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What did Monitor readers choose as the best sitcom in the history of television?
NBC's program aired from 1984 to 1992 and starred Bill Cosby as doctor Cliff Huxtable, who lived with his wife Clair and their children in New York City.
While the Huxtables began with four children, oldest daughter Sandra was actually added after what is traditionally viewed as the pilot, giving the Huxtable clan a total of five children.
The show's theme song was co-composed by Cosby himself, who worked with producer Stu Gardner.
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