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When the cosby went on the air, we did have other family sitcoms and one of them was "fresh prince." >> i didn't know so many brothers living in this neighborhood. we are doing all right, huh? >> fox was one of the fir first network that took risk that had minority people. >> it is vital that people of color write hs their on story because that's where the authenticity comes from. >> he's probably tired. >> he should be. he kept us up all night. >> uncle bernie, he's too old to play. can we play with something else? >> it is nothing you saw like

Success. >> family ties are a reversal. now you have the liberal parent and the conservative child. >> maybe you think we were switched at birth. >> michael is just wonderful. he's young and energetic, he had such good timing. >> we started rather slowly. nbc was moving us around. "family ties" um peumped a litte life into sitcoms. sitcoms were pronounced dead and all of a sudden comes "the cosbys" in '84. it was a game changer to me.

In long island with my wife, debra. >> the first season ray says in the opening credits, it is not really about the kids. >> it is not about the kids. >> i say for every year your over 40, you should add an inch h hem line to your dress. >> despite our best efforts reject all of our kindness and it backfires. >> i don't understand why you use bleach on these towels? >> we come into a family, love them or hate them that's who we were given. >> the success of cosby resurrected sitcoms and ushered a great story telling.

"the cosby show." >> get in the bathroom and wipe off the pee off the seat. >> disgusting. >> wb and upn were coming on and they start to diversify and grow that audience. they were able to snatch up this audience that the other network were ignoring up to that point. the show kind of set the stage for diversity in family sitcoms that can be seen in televisions today. >> welcome wong, i am rick, nihao. that's more of a japanese thing but thank you, rick. someone once told me, that i should get used to people staring. so i did.

That great thursday night lineup, "cosby" and "cheers." >> nbc created this idea of must-see tv. you are talking about 20 or 30 or 40 million people tuning in. >> you say you're america's successful father. no, it was cosby. it was huge disappointing to all of us but he set the standard of what family sitcom was. >> by the late '80s, family sitcoms were very popular. >> families tune into these tv