Ever since Bill Cosby was accused by one, then two, then four, then almost uncountable women of everything from unwelcome kissing to flat-out rape, the one reaction I can't quite figure is TV Land pulling "The Cosby Show" reruns from its air.
You'll recall "The Cosby Show" as America's most popular program for five straight years in the 1980s. It portrays a well-to-do African-American family dealing with folksy sitcom issues. Cosby is the funny, loving, often-perplexed father.
It was a show. Cosby was acting.
No different than Charlie Sheen acting in "Two and a Half Men." Sheen has been charged with all kinds of nasty behavior. You still see his show in reruns.
No different than Gary Dourdan, who for years played an investigator on the hugely popular "CSI" series. Dourdan was arrested on battery charges and drug possession charges, including heroin, ecstasy and cocaine. You still see "CSI" reruns everywhere.
No different than Christian Slater, who did jail time for physically assaulting a girlfriend, yet was given another TV show earlier this year on ABC. No different than Gary Busey, Vanilla Ice or Kiefer Sutherland, who have all had issues with the law — not just accusations — yet can regularly be seen on the tube, either acting or playing themselves.
