They must have revised the article prior to my reading of it. Cosby was mentioned in the paragraph preceding the one about MustSeeTV.
NBC slumped in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the "Supertrain" series > became a shorthand for a comically inept idea. Spinoff ABC surpassed NBC in > ratings. One man changed all that: Bill Cosby's sitcom dominated > television in the mid-1980s, as millions of Americans checked in each week > on the Huxtable family. On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 11:55 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's true that "West Wing" never appeared as part of the "Must See TV" > Thursday lineup, but remember that when Jeff Zucker elevated to the > level of network president, he took the "Must See" moniker and applied > it to nearly every weeknight, thereby diluting the value of the tag on > Thursday. For Brak's sake - "Dateline" was considered "Must See TV"! > (And heaven forbid we forget the disastrous "If you haven't seen it, > IT'S NEW TO YOU!" tag for reruns.) > > I'd agree any discussion of "Must See" Thursday has to include Hill > Street and LA Law, but how could the article omit The Cosby Show? > Granted, Cosby ended at the beginning of the use of the "Must See" > slogan, but the argument could easily be made that it was Cosby that > initially MADE NBC 'must see' on Thursday nights. > -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://sterlingnorth.vox.com -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
