The Cosby Show is a American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, that aired in September 20, 1984. The series centers on the family, an upper middleclass African-American family residing in Brooklyn, ny.According to TV Guide, the series"was TV's most important hit in the 1980s, and also nearly completely restored the sitcom genre and NBC's ratings Bundle". Originally, the series had been pitched. Entertainment Weekly stated that The Cosby Show helped make possible a Assortment of exhibits based on individuals of African descent, from In Living Color into the New Prince of Belair. The Cosby Show was based in Cosby's stand up act, which were based on his life on humor patterns. Sitcoms, such as Everybody Loves Raymond and do it yourself, would follow that pattern. The series spawned the spinoff Another World, that ran for six seasons.