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>> they just seemed a little yellow. >> yes, they are yellow towels. >> we all come into a family. we need a family, love them or hate them, that's who, you know, we were given. >> the success of "cosby" resurrected the sitcom. because of that, ushered in a lot of other great story telling. when "the cosby show" went off the air, we did have other black family sitcoms to fill that void. and one of them was the "fresh prince," which was another version of aspirational black family wealth. >> i didn't know there were so many brothers living in this neighborhood. we doing all right, huh? >> fox w...

Pilot but they say can you get rid of the black guy? they did not feel cosbee would work. sydney refused. he stuck with cosby on that. >> this time, no element of surprise, no car crashes. >> he won an emmy for that. the series won a golden globe in 1967. >> certainly i think it say landmark moment but then you think how much time passed from the time he had that role and a notion of equal billing between the two, you know, it took forever to get back to that again. >> also, white america had to acknowledge that something had changed. not just on television but in america. >> immediately after...

The house. >> i just want you to do the best you can. that's all. >> there was such a love and camaraderie in the huxtable family that i think you had a universal audience. >> we got super bowl ratings every single week and they're tuning in because everyone wants to be a huxtable. >> "the cosby show" revitalized the sitcom. >> all right. then let's put "cosby" at 8:00. let's put "family ties" at 8:30. and "family ties" went up in a huge way. that great thursday night lineup, "cosby," "family ties," "cheers," "night court." >> nbc really created this idea of must-see tv. you're talking about 2...

Ali: it was a massive hit. lorraine ali: you know, it's the 80's. it was like let's just, not think about that complicated stuff right now. ♪ malcolm-jamal warner: for the first time, the cosby show forced america to recognize the black middle class. bill: ninety -five dollars? theo, i don't have a ninety-five-dollar shirt and i have a job. beretta smith shomade: the reagan-esque narrative allowed everyone to not see race and just to see this all-american family that you could emulate. alice leppert: ronald reagan did say that cosby was his favorite show. so, go figure. tracy: where i come f...

Working. >> what you talking about, willis? >> different strokes makes us feel good. we solved racism, thank goodness! >> it was a massive hit. you know, it is the '80s. it was like, let's just not think about that complicated stuff right now. >> for the first time, the cosby show forced america to recognize the black middle class. >> $95? i don't have a $95 shirt, and i have a job! >> the reagan narrative allowed everybody to not see race and just to see this all-american family that you could emulate. >> ronald reagan did say that cosby was his favorite show, so go figure. >> when i come fro...