Photos: Bill Cosby plans return to TV in NBC sitcom
January 22, 2014
Bill Cosby departs the Montgomery County Courthouse after a preliminary hearing, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby was ordered to stand trial on sexual assault charges. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool) ( Bill Cosby )
Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse for a preliminary hearing, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby is accused of drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) ( Bill Cosby )
NORRISTOWN, PA - MAY 24: Bill Cosby departs the Montgomery County Courthouse after a preliminary hearing, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Cosby was ordered to stand trial on sexual assault charges after a hearing that hinged on a decade-old police report. (Photo by Matt Rourke-Pool/Getty Images) ( 90787720 )
NORRISTOWN, PA - MAY 24: Bill Cosby departs the Montgomery County Courthouse after a preliminary hearing, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Cosby has been ordered to stand trial in the lone criminal case lodged amid dozens of accusations that he molested women. (Photo by Matt Rourke-Pool/Getty Images) ( 90787708 )
NORRISTOWN, PA - MAY 24: Bill Cosby departs the Montgomery County Courthouse after a preliminary hearing, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Cosby was ordered to stand trial on sexual assault charges after a hearing that hinged on a decade-old police report. (Photo by Matt Rourke-Pool/Getty Images) ( 90787736 )
Bill Cosby waves as he leaves the Montgomery County Courthouse after a preliminary hearing, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby was ordered to stand trial on sexual assault charges after a hearing that hinged on a decade-old police report. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) ( APTOPIX Bill Cosby )
Gloria Allred leaves the Montgomery County Courthouse after Bill Cosby's preliminary hearing, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby is accused of drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) ( Bill Cosby )
Bill Cosby waves to the media as he arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse for a preliminary hearing, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby is accused of drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) ( Bill Cosby )
Bill Cosby smiles as he arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse for a preliminary hearing, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby is accused of drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) ( Bill Cosby )
Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse for a preliminary hearing, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby is accused of drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool) ( Bill Cosby )
Comedian Bill Cosby touches the metal detector after bumping into it as he arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse for a preliminary hearing, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2004. (Dominick Reuter/Pool Photo via AP) ( Bill Cosby )
Bill Cosby waves as he arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse for a preliminary hearing, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby is accused of drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) ( APTOPIX Bill Cosby )
Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse for a preliminary hearing, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby is accused of drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool) ( Bill Cosby )
Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse for a preliminary hearing, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby is accused of drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool) ( Bill Cosby )
Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse for a preliminary hearing, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2004. (Dominick Reuter/Pool Photo via AP) ( Bill Cosby )
Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse for a preliminary hearing, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby is accused of drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) ( Bill Cosby )
Bill Cosby arrives at court to face a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, in Elkins Park, Pa. Cosby was charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( Bill Cosby )
FILE - In this combination of file photos, entertainer Bill Cosby pauses during an interview in Washington on Nov. 6, 2014, and Andrea Constand poses for a photo in Toronto on Aug. 1, 1987. Cosby was charged Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, with drugging and sexually assaulting Constand at his home in January 2004. They are the first criminal charges brought against the comedian out of the torrent of allegations that destroyed his good-guy image as America’s Dad. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, left, and Ron Bull/The Toronto Star/The Canadian Press via AP, right) ( Bill Cosby )
Bill Cosby arrives at court to face a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, in Elkins Park, Pa. Cosby was charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( APTOPIX Bill Cosby )
Attorney Gloria Allred speaks during a press conference in response to the felony sexual assault charges levied against comedian Bill Cosby stemming from an alleged January 2004 assault of Temple University employee Andrea Constand at Cosby's Pennsylvania home December 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Allred represents 29 alleged sexual assault victims of Bill Cosby. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) ( 88661453 )
