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- 2010
- TV-PG
- FOX
- 2010
- TV-PG
- FOX
Summary Jimmy Chance, who hasn't made the best decisions in life, is trying his best to raise his daughter with the help of his family who didn't do the best job raising him as a child.
Created By: Gregory Thomas Garcia
- 2010
- TV-PG
- FOX
- 2010
- TV-PG
- FOX
Raising Hope
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 1, 2010
76
8.0
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Summary Jimmy Chance, who hasn't made the best decisions in life, is trying his best to raise his daughter with the help of his family who didn't do the best job raising him as a child.
Created By: Gregory Thomas Garcia
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
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20 Reviews
13% Mixed
3 Reviews
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4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
76
83% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
13% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Raising Hope already has a little place in my heart. There's something about the downwardly mobile family unit (see: "Malcolm in the Middle," "The Middle," "Raising Arizona") that's just funnier and sweeter than anything else on TV.
The original title, "Keep Hope Alive," is funnier, but Raising Hope better suits a very funny sitcom that leavens its satire with sympathy.
I'm already sold. Plimpton is sensational as Jimmy's tough-as-nails mom, who'd just as soon drop the baby at the fire station, but we soon learn she has a way with a lullaby. Leachman is a riot, Garret Dillahunt scores as Jimmy's proudly immature dad, and special props go to the stunt babies.
It's a bit of a kitchen-sink approach, frankly, but there are laughs to be found here, along with genuine familial affection--even if the family members don't always have the words to express it.
Martha Plimpton and Garret Dillahunt as the dumb dad's parents really make this one impossible to ignore completely. And even though we've already got "Oh no the ugly chick likes me" jokes and "You're right, the baby's limbs could get amputated this way" jokes and other material that might make you smile but never laugh, there's also a slightly disturbed tone here that's hard to match on sitcoms about yuppies having bad hair days.
Raising Hope is low in concept, lower in class and lowest of all in shame--but relatively high in laughs, so long as you keep your living room curtains closed so no one can see you watching.
The tacked-on attempt to give the show some heart ("See, they're just crazy, mixed-up regular folks with good intentions!") was so disappointingly cynical and contrived. It was a transparent attempt to give depth to something that had so vociferously lacked it.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 223 User Ratings
8.0
87% Positive
194 Ratings
194 Ratings
4% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
9% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 223 User Ratings
8.0
87% Positive
194 Ratings
194 Ratings
4% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
9% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Amigos de Garcia Productions
- 20th Century Fox Television
- Cinema Vehicles
Initial Release Date: Sep 1, 2010
Number of seasons: 4 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
Awards
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 3 Nominations
Critics Choice Television Awards
• 3 Nominations
