tom werner: we got super bowl ratings every single week and they re tuning in because everybody wants to be a huxtable. jacqueline coley: the cosby show revitalized the sitcom. warren littlefield: alright, then let s put cosby at 8. let s put family ties at 8:30. michael gross: and then family ties went poom in a huge way. michael gross: that great thursday night lineup cosby, family ties, cheers, night court. jacqueline coley: nbc really created this idea of must see tv. you re talking about 20 and 30 and 40 million people tuning in. michael gross: people say you were one of america s most successful fathers. i said no, it was bill cosby. cosby was number one. jaleel white: with respect to what s happened of late. it s like, hugely disappointing to all of us, but he set the standard for what a family sitcom was.
i am and love me anyway. malcolm-jamal warner: you know, in any other sitcom, that would be the moment where the music would start and the father would embrace the son and say something, you know, really encouraging. cliff: theo. that s the dumbest thing i ve ever heard in my life! tom werner: and you could hear the audience gasp because like, this is a strong father who is going to say to his son, as he said, you know, i - cliff: i brought you in this world, and i ll take you out. tom werner: all of a sudden the audience cheered because it was like the parents are saying, yes, we re taking back the house. cliff: i just want you to do the best you can. that s all. malcolm-jamal warner: there was such a love and camaraderie in the huxtable family that i think you had a universal audience. tom werner: we got super bowl ratings every single week and they re tuning in because everybody wants to be a huxtable. jacqueline coley: the cosby show revitalized the sitcom.
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 20 and 30 and 40 million people tuning in. people say you were one of america s most successful fathers. i said, no, that was bill cosby. cosby was number one. with respect to what s happened of late, it s like hugely disappointing to all of us. but he set the standard for what a family sitcom was.
this morning and heard the latest directly from the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. it s an interview you will only see on fox news sunday . and we will bring you reaction from democrat jim himes of connecticut. plus ukraine s military makes a major push against russia. the pivotal counteroffensive coming as cap ukraine requires to receive a fighter jets from western allies for just days after president zelenskyy met with world leaders. republican senator lindsey graham joins us live from fresh off his meeting with ukrainian president. we will ask the senator what the two discussed behind closed doors. then, florida governor desantis jumped into the 2024 campaign ready to blitz the media and hit the trail part was about to dispense of this culture of losing quickbooks. shannon: a boaters or hearing a lot more about what he wants if he wins the white house. gross i would not want to see the united states with our troops meshed in a war in russia or ukraine huxtable asked our
this morning and heard the latest directly from the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. it s an interview you will only see on fox news sunday . and we will bring you reaction from democrat jim himes of connecticut. plus ukraine s military makes a major push against russia. the pivotal counteroffensive coming as cap ukraine requires to receive a fighter jets from western allies for just days after president zelenskyy met with world leaders. republican senator lindsey graham joins us live from fresh off his meeting with ukrainian president. we will ask the senator what the two discussed behind closed doors. then, florida governor desantis jumped into the 2024 campaign ready to blitz the media and hit the trail part was about to dispense of this culture of losing quickbooks. shannon: a boaters or hearing a lot more about what he wants if he wins the white house. gross i would not want to see the united states with our troops meshed in a war in russia or ukraine huxtable asked our