Why can’t you find ‘The Cosby Show’ on many TV platforms?
NORRISTOWN, PA – SEPTEMBER 24: Bill Cosby leaves the Montgomery County Courthouse on the first day of trial in his sexual assault trial on September 24, 2018 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. In April, Cosby was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. 60 women have accused the entertainer 80 year old assault.
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NORRISTOWN, PA – SEPTEMBER 24: Bill Cosby leaves the Montgomery County Courthouse on the first day of trial in his sexual assault trial on September 24, 2018 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. In April, Cosby was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. 60 women accused the 80-year-old man this age an attack.
Bill Cosby may be out of prison, but most major networks still aren’t showing reruns of “The Cosby Show.”
Amazon (AMZN) Prime is the only major streaming service to offer the 1980s sitcom for free to subscribers. Amazon (AMZN) did not respond to multiple requests for comment on whether it will continue to offer the program.
Basic cable channel TV One confirmed that it is still airing reruns of “The Cosby Show.”
According to Forbes’ 2017 estimate, movie reruns have generated more than $1.5 billion over two decades. But in 2014, networks and streaming platforms began picking up the show as backlash grew against Bill Cosby, who was facing confirmation of sexual misconduct.
The cultural impact of “The Cosby Show,” which focuses on an upper-middle-class black family living in Brooklyn, is difficult to overstate. TV Guide called it “the most successful series of the 1980s” and it was America’s #1 rated show on television for five of its eight seasons on NBC. It won six Emmy Awards and the prestigious Peabody Award.
“The Cosby Show” revolves around the Huxtable family.