Scripted series · FOX
Raising Hope
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Bijou Phillips
Lucy
7 eps
Lucas Neff
Jimmy Chance
88 eps
Martha Plimpton
Virginia Chance
88 eps
Garret Dillahunt
Burt Chance
88 eps
Shannon Woodward
Sabrina
88 eps
Cloris Leachman
Maw Maw
86 eps
Gregg Binkley
Barney Hughes
79 eps
Jaime Pressly
Donna
3 eps
Tichina Arnold
Sylvia
3 eps
Phill Lewis
Donovan
22 eps
Matt Winston
Stu
2 eps
Ryan Doom
Wyatt
8 eps
David Krumholtz
Carl
2 eps
Greyson Chance
Young Jimmy
3 eps
Amy Sedaris
Delilah
3 eps
Molly Shannon
Maxine
2 eps
Kate Micucci
Shelley
25 eps
Dan Coscino
Dancin' Dan
16 eps
Cheryl Texiera
Shelby
2 eps
Michael Bower
Kevin
2 eps
Diego Villarreal Garcia
Police Officer
2 eps
Angel Fajardo
Dad
2 eps
Todd Giebenhain
Frank
48 eps
Corey Eid
Teenage Burt
7 eps
Ben Begley
Newscaster
2 eps
Kelly Heyer
Teenage Virginia
22 eps
Cameron Moulène
Teenage Burt
13 eps
Ray Santiago
Javier
4 eps
Jermaine Williams
Marcus
5 eps
Mason Cook
Eight Year Old Jimmy
2 eps
Augusta Mariano
Ashley
3 eps
Josh Wolf
Josh
4 eps
Jason Lee
Smokey Floyd
3 eps
Eddie Steeples
Tyler
7 eps
Lou Wagner
Wally Phipps
7 eps
Gary Anthony Williams
Dave Davidson
6 eps
Greg Germann
Dale
3 eps
Steve Edwards
Steve Edwards
3 eps
Juan Pope
Officer Buckley
4 eps
Carla Jimenez
Rosa
12 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Raising Hope actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Raising Hope reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
James "Jimmy" Chance is a clueless 24-year-old who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night-stand. Earning custody of his daughter after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his oddball but well-intentioned family for support in raising the child.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 88 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20116 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201022 episodes
8.1IMDbThe first season of the American television series Raising Hope premiered on September 21, 2010 and concluded on May 17, 2011 on the Fox Network. The show aired on Tuesday at 9:00 pm ET. The season consisted of 22 episodes and averaged 6.40 million viewers.
Best episode · S01E22 Don't Vote for this Episode
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201122 episodes
8.0IMDbThe second season of the American television series Raising Hope premiered on September 20, 2011, on the Fox Network. The show moved to its new time slot, airing on Tuesday at 9:30pm ET to make way for the new comedy series New Girl, before moving again to 8:00 pm ET in mid-season. This season contains 22 episodes.
Best episode · S02E14 Jimmy's Fake Girlfriend
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201222 episodes
8.1IMDbThe third season of the American television series Raising Hope premiered on October 2, 2012 on the Fox Network. The show has moved to a new time slot, airing on Tuesday at 8pm ET followed by the new comedy series Ben and Kate. This season consisted of 22 episodes.
Best episode · S03E02 Throw Maw Maw from the House, Part One
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201322 episodes
7.8IMDbBest episode · S04E08 DysfunctionFunction
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E22
Don't Vote for this Episode
The Chances reminisce about the year Jimmy turned 18 - when Maw Maw kicked them out of the house, when a goth Jimmy took up residence in the grocery store and when Burt and Virginia finally figured out how to be adults.
S02E14
Jimmy's Fake Girlfriend
Jimmy's new friend from an improvisational class agrees to pretend to be his girlfriend to make Sabrina jealous.
- Written by Bobby Bowman
S03E02
Throw Maw Maw from the House, Part One
A visiting social worker sees how the Chances take care of Maw Maw and suspects elder abuse; Sabrina asks Jimmy to get rid of a beloved t-shirt.
- Directed by Eyal Gordin
S03E07
Candy Wars
Jimmy tries to win a candy-selling contest so Hope can ride on a float in the Thanksgiving Day parade.
S04E08
DysfunctionFunction
Virginia and Burt fear that Jimmy and Sabrina's marriage has lost its spark, so they use their own relationship experiences to try and shake things up.
S02E01
Prodigy
When Jimmy watches a home video of himself as a thirteen-year-old, he discovers that he was a musical prodigy with a promising career as a singer and pianist until a horrible accident involving a golf putter rendered him talentless. Jimmy recruits Burt, Virginia and Maw Maw to help him rediscover his lost abilities.
- Directed by Eyal Gordin
- Written by Christine Zander
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Greg Garcia
Showrunner
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Alan Kirschenbaum
Writer
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Matthew Thompson
Writer
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Bobby Bowman
Writer
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Jordan Young
Writer
Liz Astrof
Writer
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Michael Pennie
Writer
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Ralph Greene
Writer
Christine Zander
Writer
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Mark Torgove
Writer
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Mike Mariano
Writer
Elijah Aron
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Alan KirschenbaumWriter
- Matthew ThompsonWriter
- Bobby BowmanWriter
- Jordan YoungWriter
- Liz AstrofWriter
- Michael PennieWriter
Direction
- Dan AttiasDirector
- Ken WhittinghamDirector
- Rebecca AsherDirector
- Matt ShakmanDirector
- Troy MillerDirector
- Phil TraillDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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