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Everybody Hates Chris is a NAACP Image Award Award winning , Golden Globe, and Emmy Award-nominated American sitcom.
It is inspired by the teenage experiences of comedian Chris Rock (who narrates the show), while growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. The title of the show parodies the CBS show Everybody Loves Raymond. Rock stated "Everybody Loves Raymond but everybody hates Chris!"
In fall 2008, the The CW Television Network moved its sole two African-American shows--EHC and The Game to the Friday night death slot.

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:Chris: Just because you watch Soul Train doesn't make you Don Cornelius.
:Julius: Unplug that clock, boy. You can't tell time while you sleep. That's two cents an hour.
:Narrator: As class president, I thought things were changing me, but I couldn't have been more wrong.
:Narrator: Black Santa Claus caused more tears than the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
:Narrator: My mac 'n cheese looked so good, Gandhi would've snuck himself a plate.
:Narrator: The next year Drew got a Yankees jersey that said Mezzie Mackson.

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Everybody Hates Chris is a NAACP Image Award Award winning , Golden Globe, and Emmy Award-nominated American sitcom.
It is inspired by the teenage experiences of comedian Chris Rock (who narrates the show), while growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. The title of the show parodies the CBS show Everybody Loves Raymond. Rock stated "Everybody Loves Raymond but everybody hates Chris!"
In fall 2008, the The CW Television Network moved its sole two African-American shows--EHC and The Game to the Friday night death slot. The 4th season of EHC premiered Friday October 3, 2008 at 8pm.
Filming wrapped up for Everybody Hates Chriss fourth season, and a planned fifth season for the show's 2009-2010 network season, is currently in production.
EHC is the first TV show to be available for free preview on Google Video.
Background
The show is produced by CBS Paramount Television and broadcast on the The CW, features fictional characters and situations loosely based on real people and situations. Unlike other CW sitcoms at the time of its debut, Everybody Hates Chris is shot using a single camera with no studio audience laugh track.
On September 22, 2005, the series' premiere achieved higher ratings than NBC's season premiere of Joey, giving UPN, its third highest rating in history. With seven million viewers, it was fourth highest-rated program at the 8 p.m. ET time slot.
With the recent cancellation of Girlfriends and the WWE's decision to move SmackDown to MyNetworkTV in the fall of 2008, Everybody Hates Chris, along with America's Next Top Model, will be the last running television programs to have aired both on UPN and on the CW. The show's first season began just before the merger between UPN and The WB, leading to the CW.
In fall 2008, the The CW Television Network moved its sole two African-American shows--EHC and The Game to the Friday night death slot. The 4th season of EHC premiered Friday October 3, 2008 at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central.
Filming wrapped up for Everybody Hates Chriss fourth season, and a planned fifth season for the show's 2009-2010 network season, is currently in production.
Plot summary
The show revolves around the everyday life of Chris, a 16 year-old tenth grade student. Chris is just an average boy (and one of the few 'normal' characters on the show), surrounded by a collection of crazy characters that, in his point of view, act as if they dislike him. Chris attends an all-Caucasian school where students and teachers alike pick on
him, and lives in a low-income community. Similar to Wile E. Coyote, if events progress favourably 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, comedian Chris Rock, upon whose early life the show is based, made a guest appearance as the school's 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 also named Kris (Richard Lewis), who was injured and in 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.
When Chris goes home, things don't get any easier because his bizarre family life presents its own set of problems. The show is comparable to both Wonder Years and Malcolm In The Middle.
During the series' run, Everybody Hates Chris was set in different time periods throughout the 1980s. The first season was set in 1982–1983. The second season was set in 1984–1985. The third season was set in 1985–1986. For the fourth season, the series is set 1986–1987.
Cast and characters
Main
While the fictional family is loosely based on that of the real-life Chris Rock, its surname has not been revealed.
Supporting
- Doc (Antonio Fargas), the local grocery store owner, who first appeared late in Season 1
- Jerome (Kevontay Jackson), a gangster in the neighborhood, who robs small kids, like Chris, in Chris' neighborhood
- Joey Caruso (Travis T. Flory), the school bully who routinely picks on Chris
- Mr. Omar (Ernest Thomas), a funeral director, who lives above Chris and his family from early in the second season
- Ms. Morello (Jacqueline Mazarella), Chris' naively racist teacher
- Principal Edwards (Jason Alexander), the new principal of Corleone
- Tasha (Paige Hurd), next door neighbor of Chris
- Vanessa (Jackée Harry), Rochelle's best friend
- Preacher (LaVan Davis), the owner of the nightclub; appeared early in Season 1
- Monk (Todd Bridges), works at Doc's store and is very militant.
