Cosby

this refers to the US sitcom – for other uses see Cosby (disambiguation)

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Cosby was a American situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS Television from 1996 to 2000. The eponymous star of the series was Bill Cosby, who played grumpy Hilton Lucas, a man forced into early (and unwanted) retirement. His wife, Ruth, was played by Phylicia Rashad, who had also starred as Cosby's wife in the epochal 1980s sitcom, The Cosby Show. (Initially, Telma Hopkins was cast as Ruth Lucas; however, due to lack of chemistry between her and Cosby, the producers got Rashad.)

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The show itself was based on the concept from the BBC series One Foot in the Grave, starring Richard Wilson. David Renwick was listed as executive producer on both shows.

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Also appearing on the series were Madeline Kahn, who played Pauline Fox from 1996 until her death in 1999, and Doug E. Doug, who played Griffin Vesey.

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Situation comedy: A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. Sitcoms usually consist of recurring characters in a format in which there are one or more humorous story lines centred on a common environment, such as a family home o...

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