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No Joke: The Greatest Comedies of All time

In honor of TV Guide Magazine's 60th anniversary, senior critic Matt Roush names the 60 greatest comedies of all time. Here are the top 10, and pick up the new issue (on sale now) to see numbers 11 through 60.

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Free | TV Land Aired: 2/28/1985

Season 1, Episode 20
Cliff has an opportunity to avenge the only track-team defeat of his college career... if he can whip himself into shape in time for the race.

Free | TV Land Aired: 2/21/1985

Season 1, Episode 19
Clair represents Sondra in a lawsuit against a crooked auto mechanic; while she immerses herself in the trial, the family must suffer through Cliff's cooking.

Free | TV Land Aired: 2/14/1985

Season 1, Episode 18
Vanessa faces stiff competition in the school science fair, leading her to doubt her scholastic abilities.

Free | TV Land Aired: 2/7/1985

Season 1, Episode 17
When drugs are discovered in Theo's belongings, the Huxtables attempt to get to the bottom of the situation. Supermodel Iman guest stars.

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No Joke: The Greatest Comedies of All time

In honor of TV Guide Magazine's 60th anniversary, senior critic Matt Roush names the 60 greatest comedies of all time. Here are the top 10, and pick up the new issue (on sale now) to see numbers 11 through 60.

read more

Splash: The Story Behind Those Ridiculous Theme Songs

Few things are more pleasing to our ears than Splash's hilarious personalized contestant walkout songs. And few things are more surprising to Splash supervising producer/in-house lyricist Rick Austin than the growing demand for them.

Get the scoop on 39 must-see finales

"It's kind of crazy how much people love them," Austin tells TVGuide.com. "ABC had to start putting them up online [after each person's elimination]. The funny thing to us is that people might have them on their iPods, like they're actually real songs. You get ...
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A Different World Star Lou Myers Dead at 77

Lou Myers, best known for playing Mr. Vernon Gaines on the '80s sitcom A Different World, died Tuesday, TMZ reports. He was 77.

The president of Myers' non-profit organization told the site that he passed away late Tuesday night in West Virginia following a heart-related emergency. His heart stopped and although doctors were able to... read more

Keck's Exclusives First Look: A Cosby Kids Reunion

Guys With Kids is reuniting Tempestt Bledsoe (Marny) with Cosby Show costar Keshia Knight Pulliam in the NBC comedy's season finale, set to air later this month.

The former Huxtable girls... read more

ABC Reveals Cast of Celebrity Diving Series

ABC has announced (most of) the cast of its upcoming celebrity diving show Splash.

Formerly named Celebrity Diving, the series will feature 10 celebrities doing their best not to belly-flop with the help of Greg Louganis. read more

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Premiered: September 20, 1984, on NBC
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Premise: Cosby played a doctor and dad in this all-time classic, which was TV's biggest hit in the 1980s and almost single-handedly revived the sitcom genre and NBC's ratings fortunes after ABC passed on the series. Mostly set in a Brooklyn brownstone, the series focused on obstetrician Cliff Huxtable and his wife, Claire, a lawyer, as they raised their kids with loving firmness. The series debuted in September 1984, ran for eight seasons and produced one spin-off, `A Different World.'

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