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Raising Hope
The cover of a blue storybook, with the words 'Raising Hope' written in yellow above a picture of a house.
GenreSitcom
Created byGreg Garcia
StarringLucas Neff
Martha Plimpton
Garret Dillahunt
Shannon Woodward
Gregg Binkley
Cloris Leachman
Narrated byLucas Neff
Opening theme"Daddy-O" by the Freelance Economy (Kerry Smith)
ComposersDanny Lux
Matt Mariano
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes88 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersGregory Thomas Garcia
Mike Mariano
Joey Gutierrez
Mark Stegemann
Michael Fresco (pilot only)
ProducersHenry J. Lange Jr.
Kim Hamberg
Elijah Aron
Jordan Young
Audra Sielaff
Becky Mann
Dave Holstein
CinematographyWalt Fraser
Sharon Meir
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesAmigos de Garcia Productions
(2010–2013)
(seasons 1–3)
Slowly I Turned Productions
(2013–2014)
(season 4)
20th Century Fox Television
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseSeptember 21, 2010 (2010-09-21) –
April 4, 2014 (2014-04-04)

Raising Hope is an American television sitcom created by Greg Garcia that aired on Fox from September 21, 2010, to April 4, 2014.[1] Following its first season, the show received two nominations at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards. Martha Plimpton was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, and Cloris Leachman was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Plimpton also won the 2011 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.

The fourth season premiered Friday, November 15, 2013, at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central with back-to-back episodes.[2] Greg Garcia left Raising Hope to work on The Millers for CBS.[3] On March 10, 2014, Fox cancelled the show after four seasons. The series finale aired on April 4, 2014.[4]

Premise

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James "Jimmy" Chance is a 23-year-old living in the quirky fictional town of Natesville, Virginia who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night stand. Earning custody of his unexpected daughter, Hope, after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his unorthodox but well-intentioned family for support in raising her.

Cast and characters

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Main article: List of Raising Hope characters
  • Lucas Neff as James "Jimmy" Bon Jovi Chance, Hope's father. A good-natured, wide-eyed 23-year-old who is clueless about raising a child and everything else. Jimmy goes to Howdy's Market in Natesville to get items for baby Hope, where he meets Sabrina.
  • Martha Plimpton as Virginia Slims Chance (née Thompson), Hope's paternal grandmother, Jimmy's mother, and Burt's wife. Virginia became pregnant with Jimmy at age fifteen, delivering him when she was sixteen. Virginia works as a maid, cleaning houses of upper-class people while the Chances appear to live just above the poverty line.
  • Garret Dillahunt as Engleburt "Burt" Jebbidiah Chance, Hope's paternal grandfather, Jimmy's father, and Virginia's husband. Burt conceived Jimmy with Virginia when he was seventeen. He has a lawn care/pool cleaning business with Jimmy as his assistant.
  • Shannon Woodward as Sabrina Chance (née Collins), Jimmy's coworker and eventual wife and Hope's adoptive mother.
  • Cloris Leachman as Barbara June "Maw Maw" Thompson (recurring season 1, starring seasons 2–4), Virginia's 84-year-old grandmother, Jimmy's great-grandmother, and Hope's great-great-grandmother. Her dementia is a plot line of several episodes and forces her granddaughter to have to take care of her, while Virginia and Burt live in Maw Maw's house rent free.
  • Gregg Binkley as Barney Hughes (recurring season 1, starring seasons 2–4), Manager of the store where Jimmy and Sabrina work.
  • Baylie and Rylie Cregut as Hope Chance (born Princess Beyonce Carlyle), Jimmy's and Lucy's daughter and adopted daughter of Sabrina, Virginia and Burt's granddaughter and Maw Maw's great-great-granddaughter.

Episodes

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Main article: List of Raising Hope episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
122September 21, 2010 (2010-09-21)May 17, 2011 (2011-05-17)
222September 20, 2011 (2011-09-20)April 17, 2012 (2012-04-17)
322October 2, 2012 (2012-10-02)March 28, 2013 (2013-03-28)
422November 15, 2013 (2013-11-15)April 4, 2014 (2014-04-04)

Development and production

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In June 2009, Fox announced it had booked a put pilot commitment with show creator Greg Garcia.[5]

Actress Olesya Rulin was originally cast as Sabrina, the love interest for Jimmy, and Kate Micucci was added to the cast as Jimmy’s cousin. The pilot was filmed in December 2009.[6][7] In March 2010, Fox decided to recast two roles from the pilot. Shannon Woodward replaced Rulin as Sabrina.[8] Also recast was the role of Jimmy's cousin, changing from Micucci to male actor Skyler Stone as Mike.[7] With this, Micucci's role changed from Jimmy's cousin to become Shelley, Sabrina's cousin.[9]

Fox green-lit the pilot to series with an order in mid-May 2010 for a fall premiere in its 2010–11 television schedule.[10][11]

On January 10, 2011, Fox renewed Raising Hope for a second season.[12] On April 9, 2012, Raising Hope was renewed for a third season.[13] On March 4, 2013, Raising Hope was renewed for a fourth season.[14] On March 10, 2014, Fox announced the cancellation of the show after four seasons.

