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The Cosby Show : Audiences, Impact, and Implications (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture)
The Cosby Show Audiences Impact and Implications - Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture Author:Linda K. Fuller This volume chronicles the phenomenon of a television program that has commanded first place since its premiere in September 1984. Each week in the United States it has consistently drawn a loyal audience of more than 60 million people, breaking all records for ratings and shares. The show is credited with lifting a third-place network into comm... more »anding leadership, advancing the image of black families, being the object of the greatest syndication barter deal in history, and regenerating the sitcom genre. Approached from a systems-theoretical perspective, this book considers The Cosby Show historically, economically, politically, legally, and socioculturally.« less