Raising Hope | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Greg Garcia |
Starring |
Lucas Neff Martha Plimpton Garret Dillahunt Shannon Woodward Gregg Binkley Cloris Leachman Baylie and Rylie Cregut |
Narrated by | Lucas Neff Martha Plimpton |
Opening theme | "Daddy-O" by The Freelance Economy(Kerry Smith) |
Composer(s) |
Danny Lux Matt Mariano |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 88 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Gregory Thomas Garcia Mike Mariano Joey Gutierrez Mark Stegemann Michael Fresco (pilot only) |
Producer(s) | 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 | 22 minutes |
Production company(s) | Amigos de Garcia Productions Slowly I Turned Productions (season 4) 20th Century Fox Television |
Distributor | 20th Television |
Release | |
Original network | Fox |
Picture format |
SDTV 480i HDTV 720p |
Original release | September 21, 2010 | – April 4, 2014
Website |
Raising Hope is an American sitcom that aired from September 21, 2010, to April 4, 2014, on Fox. 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. On March 10, 2014, Fox canceled Raising Hope, and the series finale aired April 4, 2014.
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 daughter, Hope, after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his oddball but well-intentioned family for support in raising the child.
In June 2009, Fox announced it had booked a put pilot commitment with show creator Greg Garcia.
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. In March 2010, Fox decided to recast two roles from the pilot. Shannon Woodward replaced Rulin as Sabrina. Also recast was the role of Jimmy's cousin, changing from Micucci to male actor Skyler Stone as Mike. With this, Micucci's role changed from Jimmy's cousin to become Shelley, Sabrina's cousin.