The Cosby Show
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''TV Guide'' listed the series as "TV's biggest hit in the 1980s", adding it "almost single-handedly revived the sitcom genre and NBC's ratings fortunes", while also ranking it 28th on their list of 50 Greatest Shows; with this list, Cliff Huxtable was named as the "Greatest Television Dad" in 2014. In May 1992, ''Entertainment Weekly'' stated that ''The Cosby Show'' helped to make possible a larger variety of shows with a predominantly black cast, from ''In Living Color'' to ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air''.
''The Cosby Show'' spent five consecutive seasons as the number-one rated show on television and, along with ''All in the Family'', is the only sitcom in the history of the Nielsen ratings as the number-one show for five seasons, having spent the series in the top 20 ratings. It also remains the only scripted TV show with a predominantly African-American cast to top the Nielsen ratings, and to do so more than once. Its spinoff, ''A Different World''', also became a ratings hit, featuring in the top 5 of the ratings for four of its six seasons. It launched the extended cast into stardom and Cosby, having already had a successful career on TV, films and stand-up, became the highest paid actor on television.
It was also an international hit, garnering a following from across the world being a regular fixture in markets previously considered unattainable for African-American leads, such as Europe, where the show became a ratings and commercial hit and cemented itself as an international icon of 1980s pop culture. Its effects on Black American portrayal and gender politics on television were a major part of its success. The portrayal of Clair Huxtable, the matriarch of the Huxtable family, by Phylicia Rashad sparked an international wave of working mothers on television dubbed the "Clair Huxtable effect", and Bill Cosby was nicknamed "America's Dad" for his highly celebrated portrayal of Cliff Huxtable. The colourful sweaters he wore as Cliff became a fashion trend for a time which was temporarily revived in the early 2010s. Another sitcom starring Cosby and Rashad, ''Cosby'', aired on CBS from 1996 to 2000, notable for its differences to ''The Cosby Show'', garnering positive reviews. Provided by Wikipedia
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3by Sagan, S., Weeks, A.R., Robinson, I.S., Moore, G.F., Aiken, J.Get access
Published in Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography (1995)
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4by King, D.P., Hay, A.W.M., Robinson, I., Evans, S.W.Get access
Published in Journal of Comparative Pathology (1995)
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6by Weeks, A.R., Griffiths, G., Roe, H., Moore, G., Robinson, I.S., Atkinson, A., Shreeve, R.Get access
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7by Weeks, A.R., Griffiths, G., Roe, H., Moore, G., Robinson, I.S., Atkinson, A., Shreeve, R.Get access
Published in Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography (1995)
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8by Johannessen, J.A., Le Traon, P-Y., Robinson, I., Nittis, K., Bell, M.J., Pinardi, N., Bahurel, P.Get access
Published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (2006)
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9by Robinson, I., Callison, R., Carter, D., Nichol, J., Sheppard, C., Sudarshana, R., Viehoff, T., Wells, N., Blackburn, D., Troost, D.Get access
Published 1992
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10by Negrón-Juárez, Robinson I, Riley, William J, Koven, Charles D, Knox, Ryan G, Taylor, Philip G, Chambers, Jeffrey QGet access
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11by Jepson, P. D., Brew, S., MacMillan, A. P., Baker, J. R., Barnett, J., Kirkwood, J. K., Kuiken, T., Robinson, I. R., Simpson, V. R.Get access
Published in Veterinary Record (1997)
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