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Now to the latest in the scandal surrounding comedian bill cosby. two u.s. television networks are pulling reruns of his old sitcoms, newly unsealed court documents show that cosby once admitted under oath that he was got drugs to give to women he wanted to have sex with. >> reporter: one by one they came forward. >> i woke up or came to grogly with him removing my underwear. >> the room started to spin. >> cosby was on top of me. >> more than 25 accusers over the past 40 years but some people h...

The cameraman said look at the two shot. thats a series. >> shamele, shamozle -- hossenfere incorporated. >> tuesday night between 8:00 and 9:00 is called the death spot, death to any program that goes between abcs "happy days" or "laverne & shirley." >> laverne & shirley was one of the few sitcoms that debuted as number one. >> the top number one show this season, laverne and shirley. >> you have to go all the way back to "i love lucy" to get the same sort of slapstick and physical comedy. >> n...

Laverne. this is laverne dafazio. she is mine. this is shirley feeney. she is yours. as you can see. >> nice to meet you, ritchie. >> my pleasure. >> when laverne and shirley made a guest appearance. the cameraman said look at the two shot. thats a series. >> shamele, shamozle -- hossenfere incorporated. >> tuesday night between 8:00 and 9:00 is called the death spot, death to any program that goes between ab cs "happy days" or "laverne & shirley." >> laverne & shirley was one of the few sitcoms...

Brilliant minds killed. nash and his wife killed in a taxi crash. he was the object of "a beautiful mind"" with russell crowe. they believe nash or his wife was wearing a seat belt when they hit a guard wail. his wife auz 82 he was 86. they had been married nearly 60 years. >> mourning the loss of a classic median actress ben stiller ann mira has died. >> sounds terrific. >> looking at the guesswork at a meeting somewhere. >> she is best known as half of that comedy team stiller and meara where ...

Succeeds and why phil robertson succeeds. they cant stand you. they cant stand the message coming from fox. they cant stand the message from phil robertson and its a market economics. if they wanted to do better they would emulate it. notice how theyre going in the opposite direction and flaming out. the numbers are cratering and this is why. >> cratering and i got to tell you the universe in television is getting bigger every day and not stuck watching the networks anymore. not for the news and...

Freddie gray will not be made public. across the street there is a barber shop. a classic kind of inner city barber shop. you have seen them in sitcoms over the years. in the barber shop they were all telling me oh, were going to get those results on friday. these cops are clearly going to be indicted now we wont know the results or what the prosecutor is going to do until much later in the process. i fear, greta the announcement that there will be no public disclosure of the autopsy results mig...

He was always smiling. his just effervescent personality was electric. >> reporter: at 13 years old that electric personality landed paul a string of roles in popular 90s sitcoms like "whos the boss." and "charles in charge." but for this quintessential california kid, acting took a back seat. >> paul walker grew up in san fernando valley and he loved surfing from a young age. hes always been fascinated by the ocean. later he became really into brazilian jujitsu. he was an athlete, a sportsman a...

Religious freedom laws. when i came out at 18 to my catholic parents to tell them i was gay meant telling them i could not marry, have a child, be a marine. i am married. i have a child. i can be a marine. i dont want to be a marine much to the relief of the marine corps but things have gotten better and continue to get better. >> thanks for being here. i appreciate it. i checked with chris cuomo, his comment was you cant blame the interviewer for what you say in the interview. that makes sense ...

One balked. everyone got it. >> you talk about sitcoms, dramas, and comedies that theoretically have a black audience. theres a huge part of america that is not spoken to in terms of entertainment. 1999 6.5% of the leading and supporting roles on fox were black characters. now its up to 21%. this is a good trend. it seems like a no-brainer that this show would do well. >> it is going to shift more now because of "empire." pilot season theres this thing called the "empire" effect. theyre trying t...

>> thats pretty bad. memorabilia from one of our classic sitcoms is featured at the smithsonians national museum of national history. >> the cast of "the wonder years" gathered to donate scripts, polaroid photos and items from the wardrobe. including kevin arnolds letterman jacket. >> actor fred savage, josh saviano and jason hervey were all there to share their memories. most artifacts were saved by savages mom. she was also on hand along with the children. ♪ >> leave it to mom to remember ...