Everybody Hates Chris (2005)

Directed by

Chris Rock

Genre

sitcom, teen sitcom

Country

United States

Length

4 seasons, 88 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 1,118 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenager grows up in a rough Brooklyn neighborhood in the 1980s while dealing with school, family, and daily struggles. The show follows his humorous misadventures as the oldest child in a loving but quirky household.

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What happens

Everybody Hates Chris (stylized in all lowercase) is an American semi-autobiographical sitcom created by Chris Rock and Ali LeRoi that originally aired on UPN from 2005 to 2006, and then on The CW until 2009. The series is based loosely on Rock's personal experiences as a teenager living in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City from 1982 to 1987. However, Rock's real-life adolescence took place from 1978 to 1984, as he was born in 1965. The series' title is a parody of the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. It was originally developed to air on Fox before being passed over to UPN. The series was shown on UPN for its first season until it was moved to the CW, where it aired its remaining three seasons. In 2009, Rock announced that the series' ending suited his own past and he felt it was time to end the story. It received acclaim from both critics and audience for its writing, directing, humor, tone, and performances of the cast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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