BET Centric And Bounce TV Has Come Together And Has Decided To Stop Playing The Cosby Show Until Further Notice

BET Centric And Bounce TV Has Come Together And Has
Decided To Stop Playing The Cosby Show Until Further Notice

BHR Hollywood Reports........Bounce TV, an Atlanta-based African-American network, announced on Tuesday that it would immediately pull reruns of "Cosby," the Bill Cosby sitcom that ran from 1996 to 2000.

Bill Cosby

At the same time, Centric, a BET-owned network, will be yanking all "Cosby Show" episodes from its schedule beginning on Wednesday "until further notice," according to a company spokesman.

The Cosby Show

 Bounce TV replied that the network had only been airing Cosby for a few weeks.

Centric had no comment.

Bounce TV is a digital multicast network founded in 2011 and is the No. 2 most-watched African-American network, according to a press release, and is carried by local television stations.

Centric, launched in 1996, is a 24-hour music and entertainment channel under the umbrella of the BET Network geared toward African-American women.