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>> well, then you should be dragging around a persian rug. >> we've all had parents who, despite our best efforts, reject all of our kindness. and it backfires. >> i don't understand why you would use bleach on these towels. >> 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. and because of that ushered in a lot of other great storytelling. when "the cosby show" went off the air, we did have other black family sitcoms to...

You know -- >> i brought you in this world and i'll take you out! >> the audience cheered because it was like the parents are saying, yes, we're taking back 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 everybody 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 h...

Almost as close as you though neither of you return my phone calls but i'll say this. people compared louie with weinstein and cosby and if there's no scales why do we have scales? why do they make the flight attendants so concerned where i sit on the plane just because of my muscles? i'll say this. i read a story that said a lot of people out there cancelling people are compensating for things that they feel guilty about. that's why you'll never hear a peep out of me opposing human trafficking. >> good for you. >> my neither. >> kat, we have to diminnish cancellation and somebody who does som...

Black-ish. >> what >> the father feels like his family is losing touch with their roots. and he wants them to sort of know their heritage. >> i just want at least one of my kids to end up being black so i could love it. >> whereas "the cosby" show was more sort of safe, kind of here's us living every day. the black-ish family is very unapologetic about their blackness in ways that really hadn't been seen in like a prime time television before. >> so next saturday, when you turn 13, you're becoming a man too. a black man. because i'm throwing you an african rites of passage ceremony. >> that do...

Family that i think you had a universal audience. >> we got super bowl ratings every single week, and they're tuning in because everybody 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 20 and 30 and 40 million people tuning in. >> people say you were one of america's most successful fathers. i said, no,...