NBC Pulls Plug On Bill Cosby Comedy Show

As sexual allegations are making rounds of Bill Cosby, whereby a total of 15 women have made complaints, 6 of them who have identified themselves publicly. NBC has decided to shut down the supposed sitcom developing
 with the comedian for next year. The network further declined to comment about the project, which would have starred Cosby and the patriarch of a multi-generational family and was in the early development stages.

Tv Land on Wednesday pulled all Cosby Show reruns from it's schedule effective immediately. On Tuesday Netflix also decided to postpone the streaming of its Thanksgiving Day special 'Bill Cosby' after the actress and model Janice Dickinson came forward to say she was assaulted by Cosby in the 1980s. Cosby's attorney,, Marty Singer, blasted Dickinson claims as a complete lie.

Cosby,77, who has refused to address the mounting allegations levelled against him. The allegations which first surfaced in 2005 when Andrea Constand, the former director of operations of Temple University's women's basketball program,, sued Cosby, claiming that he had given her pills he called 'herbal medication' to help her cope with stress when she visited his Philadelphia mansion in 2004 and, after she consumed them,, he touched her breast and genitals and assaulted her.

Cosby who has several stand-up appearances scheduled over the next few days, including a sold-out show at the King center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne on Friday which will goon according to a statement issued by King Center management. Bill Cosby who is a well respected member of the entertainment community and one of America's most beloved performers. While we are well aware of the allegations levelled against by the press, we are only in a position to judge him based on his career as an entertainer and humanitarian.

A spokesperson for Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas told NBC news that it will move forward with Cosb' show on NOV. 28. All of his shows here have been sellouts; we have no reason to think that this one won't be too, However, if anyone wants to return his or her tickets, he or she is welcome to just as is our policy with all with all our shows.

But Katherine Hull, vice president of the communications for the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network praised NBC's and Netflix decisions in a statement on Wednesday. The coveragee of the Bill Cosby story has already led to a significant increase in the numbers of survivors reaching out for help through the National Sexual Assault.