In the article ‘The Other Huxtable Effect,’ in the days and weeks after Barack Obama’s 2008 election, there was a lot of debate about what writer Alisa Valdis Rodriguez called ‘The Huxtable Effect.’ The theory held that the tremendous popularity of ‘The Cosby Show’ “normalized” the ideas of black families for white audiences. In this show debuted in 1984, it focused on upper middle-class black families, showed no interest in explicitly dealing with race problems. However, finally deciding to speak extensively about Bill Cosby’s family is not the difference of Huxtable. It emphasizes Huxtables’ similarities in black to all racial viewers because it may be an important factor of the effect. This show was the first place for five straight seasons.