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Profession Producer, Actress

How Bill Cosby's Tarnished Legacy Impacts His Business

A year ago, Bill Cosby, armed with a pitch for a new TV show, began taking meetings with network executives. The idea was simple: Re-create the magic of The Cosby Show with a sitcom built for a new generation. "There is a viewership out there that wants to see comedy, and warmth, and love, and...

Mon, Dec 1, 2014

How Bill Cosby's Tarnished Legacy Impacts His Business

Ex-NBC Employee: “Covering Up” for Bill Cosby Forced Me to Quit

A former NBC employee has come forward to say that years of "covering up" for Bill Cosby eventually made him quit his job. Frank Scotti tells the New York Daily News that he was essentially Cosby's yes-man — standing guard outside the comedian's dressing room while he brought young models in, paying off women in exchange for their silence, and even securing a second apartment for Cosby's exploits. "I did a lot of crazy things for him," Scotti, 90, told the Daily News. "He was covering himself by having my name on it. It was a coverup. I realized it later."

Sun, Nov 23, 2014

Ex-NBC Employee: “Covering Up” for Bill Cosby Forced Me to Quit

Brett Butler on Addiction, Charlie Sheen and Working with Chuck Lorre

Charlie Sheen may think that he's winning, but Brett Butler knows he's fighting a losing battle. It was 13 years ago that ABC and producers Carsey-Werner opted to pull the plug on Butler's hit sitcom, Grace Under Fire, after deciding that her addiction to painkillers left her in no condition to continue working. Now living on a farm in Georgia and celebrating 12 years of sobriety, Butler says she's still aghast at the events that led to her show's...

Thu, Mar 3, 2011

Brett Butler on Addiction, Charlie Sheen and Working with Chuck Lorre