Cosby (1996–2000)

Hilton Lucas was forced by his employer to retire. His wife has trouble with him always being at home and so does he.

Stars:

Bill Cosby, Doug E. Doug, T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 8 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Bill Cosby	...	Hilton Lucas (95 episodes, 1996-2000)
Doug E. Doug	...	Griffin Vesey (94 episodes, 1996-2000)
T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh	...	Erica Lucas (94 episodes, 1996-2000)
Phylicia Rashad	...	Ruth Lucas (92 episodes, 1996-2000)
Madeline Kahn	...	Pauline Fox (60 episodes, 1996-1999)

Storyline

Hilton Lucas was forced by his employer to retire. His wife has trouble with him always being at home and so does he.

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Plot Keywords:

african american | laugh track | marriage | remake | husband wife relationship | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 September 1996 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bill Cosby, Carsey-Werner Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally Telma Hopkins was cast as Ruth, but Bill Cosby gave the role to Phylicia Rashad. Some believe it was in hopes of recapturing the magic The Cosby Show had, but it was because Hopkins didn't react well to Cosby's tendency to ad-lib.

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Quotes

Hilton: What do you want me to do?
Ruth: Kiss me, you fool!

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Connections

Referenced in IMDb's 20th Anniversary Star of the Day: Dulé Hill (2010)

User Reviews

Great series

Cosby made a decent comeback after such failures like The Cosby Mysteries (hey, it worked for Angela Lansbury, Dick Van Dyke and Andy Griffith!) and You Bet Your Life (an adaptation to the classic Groucho Marx game show. Cosby had some funny moments, but overall Cosby is weak with keeping up improvisation for a sustained amount of time)

Madelyn Khan was great on the show, but you could see during her final weeks on the show that she looked ill.

Someone else was supposed to play Cosby's wife in the series, but something didn't work out, so Phylicia Rashad was called on to replace her.

Cosby thankfully didn't go the route of adding younger children to the cast to keep the show going. That was the start of the downfall of the original Cosby Show.