Raising Hope

Raising Hope is an American sitcom that aired from September 21, 2010, to April 4, 2014, on Fox.[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.

Raising Hope
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Greg Garcia
Starring	Lucas Neff Martha Plimpton Garret Dillahunt Shannon Woodward Gregg Binkley Cloris Leachman
Narrated by	Lucas Neff
Opening theme	"Daddy-O" by The Freelance Economy (Kerry Smith)
Composers	Danny Lux Matt Mariano
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	88 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Gregory Thomas Garcia Mike Mariano Joey Gutierrez Mark Stegemann Michael Fresco (pilot only)
Producers	Henry J. Lange Jr. Kim Hamberg Elijah Aron Jordan Young Audra Sielaff Becky Mann Dave Holstein
Cinematography	Walt Fraser Sharon Meir
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Amigos de Garcia Productions (2010-2013) (seasons 1-4) Slowly I Turned Productions (2013-2014) (season 4) 20th Century Fox Television
Distributor	20th Television
Release
Original network	Fox
Picture format	SDTV 480i HDTV 720p
First shown in	Fox
Original release	September 21, 2010 – April 4, 2014
External links
Website

The fourth season premiered Friday, November 15, 2013, at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central with back-to-back episodes.[2] On March 10, 2014, Fox canceled Raising Hope, and the series finale aired April 4, 2014.[3]

Premise

James "Jimmy" Chance is a 23-year-old living in the surreal fictional town of Natesville who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night stand. Earning custody of his illegitimate 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

• 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 works at Howdy's Market in Natesville, where he meets Sabrina.
• Martha Plimpton as Virginia Slims Chance. 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 Jebbidiah "Burt" 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), James and Lucy's illegitimate daughter, Virginia and Burt's granddaughter and Maw Maw's great-great-granddaughter.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	22	September 21, 2010	May 17, 2011
	2	22	September 20, 2011	April 17, 2012
	3	22	October 2, 2012	March 28, 2013
	4	22	November 15, 2013	April 4, 2014

Development and production

In June 2009, Fox announced it had booked a put pilot commitment with show creator Greg Garcia.[4]

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.[5][6] In March 2010, Fox decided to recast two roles from the pilot. Shannon Woodward replaced Rulin as Sabrina.[7] Also recast was the role of Jimmy's cousin, changing from Micucci to male actor Skyler Stone as Mike.[6] With this, Micucci's role changed from Jimmy's cousin to become Shelley, Sabrina's cousin.[8]

Fox green-lit the pilot to series with an order in mid-May 2010 for a fall premiere in its 2010–11 television schedule.[9][10]

On January 10, 2011, Fox renewed Raising Hope for a second season.[11] On April 9, 2012, Raising Hope was renewed for a third season.[12] On March 4, 2013, Raising Hope was renewed for a fourth season.[13] On March 10, 2014, Fox announced the cancellation of the show after four seasons.

Reception

Critical reception

Raising Hope has received positive reviews from critics. The show's first season received an average score of 75 out of 100 on Metacritic, meaning it received "generally favorable reviews."[14] 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.[15]

The second season of Raising Hope premiered on September 20, 2011 on Fox, moving to 9:30 pm from its original 8:00 pm time slot, due to the acquisition of New Girl. The second season received similar positive reviews to the first, with Matt Roush of TV Guide calling it "A treat for anyone who loves a good call-back to classic sitcoms."[16]

Ratings

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[17]	May 17, 2011	5.40[18]	2010–2011	#85	6.45[19]
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[20]	April 17, 2012	3.79[21]	2011–2012	#106	5.64[22]
3	Tuesday 8:00 pm Thursday 9:00 pm (March 28, 2013)	22	October 2, 2012	3.90[23]	March 28, 2013	3.28[24]	2012–2013	#106	4.56[25]
4	Friday 9:00 & 9:30 pm	22	November 15, 2013	2.35[26]	April 4, 2014	1.52[27]	2013–2014	#144	2.69[28]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations for Raising Hope

Year	Award	Category	Recipients	Outcome
2010	Satellite Awards	Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical	Raising Hope	Nominated[29]
	Jamison Awards	Favorite Avery Laugh Award		Won
2011	Casting Society of America	Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Pilot – Comedy	Dava Waite	Won[30]
	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Martha Plimpton	Nominated[31]
		Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Cloris Leachman	Nominated[31]
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite New TV Comedy	Raising Hope	Nominated[32]
	Satellite Awards	Best Actress in a TV series – Comedy or Musical	Martha Plimpton	Won[33]
	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

International broadcasts

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.[34]

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

In Portugal, the series premiered on January 29, 2011 on Fox Life.[35]

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!.[36]

In the Czech Republic, the series broadcasts on HBO. This show premiered on February 1, 2011. The Czech title is Vychovávat Hope.[37]

In Latin America, the series broadcasts on I.Sat. The show premiered in March 2011.[38]

In Canada, the first season aired on the Global Television Network[39] 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.[40] 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.[41]

In Germany, the series broadcasts on RTL Nitro. This started on September 10, 2012.[42]

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

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External links

• Raising Hope at IMDb
• Raising Hope at TV.com