TV SERIES · 1984
The Cosby Show
ComedyFamily22 min per episode
Cliff Huxtable is a Brooklyn obstetrician trying to keep up with life in a crowded brownstone, where work, marriage, and five opinionated kids all compete for attention. Bill Cosby is Cliff, with Phylicia Rashad’s Claire matching him as a lawyer and mother who runs the house on her own terms. The comedy stays close to family life: sibling rivalry, school problems, dating, discipline, and the running negotiations between parents and children. Centered on an upper-middle-class Black family in Brooklyn, the series builds its stories around the Huxtables’ home, routines, and arguments rather than bigger sitcom contrivances.
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