1. yes, Bill Cosby is also the name of his production company!

2. no idea! 

3. yes, I would say that was a fair credit

4. you're right - we don't credit supervising producers.

"Created by" is for me never OCB. It makes no sense to make a case-by-case choice here. I really wish Ken would add a new writing credit subtype for this. It is a credit type which is essentially needed for all TV shows. Until then, I will not list it. That is the only consistent handling we can do here IMO.

I'll have to agree with Tom. There should be a credit for the "Created By," since sometimes they will only write the pilot and move on to other things or remain as a executive producer. Until that time I don't add that credit.

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"Created by" is for me never OCB.

"Created by" is for me always OCB. While I agree with all the arguments - I have posted a feature request for the addition of a "creator/created by" credit months ago - it's too important to me to just leave them out. As far as I can see, the use of OCB for "created by" credits is widely used throughout the database. Again, I agree that it's not perfect, and I keep hoping Ken will give us an appropriate credit someday, but until then I'll use OCB.

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"Created by" is for me never OCB.

"Created by" is for me always OCB. While I agree with all the arguments - I have posted a feature request for the addition of a "creator/created by" credit months ago - it's too important to me to just leave them out. As far as I can see, the use of OCB for "created by" credits is widely used throughout the database. Again, I agree that it's not perfect, and I keep hoping Ken will give us an appropriate credit someday, but until then I'll use OCB.

Whilst I agree that it does seem to be the norm to add C b as OCB, I have never understood the logic. Someone with a created by credit did more than just create the characters, they created the concept of the show including location and story etc. I would say that a closer match would be an original material credit. Although I would much prefer to have the created by credit available in DVDpro.

I understand that, but I have hundreds of TV-sets, and while most episodes have credits like "created by XXX, written by YYY", quite a number of episodes have credits like: "created by XXX, story by YYY, screenplay by ZZZ". Since so many TV sets have at least one, or a few, episodes like this, I cannot use "original material by" for the creator, as that credit is already in use to cover those "story by" credits. The OCB-credit is the only one that isn't used, and so gives me the clear distinction that I want for the creator(s). Again: I realize it's not perfect, and I really hope we get a "creator" credit one day, but until then, using OCB is the best solution for me.