Claim: Bill Cosby appeared in a show that aired on television.
Evidence: He was also a regular on the children 's television series The Electric Company during the show 's first two seasons.
The Electric Company is an American educational children 's television series created by Paul Dooley and directed by Bob Schwartz , Henry Behar -LRB- 1972 -- 1975 -RRB- and John Tracy -LRB- 1975 -- 1976 -RRB- ; written by Dooley , Christopher Cerf -LRB- 1971 -- 1973 -RRB- , Jeremy Steven -LRB- 1972 -- 1974 -RRB- and John Boni/Amy Ephron -LRB- 1972 -- 1973 -RRB- ; and produced by the Children 's Television Workshop -LRB- now called Sesame Workshop -RRB- for PBS in the United States.
PBS broadcast 780 episodes over the course of its six seasons from October 25 , 1971 , to April 15 , 1977.