Casting directors offered Whitney Houston the role of the eldest Cosby kid, Sondra. The late singer turned the role down to follow her dreams of singing stardom, something the show’s director at the ...

The Cosby Show has a complicated legacy. The sitcom ran for eight seasons between 1984 and 1992, accumulating six Emmy wins during its time on NBC. The series followed the Huxtable family, an upper ...

(L to R) Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Theo, Keshia Knight Pulliam as Rudy, Bill Cosby as Cliff, Tempestt Bledsoe as Vanessa, Phylicia Rashad as Clair, and Lisa Bonet as Denise on 'The Cosby Show' ...

The cast of “The Cosby Show:’’ (clockwise from bottom left) Lisa Bonet as Denise Huxtable, Sabrina Le Beauf as Sondra Huxtable, Tempest Bledsoe as Vanessa Huxtable, Malcolm Jamal-Warner as Theodore ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frank Carroll/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty (L to R) Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Theo, Keshia Knight Pulliam as Rudy, Bill Cosby as Cliff, ...