Everybody Hates Chris
| Everybody Hates Chris | |
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| Genre | Situation comedy |
| Created by | Chris Rock Ali LeRoi |
| Starring | Tyler James Williams Terry Crews Tichina Arnold Tequan Richmond Imani Hakim Vincent Martella |
| Narrated by | Chris Rock |
| Theme music composer | Marcus Miller |
| Composer(s) | Marcus Miller |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 88 (List of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Chris Rock Ali LeRoi Michael Rotenberg Dave Becky (all; entire run) Howard Gewirtz (early season 1) Don Reo (seasons 2-4) |
| Location(s) | Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York (setting) Hollywood, California (filming location) |
| Camera setup | Film; Single-camera |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | CR Enterprises, Inc. 3 Arts Entertainment Paramount Television (season 1) CBS Paramount Television (seasons 2-4) |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | UPN (2005–2006) The CW (2006–2009) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound |
| Original run | September 22, 2005 – May 8, 2009 |
| Status | Canceled |
Everybody Hates Chris is an American situation comedy inspired by the teenage experiences of comedian Chris Rock (who is also the narrator), while growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York (often referred to in the show as Bed-Stuy) from 1982 to 1987. The title of the show parodies the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. Rock stated "Everybody Loves Raymond but Everybody Hates Chris!". The show's lead actors are Terry Crews, Tichina Arnold, Tequan Richmond, Imani Hakim, Vincent Martella, and Tyler James Williams in the title role.
In fall 2008, the The CW moved Everybody Hates Chris and The Game, to the Friday night death slot. The fourth season of the series premiered Friday, October 3, 2008, at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central. On May 21, 2009, The CW announced that it had cancelled Everybody Hates Chris.[1] Prior to this, executive producer Chris Rock announced that the end of season 4 matched up with his own past — dropping out of high school to become a comedian — and that it was time to end the show.[2]
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Plot summary
The show revolves around the everyday life of Chris, who is a 13-year-old seventh grade student in the series' first episode. Chris is one of the few "normal" characters on the show, surrounded by a collection of eccentric characters that, in his point of view, act as if they dislike him. Chris lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, a low-income community and attends an all-white school in fictional Brooklyn Beach, where students and teachers alike pick on him. If events progress favorably for Chris throughout an episode, they will almost certainly backfire on him by the end. Likewise, if a situation isn't going Chris' way, it always manages to get even worse for him, whether or not he tries to change the course of events.
The guest characters on the show all seem to detest Chris for some unknown reason. In fact, Chris Rock, made a guest appearance as the guidance counselor, Mr. Abbott, who also disliked Chris and unhelpfully focused on how Chris was in trouble academically. Even the warmest of guest characters have some inexplicable dislike of Chris, such as one character named Kris (Richard Lewis), who was injured and in the hospital.
In the third season finale, Chris graduates from Corleone Junior High School, but his joy is cut short when his best friend Greg moves to a new school—Chris quickly hatches a plan to go to Greg's high school. Greg ends up having to go to Chris' high school due to poor grades.
There are several references to The Godfather. Chris' junior high school is named Corleone, which is named after Don Vito Corleone and the Corleone family. Chris' high school is named Tattaglia, another one of the five families. Also, Tattaglia's mascot is The Sleeping Fishes. Finally, Tattaglia's rival is Clemenza high school, one of Don Corleone's caporegime.
Series finale
The fourth and final season concluded with a half-hour series finale titled "Everybody Hates the G.E.D.", which focused on Chris getting his G.E.D. after he decides to drop out of school due to having to repeat the tenth grade for constantly being late 29 times. His parents oppose at first, but they later decide to support and love him regardless. The final episode was a spoof of The Sopranos's series finale. The entire Rock family were in a diner with Chris's G.E.D results, and as soon they were going to announce his results, the screen goes black. In the series finale of The Sopranos, the screen also goes black at the end of the episode.
