Bill Cosby

Debbie Allen on being hired by Bill Cosby to produce and direct A Different World

Debbie Allen on working with Bill Cosby behind-the-scenes on A Different World

Larry Auerbach on packaging The Cosby Show

Anne Beatts on the difficulties she had on A Different World, and the series concept change

Frank Biondo on Bill Cosby on The Electric Company

Yvette Lee Bowser on deciding not to go to USC law school after college and moving into comedy writing instead -- on A Different World

James Burrows on considering Bill Cosby to play "Sam Malone" on Cheers [Editor's note: According to Glen and Les Charles in their 2003 interviews, NBC suggested Bill Cosby, but they preferred to cast a less well-known actor]

Robert Butler on directing Bill Cosby and Robert Culp on I Spy

Diahann Carroll on Bill Cosby

Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner on developing their first big hit, The Cosby Show

Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner on Bill Cosby's conditions for agreeing to do The Cosby Show

Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner on The Cosby Show's long tapings

Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner on telling Bill Cosby The Cosby Show was the number one show on television

Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner on their day-to-day duties as Executive Producers of The Cosby Show

Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner on what makes a successful producer

Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner on the end of The Cosby Show run; on working with Bill Cosby

Gilbert Cates on the TV movie All My Friends on Shore with Bill Cosby

Glen and Les Charles on considering Bill Cosby for the role of "Sam Malone" on Cheers, but wanting to go with an unknown actor

Glen and Les Charles on considering Bill Cosby for the role of "Sam Malone" on Cheers but wanting to cast an unknown actor

Dick Clark on doing stand-up comedy in Las Vegas

Joan Ganz Cooney on contributing to The Electric Company

Joan Ganz Cooney on her reflections on working with Bill Cosby

Hal Cooper on Allan Sherman insisting Bill Cosby be a guest on The Tonight Show

Robert Culp on Sheldon Leonard casting Bill Cosby on I Spy at the suggestion of Rob Reiner

Robert Culp on shooting the pilot for I Spy co-starring Bill Cosby and produced by Sheldon Leonard, and on writing four episodes

Robert Culp on his chemistry with Bill Cosby on I Spy

Robert Culp on he and Bill Cosby acting as mentors for each other on I Spy

Ruby Dee on guest starring on Cosby in 1996

Mike Douglas on Bill Cosby appearing on The Mike Douglas Show

Hugh Downs on memorable guests on The Tonight Show while he was announcer - Bill Cosby

Garvin Eddy on designing the Huxtable residence on The Cosby Show and working with Bill Cosby

Kevin Eubanks on arranging music for Bill Cosby

Mike Fenton on working with Robert Culp and Bill Cosby on I Spy

Bob Finkel on working with Bill Cosby 

Bob Finkel on a picture of Bill Cosby at The People's Choice Awards

Earle Hagen on NBC initially not approving Bill Cosby to co-star in I Spy because it feared repercussions from Southern affiliates

Earl Hamner on working on the CBS special Aesop's Fables with Bill Cosby

Winifred Hervey on the dynamic between the actors and director Jay Sandrich on The Cosby Show

Winifred Hervey on Bill Cosby's involvement with scripts on The Cosby Show

Winifred Hervey on Bill Cosby wanting The Cosby Show storylines to have educational value

Allison Janney on meeting Bill Cosby and her appearance on The Cosby Show

Quincy Jones on first working with Bill Cosby

Quincy Jones on composing the theme and incidental music for The Bill Cosby Show

Quincy Jones on working as musical director on The New Bill Cosby Show

Larry King on Bill Cosby

Sheldon Leonard on casting Bill Cosby in I Spy

William Link on The Cosby Mysteries

Art Linkletter on Bill Cosby and Stu Phelps

Charles Lisanby briefly on working with Bill Cosby on Cos

Warren Littlefield on The Cosby Show

Warren Littlefield on The Cosby Show's collaborative team

Warren Littlefield on NBC's relationship with Bill Cosby

Garry Marshall on network censorship of a script ("No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise") where Bill Cosby's I Spy character was to shoot a white criminal 

John Martinelli on editing The Bill Cosby Show

Leslie Moonves on making the deal to bring a new Bill Cosby show to CBS

Frederick S. Pierce on spin-offs and working with Carsey Werner

Phylicia Rashad on Bill Cosby's work ethic

Phylicia Rashad on Bill Cosby's real life relationship with his wife

Phylicia Rashad on her frequent co-star Bill Cosby

Phylicia Rashad on Bill Cosby's spontaneity and how he and more-structured director Jay Sandrich had to find a middle ground on The Cosby Show

Phylicia Rashad on Bill Cosby's sensibilities regarding the writing and character portrayals on The Cosby Show

Carl Reiner on how his son Rob is responsible for Sheldon Leonard bringing Bill Cosby onto I Spy

John Rich on working with Bill Cosby on I Spy

Hank Rieger on publicity for I Spy stars Bill Cosby and Robert Culp

Stanley Ralph Ross on working on Bill Cosby's show Cos

Stanley Ralph Ross on Bill Cosby

Jay Sandrich on wanting to work with Bill Cosby even when there was no script for the pilot episode

Jay Sandrich on working with and directing Bill Cosby

Jay Sandrich on directing Sheldon Leonard and Bill Cosby on an episode of The Cosby Show

Jay Sandrich on directing Stevie Wonder and Bill Cosby on an episode of The Cosby Show

Jay Sandrich on working with Bill Cosby on The Cosby Show and where ideas for the show came from

Ralph Senensky on directing several episodes of The Bill Cosby Show

Sam Simon on drawing for Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids

Saul Turteltaub on working with Bill Cosby on Cosby

Malcolm-Jamal Warner on being cast as "Theo Huxtable" on The Cosby Show

Malcolm-Jamal Warner on working with Bill Cosby on The Cosby Show

Malcolm-Jamal Warner on shooting the pilot for The Cosby Show

Malcolm-Jamal Warner on what he believes The Cosby Show  was trying to achieve

Malcolm-Jamal Warner on "Theo Huxtable's" relationship with "Cliff Huxtable" on The Cosby Show

Lou Weiss on representing Bill Cosby

Lou Weiss on representing Bill Cosby

Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner on developing their first big hit, The Cosby Show

Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner on Bill Cosby's conditions for agreeing to do The Cosby Show

Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner on The Cosby Show's long tapings

Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner on telling Bill Cosby The Cosby Show was the number one show on television

Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner on their day-to-day duties as Executive Producers of The Cosby Show

Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner on the end of The Cosby Show  run; on working with Bill Cosby

Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner on what makes a successful producer

Joseph M. Wilcots on working with Bill Cosby

Terence Winter on writing for The Cosby Mysteries