Thursday 9/06/18 at 10:03PM EDT
Geoffrey Owens: Lost Cosby Show residuals due to Bill Cosby scandal were a factor in working at Trader Joe's
“That was one of the many factors that contributed to my decision to take a job outside the entertainment industry,”...
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Posted Wednesday 9/05/18 at 11:03AM EDT
Woman regrets taking her viral photo of Cosby Show alum Geoffrey Owens working at Trader Joe's after receiving "so much hate"
“I don’t know why I snuck a picture,” says 50-year-old Karma Lawrence in an interview with NJ.
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Posted Wednesday 9/05/18 at 2:03AM EDT
The Cosby Show alum Geoffrey Owens' grocery store job is perfect work for an actor who has to study human behavior
Owens' former job at Trader Joe's shouldn't be seen in only economic terms.