Characters
Reception
Reviews for the show are positive.
The American Film Institute selected Everybody Hates Chris as one of the best 10 television series of 2007, stating that the show "provides a very real look at growing up in America — a challenge that demands a discussion of race and class often absent from television today."[3]
Everybody Hates Chris won an NAACP Image Award for its writing in 2008. It has also been nominated for Golden Globe and Emmy Awards.
In December 2008, Entertainment Weekly lists the Kwanzaa episode from this show as seventh on the magazine's "Must List: 10 Holiday Things We Love."[4]
Syndication
The show airs regularly on broadcast TV during the week. The show was launched on September 7, 2009 on Nick at Nite, becoming the youngest syndicated show on the network, beating George Lopez. The show also airs weekdays on BET and The CW.
Everybody Hates Chris is the first TV show to be available for free preview on Google Videos.
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient |
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| 2006 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series |
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| Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series | Tichina Arnold | ||
| 2007 | Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | Tyler James Williams | |
| 2008 | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | Ali LeRoi For episode "Everybody Hates Guidance Counselor" |
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| 2006 | Young Artist Award | Best Family Television Series (Comedy) |
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Nielsen Ratings
| Season | Timeslot (EDT) | Season Premiere | Season Finale | TV Season | Rank | Viewers (in millions) |
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| 1 | Thursday 8:00 PM | September 22, 2005 | March 30, 2006 | 2005-2006 | #120 | 4.3 |
| 2 | Sunday 7:00 PM (October 2006) Monday 8:00 PM (October 2006 - May 2007) | October 1, 2006 | May 14, 2007 | 2006-2007 | #137 | 2.7 |
| 3 | Monday 8:00 PM (October 1, 2007 - December 10, 2007) Sunday 8:00 PM (March 2, 2008 - May 18, 2008) | October 1, 2007 | May 18, 2008 | 2007-2008 | #198 | 2.3 |
| 4 | Friday 8:00 PM | October 3, 2008 | May 8, 2009 | 2008-2009 | #176 | 1.7 |
U.S. broadcast history
UPN
- September 2005 – May 2006: Thursdays 8:00 PM/7:00 PM (new)
The CW
- October 2006 – October 2006: Sundays 7:00 PM/6:00 PM (new)
- October 2006 – March 2008: Mondays 8:00 PM/7:00 PM (new)
- March 2008 – May 2008: Sundays 8:00 PM/7:00 PM (new)
- October 2008 – Fridays 8:00 PM/7:00 PM (new)
- December 2008 – Sundays 5:00 PM/4:00 PM (Repeats)
- September 2009 – syndication[5]
Nickelodeon (Nick @ Nite)
- September 2009 – Everyday 9:00 PM/9:30 PM (syndication)
- Weekdays 5:00 PM/6:00 PM (syndication)
The U
- Daily 7:30 PM
International broadcast history
Everybody Hates Chris is broadcast on the following stations (and many others) around the world:
| Region | Network(s) | Regional Title |
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| Arab World | MBC4 | Everybody Hates Chris |
 Albania |
Koha TV | Te Gjithë e urrejnë Krisin |
 Australia |
Network Ten / The Comedy Channel | Everybody Hates Chris |
 Austria |
ORF 1 / ProSieben Austria | Alle hassen Chris |
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VT4/ La deux | Everybody Hates Chris (subtitled) / Tout Le Monde Déteste Chris (dubbed) |