Bill Cosby is led from the Cheltenham Police Station after his arraignment at Montgomery County District Court on sexual assault charges December 30, 2015 in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Cosby was arraigned at 2:30 p.m. before Magisterial District Judge Elizabeth McHugh charged with Aggravated Indecent Assault. Bail was set at $1 million under the condition that he surrender his passport and have no contact with the victim. Cosby was released after posting the required 10 percent of the bail, $100,000. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images) ( 88661788 )
LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 30: Attorney Gloria Allred displays a document during a press conference in response to the felony sexual assault charges levied against comedian Bill Cosby stemming from an alleged January 2004 assault of Temple University employee Andrea Constand at Cosby's Pennsylvania home December 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Allred represents 29 alleged sexual assault victims of Bill Cosby. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) ( 88661775 )
Bill Cosby's home is seen after his arraignment at Montgomery County District Court on sexual assault charges December 30, 2015 in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Cosby was arraigned at 2:30 p.m. before Magisterial District Judge Elizabeth McHugh charged with Aggravated Indecent Assault. Bail was set at $1 million under the condition that he surrender his passport and have no contact with the victim. Cosby was released after posting the required 10 percent of the bail, $100,000. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images) ( 88661815 )
Bill Cosby arrives at court to face a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, in Elkins Park, Pa. Cosby was charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( Bill Cosby )
Bill Cosby's home is seen after his arraignment at Montgomery County District Court on sexual assault charges December 30, 2015 in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Cosby was arraigned at 2:30 p.m. before Magisterial District Judge Elizabeth McHugh charged with Aggravated Indecent Assault. Bail was set at $1 million under the condition that he surrender his passport and have no contact with the victim. Cosby was released after posting the required 10 percent of the bail, $100,000. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images) ( 88661821 )
Bill Cosby arrives at court to face a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, in Elkins Park, Pa. Cosby was charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( Bill Cosby )
Actor and comedian Bill Cosby is helped as he arrives for a court appearance to face a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, in Elkins Park, Pa. Cosby was arrested and charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( Bill Cosby )
Bill Cosby arrives at court to face a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, in Elkins Park, Pa. Cosby was charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( Bill Cosby )
US comedian Bill Cosby December 30, 2015 at the Court House in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania to face arraignment on charges of aggravated indecent assault. Cosby was arraigned over an incident that took place in 2004 -- the first criminal charge filed against the actor after dozens of women claimed abuse. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was8991402 )
US comedian Bill Cosby leaves December 30, 2015 the Court House in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania after arraignment on charges of aggravated indecent assault. Cosby was arraigned over an incident that took place in 2004 -- the first criminal charge filed against the actor after dozens of women claimed abuse. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was8991408 )
US comedian Bill Cosby December 30, 2015 at the Court House in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania to face arraignment on charges of aggravated indecent assault. Cosby was arraigned over an incident that took place in 2004 -- the first criminal charge filed against the actor after dozens of women claimed abuse. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was8991405 )
Attorney Gloria Allred speaks during a press conference in response to the felony sexual assault charges levied against comedian Bill Cosby stemming from an alleged January 2004 assault of Temple University employee Andrea Constand at Cosby's Pennsylvania home December 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Allred represents 29 alleged sexual assault victims of Bill Cosby. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) ( 88661550 )
Bill Cosby's home is seen after his arraignment at Montgomery County District Court on sexual assault charges December 30, 2015 in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Cosby was arraigned at 2:30 p.m. before Magisterial District Judge Elizabeth McHugh charged with Aggravated Indecent Assault. Bail was set at $1 million under the condition that he surrender his passport and have no contact with the victim. Cosby was released after posting the required 10 percent of the bail, $100,000. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images) ( 88661820 )
First Assistant District Attorney Kevin Steele, center, announces a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault against comedian Bill Cosby at the Montgomery County detective bureau, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, in Norristown, Pa. Steele is accompanied by Cheltenham Township Police Chief John Norris, left, and Chief County Detective Samuel J. Gallen. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( Bill Cosby )
First Assistant District Attorney Kevin Steele, center, announces a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault against comedian Bill Cosby at the Montgomery County detective bureau, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, in Norristown, Pa. Steele is accompanied by Cheltenham Township Police Chief John Norris, left, and Chief County Detective Samuel J. Gallen. Cosby was charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( Bill Cosby )
