He guest-starred much later in his career in episodes of The Muppet Show, The Cosby Show and in the 1980s revival of The Twilight Zone.

The final episode aired on May 25, 1999 with a 90-minute finale, which was the fourth highest rated comedy series finale of the 1990s, behind Cheers, The Cosby Show and Seinfeld.

In the popular American series The Cosby Show, the eldest daughter named her twins Winnie and Nelson.

Some of the most popular TV series which premiered during the 1980s or carried over from the 1970s include: Alf, Airwolf, The A-Team, Dynasty, Dallas, Knight Rider, MacGyver, Magnum, P. I., Miami Vice, Diff ' rent Strokes, The Jeffersons, The Facts of Life, The Cosby Show, Murder, She Wrote, 21 Jump Street, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Night Court, Who's the Boss ?, Family Matters, Quantum Leap, Saved by the Bell, Roseanne, Full House, The Golden Girls, Cheers, Growing Pains, Family Ties, Seinfeld, The Simpsons and Married ... with Children.

Heckart was familiar to television audiences with starring roles in The Five Mrs. Buchanans, Annie McGuire, Out of the Blue, Trauma Center, Partners in Crime, Backstairs at the White House ( Emmy nomination as Eleanor Roosevelt ), and guest spots on The Fugitive, The Mary Tyler Moore Show ( two Emmy nominations as journalist Flo Meredith, a role she carried over to a guest appearance on MTM's spinoff Lou Grant ), Rhoda, Alice, Murder One, Hawaii Five-O, Gunsmoke, Cybill, The Cosby Show, and many other shows.

Fox would expand to a full week's worth of programming in 1993, which included scheduling the breakout hit The Simpsons opposite NBC's The Cosby Show as one of Fox's initial Thursday night offerings in the fall of 1990 ( along with future hit Beverly Hills, 90210 ) after only a half-season of success on Sunday nights.

When his entire family is seen together, they appear to be a spoof of The Cosby Show.

When Fox moved The Simpsons to prime time on Thursdays against NBC's top-rated The Cosby Show, the writing staff decided to make Hibbert a parody of Bill Cosby's character Dr. Cliff Huxtable.

Givens first began acting in 1985 with an appearance on The Cosby Show, followed by roles in Diff ' rent Strokes, and the 1986 television film Beverly Hills Madam opposite Faye Dunaway.

* Gary Kott, television and advertising writer, who was a writer and supervising producer of The Cosby Show.

* Tico Wells, actor, The Cosby Show and " Five Heart Beats " ( choir boy ), was born here.

However, she was credited as " Cheryl McFadden " in the Troma movie When Nature Calls ( 1985 ) and in the Season 3 episode of The Cosby Show, " Cliff's 50th Birthday ".

* The Cosby Show ( 1987 ) episode Cliff's 50th Birthday

* Keshia Knight Pulliam, actress, " The Cosby Show ," " Tyler Perry's House of Payne "

* Keshia Knight Pulliam, actress, " The Cosby Show ," " Tyler Perry's House of Payne "

Similar situations have occurred in television production (" The Cosby Show is recorded in front of a live television studio audience ") and news broadcasting.

* Mushond Lee ( born 1967 ), actor who appeared on The Cosby Show and in the film Lean on Me.

* Josh Culbreath, athlete ( 1957 400 m hurdles world record ), actor (" Tail-wind Turner ", The Cosby Show )

He was best known for his role as Rudy Huxtable's admirer, Stanley on The Cosby Show and high school student, Romeo Santana on The WB sitcom, The Steve Harvey Show.

In 1991, Santana landed a recurring role on The Cosby Show as Stanley, the faithful admirer of the young Rudy Huxtable and the romantic rival of Rudy's friend Kenny ( Deon Richmond ).

Deon Richmond was cast as his brother Darren, due to their interaction on The Cosby Show.

His last television acting role was on the UPN series, Half & Half, His last film role was a 2003 comedy, The Blues with fellow Cosby Show alum Deon Richmond.

The Bill Cosby advertising campaign and the promotion of Jigglers was much more popular in Utah than in other areas, in large part due to higher birth rates among Mormon populations.

A loose American remake of the show starred Bill Cosby and was simply titled Cosby ; it ran from 1996 to 2000.

Bill Cosby was a regular in season one, and occasionally appeared in new segments during season two, but left afterward.

Nevertheless, segments that Cosby had taped during the first two years were repeatedly used for the rest of the run, and Cosby was billed as a cast member throughout.

* Wild Guess: Game show spoof ( similar to You Bet Your Life ) with announcer Ken Kane ( Bill Cosby ) and host Bess West ( Rita Moreno ) in which the contestant would take a wild guess at what the day's secret word was.

Also, Alpine is famous for its location of the YMCA Camp Cosby which was established in 1922.

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids was another hailed series created by and starring Bill Cosby with an explicit educational focus, which enabled the actor to earn a doctorate in education.

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids was first released on DVD in Late 2004, first with a " best-of " collection, then later with collections of the first two seasons ( each with an audio CD featuring songs from the show ).

The channel drew considerable media attention thanks to its promotion by famous comedian Bill Cosby, who was part-owner of that station when it started.

* TAP Publishing Co. was created in 1937 by Cosby Harrison with the first publication, that is still being published today, Trade-A-Plane.

Nelson was also Gray's character's name on The Cosby Show as a child.

He was one of the major characters on the children's television series The Electric Company for its first two seasons, and created the educational cartoon comedy series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, about a group of young friends growing up in the city.

Cosby was instead given the role of primary anchor for MSNBC Investigates at 10 and 11 p. m.

Jack persuades his parents ( Diane Lane and Brian Kerwin ) to let him attend regular school, based upon a recommendation from his tutor, Mr. Woodruff ( Bill Cosby ).

* November 12-The animated special Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert, based on Bill Cosby's stand up comedy airs on NBC, it would later inspire the Saturday morning cartoon, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.

Entertainment Weekly stated that The Cosby Show helped to make possible a larger variety of shows based on people of African descent, from In Living Color to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Cosby is an American situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS from September 16, 1996 to April 28, 2000, loosely based on the British sitcom One Foot in the Grave.

While Markhasev's lawyers appealed to get his conviction overturned, arguing that the letters had been forged by another convict, in a handwritten letter to California Deputy Attorney General Kyle Brodie, Markhasev apologized to the Cosby family, saying, " Although my appeal is in its beginning stages, I don't want to continue with it because it's based on falsehood and deceit ... I am guilty, and I want to do the right thing ... More than anything, I want to apologize to the victim's family.

Fat Albert is a 2004 live-action / animated film based on the Filmation animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.

Mr. Cosby tells him that his character is based on Doris's grandfather, which explains Doris ' confusion over why Albert seems so familiar to her.

Sometime later, Mr. Cosby and his friends ( who the characters in the show were based on ) stand in front of their old friend Albert Robertson's grave.

The most recent of these Saturday Night Live originated films is a case of double television origin: Fat Albert, which began with an impression of another television show based on the comedy routine of Bill Cosby.

As it turned out, however, producer Clarence Paul found it easier to work with Wonder's now-mature tenor voice, Sylvia Moy and Henry Cosby set about writing a new song for the artist, based upon an instrumental riff Wonder had devised.

He often plays characters based on and satirizing comedian Bill Cosby, such as on Family Guy ( with the voice of Jerome in " Jerome is the New Black ") and The Boondocks.