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Cosby Show, Family Ties and Regis Philbin Among Honorees at TV Land Awards in New York

Jerry Barmash — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:37:30 +0000

For the first time in its nine-year history, the TV Land Awards pulled up stakes in Los Angeles and headed for New York, bringing a Big Apple feel to the Javits Center last night.

The Cosby Show, set in Brooklyn and taped in New York, was honored with the Impact Award. The cast, including co-creator Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad, reunited.

“It means that not only are we still relevent today…We made some sort of a difference, and some sort of an impact 25 years ago,” Sabrina LeBeauf (above) , who played Sondra on the hit sitcom, tells FishbowlNY.

The Cosby Show, which helped resurrect NBC from 1984 to 1992, had another “impact” on television viewing.

“I don’t see any show on now that impacts people in that way… [that] family show [did],” Geoffrey Owens (who played Elvin) says. “I think it’s fair to say that, unfortunately, that’s a little bit … of the past right now.”

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TV Land Awards Coming To New York

Jerry Barmash — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:22:15 +0000

For the first time, the TV Land Awards, which honors past favorites of the medium, is moving to New York.

The ninth annual awards are scheduled to be taped and aired in April. The location has not been announced.

The program, which specializes in reunions of classic TV casts, will bring back The Cosby Show complete cast, including stars Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad. The show will receive the Impact Award.

Michael J. Fox will also be in attendance, reuniting with his 1980s sitcom family from Family Ties. That show is being honored with the Fan Favorite Award.

The TV Land Awards also recognize current shows as ”Future Classics.”

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Essence To Roll Out Two Covers For December Issue

Brad Wellen — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:27:22 +0000

To commemorate this Friday’s release of Tyler Perry‘s film, For Colored Girls, Essence will print two different covers for their upcoming December edition. The special issue hits newsstands Nov. 12 and will feature one cover with the film’s male stars (director Tyler Perry, Richard Lawson, Hill Harper, Omari Hardwick, Khalil Kain, and Michael Ealy) and another with the female characters (Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Kerry Washington, Loretta Devine, Janet Jackson, Tessa Thompson, and Whoopi Goldberg).

For Colored Girls is based on Ntozake Shange‘s play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. Shange’s work is acted out in a series of 20 poems and was nominated for best play at the 1977 Tony Awards.

The cover story “Over the Rainbow” will appear on page 115 of the 150-plus page magazine.

Take a look at the men of For Colored Girls cover after the jump.

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