FILE - Bill Cosby performs at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino on September 26, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cosby testified in 2005 that he got Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with, and he admitted giving the sedative to at least one woman and “other people.” (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) ( 514544333EM009_Bill_Cosby_P )
This excerpt from a 2005 deposition given by entertainer Bill Cosby, and released Monday, July 6, 2015, by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, shows Cosby admitting that he obtained Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with. He admitted giving the sedative to at least one woman. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( Bill Cosby )
This is an excerpt from a 2005 deposition given by entertainer Bill Cosby, released Monday, July 6, 2015, by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In these documents, Cosby admitted that he obtained Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with. He admitted giving the sedative to at least one woman. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( Bill Cosby )
This is an excerpt from a 2005 deposition given by entertainer Bill Cosby, released Monday, July 6, 2015, by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In these documents, Cosby admitted that he obtained Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with. He admitted giving the sedative to at least one woman. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( Bill Cosby )
FILE -This Nov. 11, 2014, file photo shows entertainer and Navy veteran Bill Cosby speaking during a Veterans Day ceremony, at the The All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in Philadelphia. Cosby testified in 2005 that he got Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with, and he admitted giving the sedative to at least one woman and “other people,” according to documents obtained Monday by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) ( Bill Cosby )
The home of entertainer Bill Cosby appears Monday, July 6, 2015, in Elkins Park, Pa., outside Philadelphia. A former Temple University employee says she was drugged and sexually assaulted by Cosby at the home in 2005. Unsealed court documents released Monday show that Cosby admitted under oath that he obtained Quaaludes for the purpose of having sex with young women. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( People Bill Cosby )
The home of entertainer Bill Cosby appears Monday, July 6, 2015, in Elkins Park, Pa., outside Philadelphia. A former Temple University employee says she was drugged and sexually assaulted by Cosby at the home in 2005. Unsealed court documents released Monday show that Cosby admitted under oath that he obtained Quaaludes for the purpose of having sex with young women. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ( People Bill Cosby )
Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, left, Dr. Bill Cosby and Dr. Camille Cosby, right, are photographed at the 50th Anniversary Gala of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, in Washington. (Kevin Wolf/AP Images for Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art) ( 50th Anniversary Gala -Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art )
In this photo taken Nov. 6, 2014, entertainer Bill Cosby pauses during a news conference about the upcoming exhibit, Conversations: African and African-American Artworks in Dialogue, at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ( Art Bill Cosby )
Bill Cosby attends the CASA/LA Evening to Foster Dreams Gala at the Beverly Hilton on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision for Casa/LA/AP) ( CASA/LA Evening to Foster Dreams Gala )
Actor Bill Cosby attends the American Comedy Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Saturday, April 23, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP) ( American Comedy Awards - Arrivals )
American comedian, actor, author, educator and activist Bill Cosby poses for a portrait, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP) ( Bill Cosby & Kenny Loggins Portraits )
Actor and comedian Bill Cosby is shown in this January 1996 handout photo. (AP Photo) ( NAMES COSBY )
Phylicia Rashad, as Clair Huxtable, talks on the telephone while Bill Cosby, as Dr. Cliff Huxtable and other cast members of the family sitcom "The Cosby Show" gather around during taping of the final episode in New York City, Friday, March 6, 1992. From left clockwise are, Rashad; Clarice Taylor as Anna Huxtable; Cosby; Earl Hyman as Russel Huxtable; unidentified actor, partially hidden; Malcolm Jamal Warner as Theo; Keshia Knight Pulliam as Rudy; and Raven Symone as Olivia. (AP Photo) ( FINAL COSBY SHOW )
Bill Cosby with his wife Camille hold award presented May 22, 1966 after he was named the TV Emmy winner for his work in series, "I Spy" in New York City. (AP Photo/David Pickoff) ( BILL COSBY WITH WIFE CAMILLE - TV EMMY AWARDS )
This undated file photo originally released by NBC shows Robert Culp, left, and Bill Cosby starring as a team of American agents in the 1960's television series, "I Spy." (AP Photo/NBC) ( Obit Culp )
Bill Cosby appears at Hard Rock Live at The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on May 12, 2013 in Hollywood, Florida. (Photo by Jeff Daly/Invision/AP) ( Bill Cosby at Hard Rock Live Hollywood Florida )
Comedian Bill Cosby performs during the Stand Up for Heroes event at Madison Square Garden, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, in New York. (John Minchillo/Invision/AP) ( Stand Up For Heroes )
