More than 20 years after The Cosby Show ended its run on NBC, Bill Cosby is returning to the network to star in a new family comedy.
Cosby is teaming with former Cosby Show producer Marcy Carsey's Tom Werner for a new family comedy in which he'd star, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The new comedy will be centered around Cosby, who will play the patriarch of a multi-generational family, like NBC's Cosby Show and CBS' Cosby, will include his take on marriage and parenting.
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A search is underway for writers on the project, which is being eyed for development outside of the traditional pilot season window.
The news comes two months after Cosby told Yahoo TV that he was interested in returning to TV for another family show.
"I want to be able to deliver a wonderful show to [a] network," Cosby said. "Because there is a viewership out there that wants to see comedy, and warmth, and love, and surprise, and cleverness, without going into the party attitude. They would like to see a married couple that acts like they love each other, warts and all, children who respect the parenting, and the comedy of people who make mistakes. Warmth and forgiveness. So I hope to get that opportunity, and I will deliver the best of Cosby, and that will be a series, I assume, that we could get enough people week after week after week to tune in to, to come along with us."
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