Raising Hope

When 23-year-old Jimmy unexpectedly becomes a single father, his quirky, working-class family all pitch in to raise the baby (named Hope).

Tuesdays, 9:30 PM ET, FOX

Current Season: 3 - Total Episodes: 54
Highest Rated: Ep 8, Season 2

B+

“Burt Mitzvah – The Musical”/“Mother's Day”

by Phil Dyess-Nugent March 28, 2013 -

A little song, a little dance, dueling Cloris Leachmans down your pants.

B+

“Making The Band” / “The Old Girl”

by Phil Dyess-Nugent February 26, 2013 -

Tonight in Natesville: A Greg Garcia reunion special and the story of how Jimmy failed to find true love with Hilary Duff.

A-

“Arbor Daze”

by Phil Dyess-Nugent February 19, 2013 -

The Chances ring in Arbor Day with a healthy heaping of maple syrup and '90s teen heartthrob.

“Yo Zappa Do (Part 2)”/“Sex, Clown And Videotape”

by Phil Dyess-Nugent February 5, 2013 -

The ghosts of Greg Garcia sitcoms past appear in an especially moving, sex-tapey episode.

Ep. 21-22, Season 3
“Burt Mitzvah – The Musical”/“Mother's Day”
Ep. 19/20, Season 3
“Making The Band” / “The Old Girl”
Ep. 18, Season 3
“Arbor Daze”
Ep. 16-17, Season 3
“Yo Zappa Do (Part 2)”/“Sex, Clown And Videotape”

Features Reviews

Season

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"Don't Vote For This Episode"
Episode 22

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B
"Baby Monitor"
Episode 21

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A-
"Everybody Flirts... Sometimes"
Episode 20

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B+
“Sleep Training”
Episode 19

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C+
"Cheaters"
Episode 18

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A-
"Mongooses"
Episode 17

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B-
"Cultish Personality"
Episode 16

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B+
"Snip Snip"
Episode 15

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B
"What Up, Cuz?"
Episode 14

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C+
"A Germ Of A Story"
Episode 13

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B-
"Romeo And Romeo"
Episode 12

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B
"Toy Story"
Episode 11

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B
"Happy Halloween"/"Family Secrets"
Episode 5-6

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C+
"Pilot"
Episode 1

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D+

"I Want My Baby Back, Baby Back, Baby Back"
Episode 21

Hope's serial-killer mother was supposed to be dead, but she looks to be in better shape than most of this episode.
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C+
“Inside Probe”
Episode 20

Nancy Grace visits Natesville to inform the Chances that they can't handle the truth. Or that that this whole courtroom's out of order. Or something.
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C+
“Sabrina’s New Jimmy”
Episode 19

Featuring bilingual puns, because Fox will do anything to reach that classy French-speaking demographic.
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B
“Hogging All The Glory”
Episode 18

That'll do, Raising Hope. That'll do.
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C+
“Poking Holes In The Story”
Episode 17

Virginia and Burt argue over whether a teenage girl and her boyfriend should have sex, because after 20 years of marriage, arguing over the water bill gets kind of old.
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B+
“Spanks Butt, No Spanks”
Episode 16

A grown man spanks another grown man, and a woman clubs a raccoon. Such are the opportunities for practitioners of the thespian's art on the Fox network.
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B
“Single White Female Role Model”
Episode 15

For the 99%, Natesville may be a nice place to Occupy, but God help you if you live there.
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C+
“Sheer Madness”
Episode 14

Yeah, when I read the episode title, I assumed it was going to be about a bad haircut too. Not even close.
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A-
“Jimmy’s Fake Girlfriend”
Episode 13

In honor of tonight's romantic Valentine's Day episode, this review is specially designed to be read aloud in your best Barry White voice.
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A
“Tarot Cards”
Episode 12

The show draws the Jester, as per usual, but the Heart card is sadly missing.
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B-
“Gambling Again”
Episode 11

Burt becomes a degenerate gambler, which at least pays better than just being a degenerate.
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A-
“Mrs. Smartypants”
Episode 10

Are you smarter than a two-year-old?
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B-
“It’s A Hopeful Life”
Episode 9

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A-
“The Men Of New Natesville”
Episode 8

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A
“Bro-gurt”
Episode 7

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B
“Burt’s Parents”
Episode 6

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C+
“Jimmy And The Kid”
Episode 5

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B
“Henderson, Nevada-Adjacent, Baby! Henderson, Nevada-Adjacent!”
Episode 4

Amy Sedaris is guest-star gold.
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A-
“Killer Hope”
Episode 4

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B-
“Kidnapped”
Episode 3

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B
“Sabrina Has Money”
Episode 2

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C
“Prodigy”
Episode 1

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A-

“Burt Mitzvah – The Musical”/“Mother's Day”
Episode 21-22

A little song, a little dance, dueling Cloris Leachmans down your pants.
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B+
“Making The Band” / “The Old Girl”
Episode 19/20

Tonight in Natesville: A Greg Garcia reunion special and the story of how Jimmy failed to find true love with Hilary Duff.
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B+
“Arbor Daze”
Episode 18

The Chances ring in Arbor Day with a healthy heaping of maple syrup and '90s teen heartthrob.
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A-
“Yo Zappa Do (Part 2)”/“Sex, Clown And Videotape”
Episode 16-17

The ghosts of Greg Garcia sitcoms past appear in an especially moving, sex-tapey episode.
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B
“Modern Wedding/Yo Zappa Do (Part 1)”
Episode 14-15