 Brazil |
Sony Brazil / Rede Record | Everybody Hates Chris / Todo Mundo Odeia o Chris |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
FTV | Svi mrze Chrisa |
 Bulgaria |
BTV Comedy | Всички мразят Крис |
 Canada |
Citytv, YTV (YTV- September 7, 2009 at 8:30pm. Currently, Tuesdays to Thursdays at 8:30pm ET) | Everybody Hates Chris |
 Croatia |
Nova TV | Svi mrze Chrisa |
 Denmark |
TV 2 Zulu | Everybody Hates Chris |
 Ecuador |
Ecuavisa | Todos odian a Chris |
 Falkland Islands |
Falkland Islands Television Service | Everybody Hates Chris |
 Finland |
Nelonen | Lapsuuteni Luuserina |
 France |
M6 | Tout Le Monde Déteste Chris |
 Germany |
ProSieben | Alle hassen Chris |
 Hong Kong |
TVB Pearl | 阿傑出少年 |
 Hungary |
TV6 | Mindenki utálja Christ! |
 Iceland |
SkjárEinn | |
 India |
Zee Cafe | एवेर्य्बोद्य हतेस च्रिस / Everybody Hates Chris (translation) |
 Ireland |
TV3 Ireland | Everybody Hates Chris |
 Israel |
Bip, Channel 2 (Keshet) | כולם שונאים את כריס/Everybody Hates Chris (translation) |
 Italy |
Comedy Central Italy | Tutti Odiano Chris |
 Jamaica |
Television Jamaica (TVJ) | Everybody hates Chris |
 Kosovo |
Kohavision | Te Gjithë e urrejnë Krisin |
| Latin America | Sony | |
 Macedonia |
Sitel (TV channel) | Сите го мразат Крис |
 México |
TV Azteca | Todos odian a Chris |
 Montenegro |
TV IN | |
 Netherlands |
Veronica | Everybody Hates Chris |
 New Zealand |
C4 | |
 Norway |
TV2 Norway | Alle Hater Chris |
 Peru |
Sony | |
 Philippines |
Jack TV | |
 Poland |
Comedy Central Polska | Wszyscy nienawidzą Chrisa |
 Portugal |
RTP2 / Fox | Todos Contra o Chris |
 Russia |
kuraj-bambey.ru / Кураж-Бамбей.Ру | Все Ненавидят Криса |
 Serbia |
Fox televizija | Svi Mrze Krisa |
 Slovakia |
TV Markíza | Chrisa nemá nikto rád |
 Slovenia |
Kanal A | Vsi sovražijo Chrisa |
 South Africa |
SABC 1 | |
 South Korea |
FOXlife | 크리스는 괴로워 |
 Spain |
Cuatro | Todo el Mundo Odia a Chris |
 Sweden |
TV4 Komedi | Everybody Hates Chris |
 Switzerland |
TSR 1 (french part)
SF zwei (German part) |
Tout le monde déteste Chris (french part)
Alle hassen Chris (German part) |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
CCN TV6 (TV6) / Caribbean New Media Group (CNMG) | Everybody Hates Chris |
 Turkey |
ComedyMax | Everybody Hates Chris |
 United Kingdom |
Comedy Central / Fiver / Five / MTV Base / MTV UK | Everybody Hates Chris |
 United States |
Nick @ Nite / BET / The CW | Everybody Hates Chris |
 Uganda |
NTV Uganda | Everybody Hates Chris |
 Venezuela |
RCTV[6] |
References
- ↑ The CW announces fall schedule, Entertainment Weekly, 21 March 2009.
- ↑ Chris Rock Ending "Everybody Hates Chris" After This Season, ENEWSI.com, 24 April 2009.
- ↑ "AFI AWARDS 2007". http://www.afi.com/tvevents/afiawards07/tv07.aspx. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- ↑ "The Must List: 10 Holiday Things We Love," Entertainment Weekly 1026 (December 19, 2008): 68.
- ↑ Breaking News - Award-Winning Series Everybody Hates Chris to Join Nick At Nite's Line-up, Fall 2009 | TheFutonCritic.com
- ↑ "Series". Rctv.net. http://www.rctv.net/Programacion/VerPrograma.aspx?ProgramacionId=196. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
External links
- Everybody Hates Chris at the Internet Movie Database
- Everybody Hates Chris at TV.com
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