Daily Archives: September 20, 2014

‘Who’s the Boss?’ debuts on ABC 30 years ago this hour (Sep 20 1984)


Video: 'Who's the Boss? (Pilot) - Part 1'

(Thursday, September 20, 1984, 8:30 p.m. EDT)Who’s the Boss?, a sitcom about a retired major league baseball player who relocates to Fairfield, Connecticut, to work as a live-in housekeeper for a divorced advertising executive, debuted tonight as a regular television series on ABC. It starred Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro and Katherine Helmond. Continue reading ‘Who’s the Boss?’ debuts on ABC 30 years ago this hour (Sep 20 1984)

‘The Cosby Show’ debuts on NBC 30 years ago this hour (Sep 20 1984)


Video: '1 Theo's Economic Lessons'

(Thursday, September 20, 1984, 8:00 p.m. EDT)The Cosby Show, a sitcom about an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York, debuted tonight as a regular television series on NBC.

It starred Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Sabrina Le Beauf, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Lisa Bonet, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Geoffrey Owens, Raven-Symoné and Erika Alexander.