Bounce TV Pulls ‘Cosby’ Reruns, BET’s Centric Yanks ‘The Cosby Show’

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Source: Variety

Whitney Friedlander
TV News Editor

UPDATE: In the wake of the latest news regarding comedian Bill Cosby’s rape allegations, African-American-skewing network Bounce TV has announced that it will immediately cease airing reruns of television series “Cosby,” while the BET-owned Centric Network has pulled “The Cosby Show.”

Cosby came under more scrutiny yesterday after news broke that he admitted to drugging women for sex. Since last year, he has been openly battling multiple allegations of rape.

A competitor of BET, Bounce TV is an African-American focused, advertiser-supported digital multicast channel carried by broadcast TV stations around the country. It was co-founded by Martin Luther King III and Georgia politician Andrew Young.

“Cosby” was a CBS sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2000. It starred Bill Cosby and his “Cosby Show” co-star Phylicia Rashad, as well as Madeline Kahn, Jurnee Smollett and others.

Read more: http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/cosby-reruns-bounce-tv-1201535254/

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1. Dr Huxtable, quit slipping roofies to women, STAT! nt

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2. Good.

Freepers were whining yesterday that Dukes of Hazzard had been taken off of the air, but not the Cosby Show and muttering it was because of white guilt. Assholes.

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3. it kills me

I thought he was a creep even when that show was on - have never understood why people could not see he was a condescending asshole

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8. Exactly, he's always been condescending

It's his whole shtick.

Even as a kid, I always hated him and was annoyed by parents and adults who thought he was oh-so-funny when he talked down to kids on his shows and in commercials.

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4. I feel for all the actors in the shows

Little did they know what Cosby had been doing to women over the years and still was when the shows were in production.

Now their residual income stops and their careers are damaged by association.

You certainly don't want to list that show in your credits now.

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5. yup - and that explains seinfeld helping with the 'Kramer' rehabilitation

kramer torpedoed the seinfeld show brand with his rant - kind of amazing how much damage a loose cannon idiot can do in 5 minutes to the work of countless talented people for many years

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6. Yep! I loved Seinfeld but stopped watching it immediately after Richards' racist rant.

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Haven't watched it since.

Guess the new Cosby revelations are one reason the networks have decided to stop airing the show.

Viewership is going to definitely tank.

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7. I Spy reruns are probably going to get pulled as well. nt