Article: Bill Cosby's back and CBS has him

Mel Tapley
New York Amsterdam News
12-16-1995
Bill Cosby's back and CBS has him.

Not too long ago, Bill Cosby was making a bid to buy NBC, the network that made "The Cosby Show" famous for eight years. His offer was turned down.

With the announcement that he has joined the CBS family, maybe NBC will wince a little for letting the Cosby name, wit and charisma slip through their fingers. If the Coz was inwardly boiling over the NBC rejection -- even though it ran "The Cosby Mysteries" -- this was his chance to join the other star members from the pillaged peacock and the other networks: John Johnson, former Eyewitness News Team member, Magee Hickey, and countless others, who have been lured to ...

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