Warner’s follow-up to Jeremiah saw him heading back to sitcom territory, this time as a sidekick to none other than former Seinfeld cast member Jason Alexander. Listen Up was the George Costanza actor’s second attempt to lead his own comedy after the hit NBC series ended, and starred him as sports commentator and family man, Tony Kleinman.

The late Malcolm-Jamal Warner admitted his disappointment that The Cosby Show cast never got to reboot the classic sitcom. “We could have made a lot of money,” he told Jemele Hill in a resurfaced 2023 interview.