- Caramel (Cheyenne Haynes) friend of Tanya
- Malvo (Ricky Harris), terrifying bearded neighbourhood gangster with whom Chris has had several run-ins
Trivia
- All episode titles start with the phrase
Everybody Hates.... The first episode scored the highest rating for a comedy premiere on UPN and the third best rating for any program on UPN. The character Drew is loosely based on Chris Rock's brother Tony Rock. Growing up, real-Chris Rock said that Tony was cooler than he was . After the first season, the show was picked up by The CW, which was created by the merger between UPN and The WB. According to the season 1 DVD release of the show, the episode Everybody Hates the Babysitter on the disc has the cast commentary in the episode and said that Tichina Arnold ad-libbed a lot of the things she says in the show. Chris Rock's real family had mom, dad, 6 other brothers, 1 other sister, and himself. He said that using 6 brothers and 1 sister would've been weird, so he thought it'd be better to use some of his sibling's personalities to make 2 siblings for the show. Chris Rock's mother's name in real life is Rose . Tichina Arnold composed a theme song for the show and recorded it with 2 of her friends. However, Ali LeRoi and Chris Rock already had some themes in mind, so they kept the ending of it to put in at the end of episodes and before commercial breaks. The schools Chris attend to were named after two families from The Godfather series: Corleone and Tattaglia. Clemenza High School is cited too.
Reception
EHC won an NAACP Image Award for its writing in 2008.. It has also been nominated for Golden Globe and Emmy Awards.
In Dec 2008, Entertainment Weekly lists the Kwanzaa episode from this show as seventh on the magazine's "Must List: 10 Holiday Things We Love" .
Awards and nominations
| Awards | Outcome | | Emmy Awards: | | Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series | Nominated | | Outstanding Costumes for a Series | Nominated | | Golden Globe Awards: | | Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy | Nominated | | Image Award: | | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | Won | | Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series (Tyler James Williams) | Nominated | | Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series (Tichina Arnold) | Nominated | | Outstanding Comedy Series | Nominated | | Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series (Ali Leroi) | Nominated | | Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series | Nominated | | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Terry Crews) | Nominated | | Golden Reel Award: | | Best Sound Editing in Television Short Form - Dialogue and Automated Dialogue Replacement | Nominated | | Best Sound Editing in Television Short Form - Music | Nominated | | People's Choice Award: | | Favorite New Television Comedy | Nominated | | Satellite Awards: | | Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical | Nominated | | Teen Choice Awards: | | Award TV - Choice Actor: Comedy | Nominated | | Award TV - Choice Actress: Comedy | Nominated | | TV - Choice Breakout Show | Nominated | | TV - Choice Comedy/Musical Show | Nominated | | TV - Choice Parental Unit | Nominated | | TV - Choice Sidekick | Nominated | | TCA Award: | | Outstanding Achievement in Comedy | Nominated | | Outstanding New Program of the Year | Nominated | | WGA Award: | | New Series | Nominated | | Young Artist Award: | | Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actor | Nominated | | Best Performance in a TV Series - Supporting Young Actor | Nominated | | Best Family Television Series (Comedy) | Won | | Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actor | Nominated | | Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy) - Supporting Young Actor | Nominated |
U.S. broadcast history
UPN
- September 2005 – May 2006: Thursdays 8:00pm/7:00pm
The CW
- October 2006-October 2006: Sundays 7:00pm/6:00pm
- October 2006 — March 2008: Mondays 8:00pm/7:00pm
- March 2008 - May 2008: Sundays 8:00pm/7:00pm
- October 2008 -Fridays 8:00pm/7:00pm
- December 2008- Sundays 5:00pm/4:00pm (Repeats)
Reruns
According, to TV Guide, it has been confirmed that Nick at Nite had bought the rights to the show, and it will air in the fall of 2009 .
International broadcast history
Everybody Hates Chris is broadcast on the following stations (and many others) around the world:
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