Dark Secrets The Cosby Show Cast Tried To Hide
According to Vulture, The Cosby Show was “a late addition to NBC’s [1984] fall schedule” — but whoever made that last-second gamble, clearly won big. The sitcom, which centered around the Huxtables — an affluent African American family who lived in a Brooklyn brownstone — broke boundaries by bringing a black cast into an environment historically defined by whiteness, and it was an instant hit. The series went on to become one of the most successful American sitcoms in TV history, winning 6 out of a total of 29 Emmy nominations, and becoming one of just two American series to spend five consecutive seasons at the top of the Nielsen ratings, per Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Today, the premise of The Cosby Show hardly seems like a risky bet, but at the time Bill Cosby was one of the first stand-up comedians to become a sitcom star. At one point, he was so beloved that he was dubbed America’s dad … until that all changed in a truly horrific way. But it’s not just Cosby who has a dark side, although his is exceptionally darker than his castmates. Some of the sitcom’s other big stars definitely had a few skeletons lurking in their closets as well.
