The Last 2 Networks Airing Bill Cosby's Shows Have Now Pulled Them

Centric and Bounce TV throw in the towel

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As news broke that Bill Cosby had admitted to supplying drugs to young women he intended to have sex with, two more networks are severing ties with him.

Bounce announced today that it will stop airing Cosby—a sitcom that aired on CBS from 1996 to 2000—"effective immediately." The network had no further comment. 

The last network left regularly running a Cosby series in syndication—BET-owned Centric, which calls itself "The First Network Designed for Black Women"—has also thrown in the towel.

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