Did you know The Cosby Show’s dark secrets actors tried to hide?
According to Vulture, The Cosby Show was “a late addition to NBC’s fall [1984] schedule” — but whoever took that last-second gamble clearly won big. The sitcom centered around the Huxtables – a wealthy African-American family living in a brownstone in Brooklyn – broke boundaries by placing a black cast in a historically defined environment. by white people and it was an instant success. The series went on to become one of the most successful American sitcoms in television history, winning 6 out of 29 Emmy nominations and becoming one of only two American television series to have five consecutive seasons in the series. tops the Nielsen rankings, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.
Today, the premise of The Cosby Show is hardly 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 called America’s father… until it all changed in a truly terrible way. But it wasn’t just Cosby who had a dark side, although he was notably darker than his co-stars. Some of the sitcom’s other big stars certainly have a few skeletons lurking in their closets, too
