Cosby

This article refers to the US sitcom – for other uses see Cosby (disambiguation).

Cosby was an American situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS Television from 1996 to 2000. The eponymous star of the series was Bill Cosby, who played grumpy Hilton Lucas, a man forced into early (and unwanted) retirement. His wife, Ruth, was played by Phylicia Rashad, who had also starred as Cosby's wife in the epochal 1980s sitcom, The Cosby Show. (Initially, Telma Hopkins was cast as Ruth Lucas; however, due to lack of chemistry between her and Cosby, the producers got Rashad instead.) The couple had one daughter, Erica Lucas, portrayed by T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh. Also appearing on the series were Madeline Kahn, who played neighbor Pauline Fox from 1996 until her death in 1999, and Doug E. Doug, who played Griffin Vesey, a friend of the Lucas family who tried occasionally to win Erica's affections.

The show itself was based on the concept from the BBC series One Foot in the Grave, starring Richard Wilson. David Renwick was listed as executive producer on both shows.

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