Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Live action bumpers featuring Bill Cosby were set around animated episodes of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, a series about a group of urban adolescents growing up in a Philadelphia neighborhood. The show was based on Cosby's '60s stand up comedy monologues about his childhood. The episodes revolved around the daily life lessons learned by Albert and his friends. Topics ranged from social issues to personal introspection and were blended with humor and music. Among the many great characters that inhabited Fat Albert's world were Rudy, Mushmouth, Donald, Bill, Weird Harold and Russell. In 1979 the show was re-titled The New Fat Albert Show and featured a new segment called The Brown Hornet, a send-up of superhero cartoons starring a larger-than-life African-American crime fighter in outer space. In 1984, the show was syndicated and renamed The Adventures of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.

Series details

• Title: Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1972-09-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 1985-08-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• TVmaze community rating: 6.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 13681
• TVDB ID: 78511

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1972-09-09; final listed air date 1972-12-09.
• Season 2: premiered 1973-09-08; final listed air date 1973-10-27.
• Season 3: premiered 1975-09-06; final listed air date 1975-10-11.
• Season 4: premiered 1976-09-11; final listed air date 1976-10-30.
• Season 5: premiered 1979-09-08; final listed air date 1979-10-27.
• Season 6: premiered 1980-09-07; final listed air date 1980-10-26.
• Season 7: premiered 1981-09-06; final listed air date 1981-09-16.
• Season 8: premiered 1984-09-01; final listed air date 1985-08-10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.