Comedian and entertainer Bill Cosby, left, poses for a photograph with National Football Foundation Chairman Archie Manning, center, and journalist and author Tom Brokaw at a cocktail reception prior to the 2010 College Football Hall of Fame awards dinner in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Cosby received the National Football Foundation's 2010 Gold Medal and Brokaw received the Foundation's 2010 Distinguished American Award. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ( College Football Hall Of Fame )
Comic actor Bill Cosby is shown in May photo of 1977. (AP Photo) ( BILL COSBY )
Bill Cosby arrives at the 2011 TV Land Awards on Sunday, April 10, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer) ( 2011 TV Land Awards Arrivals )
Actor and comedian Bill Cosby is shown circa 1960s. (AP Photo) ( BILL COSBY )
Comedian Bill Cosby, right, is recognized as an Honorary Chief Petty Officer by Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West, left, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ( Bill Cosby Navy )
Comedian Bill Cosby delivers a ceremonial first pitch prior to a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at Fenway Park in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ( Yankees Red Sox Baseball )
Comedian and actor Bill Cosby enters the Kennedy Center with his wife Camille to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in Washington, on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ( Humor Prize Cosby )
Sidney Poitier, right, and Bill Cosby, left, stars of "Uptown Saturday Night," join Coretta Scott King at a gala premiere of the Warner Bros. movie, at the Criterion, June 1974, in New York. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Photo Service) ( UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT PREMIERE )
Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, left, stands with Bill Cosby, right, after presenting Cosby the MLB Beacon of Hope award during the Major League Baseball Beacon Awards Luncheon at the Duke Energy Convention Center, Saturday, June 20, 2009, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/David Kohl) ( Baseball Civil Rights )
In this image released by the Sesame Workshop, the original cast of the PBS program,"The Electric Company," is shown. The 1970s cast included, Morgan Freeman, second left, Rita Moreno, third left and Bill Cosby, center. (AP Photo/Sesame Workshop, Johansen Krause) ( AP on TV Electric Company )
Bill Cosby, left, and Spelman College president Dr. Beverly Tatum, right, talk before the start of commencement at the school in Atlanta, Sunday, May 14, 2006. Cosby was the keynote speaker for the commencement. (AP Photo/W.A. Harewood) ( COSBY COMMENCEMENT )
Bill Cosby, left, appears on KCET/Hollywood's Tavis Smiley in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 26, 2004, to explain his recent controversial remarks he made during a Constitution Hall bash commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education. The show aired Wednesday on PBS stations nationwide. (AP Photo/KCET, David Perry) ( COSBY REMARKS )
Actor and comedian Bill Cosby, center, is flanked by Phylicia Rashad, his television wife from "The Cosby Show" and "I Spy" co-star Robert Culp during Cosby's induction ceremony into NBC's Walk of Fame Friday, May 3, 2002, in New York. NBC Chairman and CEO Bob Wright is at top right. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson) ( PEOPLE COSBY )
President Bush, right, looks on as comedian Bill Cosby, left, deadpans as the audience laughs during the announcement of Cosby's Presidential Medal of Freedom, which Bush later tried to put on the entertainer, in vain, in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 9, 2002, in Washington. Cosby ended up putting the medal on himself. (AP Photo/Kenneth Lambert) ( BUSH MEDAL )
Members of Bill Cosby's television family, the Huxtables, get together in NBC's Today show studio for an interview with co-host Katie Couric, in New York Thursday, May 2, 2002. From left are Sabrina Le Beuff, Tempest Bledsoe, Cosby, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Phylicia Rashad, Raven Symone and Malcolm Jamal Warner. NBC will air a "Cosby Show" retrospective on May 19. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ( PEOPLE COSBY )
Co-hosts Oprah Winfrey and Bill Cosby address the audience during the Essence Awards 2000 at New York's Radio City Music Hall, Friday, April 14, 2000. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( ESSENCE AWARDS )
Camille Cosby holds a bunch of flowers presented to her on the ocassion of her birthday flanked by her husband American entertainer Bill Cosby, left, and President Nelson Mandela Thursday, March 20, 1997 in Cape Town. Cosby will perform on Robben Island later for visiting U. S. first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mandela and United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a charity performance. (AP Photo/Sasa Kralj) ( SOUTH AFRICA COSBY PEOPLE )
Bill Cosby and his son Ennis, left, sit courtside at a New York Knicks game in Madison Square Garden in 1994. Ennis Cosby was gunned down by the side of his Mercedes-Benz on Thursday, Jan. 16, 1997, after he stopped to change a flat tire in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/New York Times, Andrea Mohin) ( COSBY SON )
Bill Cosby, as Dr. Cliff Huxtable of "The Cosby Show," listens to a point made by his grandson Gary Gray, as his granddaughter played by Jessica Vaughn looks on during taping of the final episode before a live studio audience in New York City, Friday, March 6, 1992. (AP Photo) ( FINAL COSBY SHOW )
SELMA, AL - MAY 15: Bill Cosby participates in the Black Belt Community Foundation's March for Education across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on May 15, 2015 in Selma, Alabama. (Photo by David A. Smith/Getty Images) ( 85268342 )
SELMA, AL - MAY 15: Bill Cosby speaks to students at Selma High School as part of the Black Belt Community Foundation's March for Education on May 15, 2015 in Selma, Alabama. (Photo by David A. Smith/Getty Images) ( 85268257 )
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