Reception

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Critical reception

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Critical response of Raising Hope
SeasonRotten TomatoesMetacritic
187% (38 reviews)75 (24 reviews)
2100% (11 reviews)—
3100% (6 reviews)—
4100% (8 reviews)—

Raising Hope has received positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the show's first season holds a 87% based on 38 reviews, with an average score of 6.7/10. The website's consensus reads, "Thanks to a talented and well-matched cast, Raising Hope largely manages to balance crude, absurdist humor with moments of charm without languishing in one or exploiting the other."[15] On Metacritic, the season holds an weighted average score of 75 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 24 critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[16]

Tom Gilatto of People Weekly called the show the best new sitcom of the season, favorably comparing it to Malcolm in the Middle. Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times was lukewarm towards the show, stating that "Raising Hope is funny, sweet, occasionally provocative, and occasionally over-the-top in a regrettable way." James Poniewozik of Time Magazine was upbeat, stating that "Neff is amiably charming, Dillahunt and Plimpton give their characters a realism that belies the pilot's often-contemptuous jokes, and maybe 20% of the first episode shows a sweet-heartedness that rises above the easy white-trash humor." While not all of the reviews were positive, they were mostly positive by the end of the first season. Much of the show's praise went to the performances of Martha Plimpton and Garret Dillahunt.[17]

The second season received critical acclaim on Rotten Tomatoes with a 100% based on 11 reviews, with an average score of 7/10. The consensus reads, "Raising Hope nurses a winsome sweetness in an improved second season that shears off the comedic bits that didn't work while expounding upon the blue collar charm and gleaming heart that lured viewers in."[18] Matt Roush of TV Guide called the show in his season 2 review "A treat for anyone who loves a good call-back to classic sitcoms."[19]

The third and fourth season also received critical acclaim on Rotten Tomatoes with a 100% based on 6 reviews for season 3[20] and based on 8 reviews for season 4.[21]

Ratings

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Season Timeslot (ET/PT) Episodes Premiered Ended TV Season Rank Viewers
(in millions)
Date time Premiere
Viewers
(in millions) 		Date Finale
Viewers
(in millions)
1
Tuesday 9:00 pm
 22
September 21, 2010
 7.48[22]
May 17, 2011
 5.40[23] 2010–2011 #85 6.45[24]
2
Tuesday 9:30 pm (September 20, 2011 – February 21, 2012; April 10–17, 2012)
Tuesday 8:00 pm (March 6 – April 3, 2012)
 22
September 20, 2011
 6.73[25]
April 17, 2012
 3.79[26] 2011–2012 #106 5.64[27]
3
Tuesday 8:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 pm (March 28, 2013)
 22
October 2, 2012
 3.90[28]
March 28, 2013
 3.28[29] 2012–2013 #106 4.56[30]
4
Friday 9:00 & 9:30 pm
 22
November 15, 2013
 2.35[31]
April 4, 2014
 1.52[32] 2013–2014 #144 2.69[33]

Awards and nominations

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Awards and nominations for Raising Hope
Year Award Category Recipients Outcome
2010 Satellite Awards Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical Raising Hope Nominated[34]
Jamison Awards Favorite Avery Laugh Award Won
2011 Casting Society of America Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Pilot – Comedy Dava Waite Won[35]
Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Martha Plimpton Nominated[36]
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Cloris Leachman Nominated[36]
People's Choice Awards Favorite New TV Comedy Raising Hope Nominated[37]
Satellite Awards Best Actress in a TV series – Comedy or Musical Martha Plimpton Won[38]
Teen Choice Awards Choice TV – Breakout Show Raising Hope Nominated
Television Critics Association Awards Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Nominated
Critics' Choice Television Award Best Actress in a Comedy Series Martha Plimpton Nominated
Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actress 11–16 Kelly Heyer Nominated
2012 Motion Picture Sound Editors Best Sound Editing – Music for Short Form Television Sharyn M. Tylk and Susan Ham Won
Young Artist Awards Best Young Actress Recurring in a Television Series Kelly Heyer Nominated
Critics' Choice Television Award Best Comedy Actress Martha Plimpton Nominated
Best Comedy Actor Garret Dillahunt Nominated
Emmy Awards Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics Matthew Thompson Nominated
2013 GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character) Raising Hope Won[39]

International broadcasts

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In the United Kingdom, Sky1 picked up the broadcast rights and added the show to its 2010–2011 UK & Ireland autumn schedule, beginning in November 2010.[40]

In Australia, Ten originally broadcast the series before moving it to Eleven.

In Portugal, the series premiered on January 29, 2011, on Fox Life.[41]

In Brazil, the series premiered on September 22, 2010, on FOX.

In Italy, the series premiered on February 3, 2011, on Fox. The Italian title is Aiutami Hope!.[42]

In the Central and Eastern Europe, the series broadcasts on HBO, where it premiered on February 1, 2011. The Czech title is Vychovávat Hope.[43]

In Latin America, the series broadcasts on I.Sat, where it premiered in March 2011.[44]

In Canada, the first season aired on the Global Television Network[45] at the same time as Fox in the United States. In 2011, City bought rights from the Global Television Network, and began broadcasting the show.[46] On the morning show that City airs, Breakfast Television, they announced on May 29, 2011, that the series will start airing at 8:00 pm on Tuesdays instead of 9:30 pm on Tuesdays due to other Fox series Glee moving to Thursdays at 9:00pm. This started on September 18, 2012.

In Finland, the first season aired on Sub on January 10, 2013. The Finnish title is Isän Tyttö.[47]

In Germany, the series broadcasts on RTL Nitro, where it on September 10, 2012.[48] Seasons 3 and 4 premiered on NOW!.[49]

In Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia, the series was broadcast on Fox Adria. In January, 2018 RTL 2 picked up series for Croatia.

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