Why Netflix, Amazon, Hulu Haven’t Dumped ‘The Cosby Show’

As cable networks abandon reruns of the series starring disgraced comedian Bill Cosby, digital streaming services are standing pat

THE COSBY SHOW -- Pictured: (back row, l-r) Lisa Bonet as Denise Huxtable, Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Theodore 'Theo' Huxtable, Phylicia Rashad as Clair Hanks Huxtable, Sabrina Le Beauf as Sondra Huxtable Tibideaux, (front row, l-r) Keshia Knight Pulliam as Rudy Huxtable, Bill Cosby as Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable, Tempestt Bledsoe as Vanessa Huxtable (Photo by Alan Singer/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
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In wake of new revelations in the scandal embroiling its creator and star, “The Cosby Show” has become a pariah on television.

On Tuesday, cable channels Bounce TV and Centric Network dropped reruns of the series from their lineups. The move followed the release of court documents in which Bill Cosby admitted to acquiring Quaaludes to give to young women with whom he intended to have sex, and to having done so to at least one woman. Nearly 40 women have now come forward to say that Cosby sexually assaulted them.

TV Land dropped “The Cosby Show” reruns in November, as accusations against Cosby began to mount.

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