Jimmy and Sabrina tie the knot, before heading out to the West Coast to not have sex.
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B+
“What Happens at Howdy’s Doesn’t Stay at Howdy’s”
Episode 13

In which Frank seizes on Jimmy's bachelor party as the opportunity to break new ground in sitcom bromance.
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A-
“Lord Of The Ring”
Episode 12

Jimmy submits to painful medical experiments to raise money to unknowingly buy his mother's engagement ring from a pawn shop so he can propose to Sabrina. If Hallmark doesn't make a card for that situation, they're missing out on a niche market.
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B
“Credit Where Credit Is Due”
Episode 11

In an episode guaranteed to touch the heart of anyone figuring up how much Christmas cost them, Jimmy receives troubling news about his credit score.
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A-
“Last Christmas”
Episode 10

Virginia stockpiles for the end of the world in a very apocalypsey Christmas episode.
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B+
“Squeak Means Squeak”
Episode 9

In which Burt and Virginia attempt to bring order and justice to the undomesticated rodent community. David Sedaris, take note.
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B-
“The Walk For The Runs”
Episode 8

Hibachi grills, re-gifted ice cream makers, and Wilmer Valderrama all make for a plot-packed episode.
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B+
“Candy Wars”
Episode 7

Gang warfare comes to Natesville—filled with chocolatey goodness.
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C-
“What Up, Bro?”
Episode 6

Chris Klein guest stars as Jimmy’s long-lost adoptive brother. It’s complicated, okay?
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B+
“Don't Ask, Don't Tell Me What To Do”
Episode 5

Garret Dillahunt shakes his costumed moneymaker in an appropriately bi-curious Halloween episode.
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B-
“If A Ham Falls In The Woods”
Episode 4

Tonight, delight in a special half hour of comedy designed to make people turn to their significant others and ask, "Would you take on a bear for me?"
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B-
“Throw Maw Maw From The House, Part Two”
Episode 3

Last week, the Chances lost custody of Maw Maw. Will they ever get her back?
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B
“Throw Maw Maw From The House”
Episode 2

The government is coming to take Maw Maw away. Obama!
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C+
“Not Indecent, But Not Quite Decent Enough Proposal”
Episode 1

Will Jimmy and Sabrina get engaged just so she can inherit a house? And shouldn’t this be the premise of an HGTV show?
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B

Fall schedule analysis: Fox stands pat precisely when it should be jumping all over and waving its arms in desperation
If we act like nothing is wrong, then everything will be just fine, right?
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Fall schedule announcement: Big number of series orders doesn’t have big impact on Fox lineup
The 2013-14 lineup looks an awful lot like the 2012-13 lineup.
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Raising Hope ends its third season on special night at special time—but there’s no need to panic
Raising Hope ends its third season on special night at special time—but there’s no need to panic. Also: Runway goes gag for Guggenheim, and Archer hijacks the Popemobile.
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The prayers of dozens are answered as Gilmore Girls comes to TV Club Classic
The prayers of dozens are answered as Gilmore Girls comes to TV Club Classic. Also: The 500th Glee cover (only 500?) and another chance to be let down by Community.
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Raising Hope has also lost its showrunner
Someone else will be looking after Greg Garcia's baby.
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Having eliminated its midseason competition, The Following gets another season
Fox also renews non-murderinin’ shows New Girl, The Mindy Project, and Raising Hope.
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CBS hopes Golden Boy will strike, er, some sort of precious metal
Teaser: A new cop show about one officer’s meteoric rise debuts. Also: A milestone for the New Girl roommates and Justified continues (and continues and continues) the search for Drew Thompson.
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You don’t know what you got ’til it’s Go On
TV Club concludes its regular coverage of the Matthew Perry Funtime Grief Half Hour. Also: Second opinions on New Girl, The Mindy Project, Justified, and Cougar Town.
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Raising Hope’s Lucas Neff on starting stand-up and how his show apes The Simpsons
“The Simpsons are another working-class family and all in the same house, for the most part. We just took Abe Simpson and put him in the house.”
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Smash returns, belting the words it knows every TV fan wants to hear: “TWO-HOUR PREMIÈRE!”
Smash returns, belting the words it knows every TV fan wants to hear: “TWO-HOUR PREMIÈRE!” Also: An early Valentine from Mindy Kaling and a trip to into wooded terror with Raylan Givens.
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Enter this brave, new Tuesday-night world with double doses of Raising Hope and Happy Endings
Enter this brave, new Tuesday-night world with double doses of Raising Hopeand Happy Endings. Also: The return of True American and Fight Night in Harlan County.
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Tuesday night: The ultimate comedy killer
Did the events of the past week declare Tuesday a comedy no man’s land?
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Enjoy a Parenthood finale where the fate of the Bravermans isn’t in question for once
Enjoy a Parenthood finale where the fate of the Bravermans isn’t in question for once. Also: Allison Williams puts on an eyepatch for Mindy Kaling and the world is introduced to the comedy team of Gelman and Owens.
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It’s (the last) Arrested Development—until May
It’s (the last) Arrested Development—until May. Also: Jess and her roommates are off to the races while Raylan Givens tries to find Waldo.
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What TV shows should others resolve to add in 2013?
Our TV Club staffers encourage each other to check out Peep Show, Shark Tank, Elementary, and even The Neighbors.
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Fox at the TCA winter press tour: Kevin Reilly and the case of the cable conundrum
At last summer’s Television Critics Association press tour, Fox president Kevin Reilly was casually confident about his network winning yet another ratings crown for yet another season.
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New cases, places, and faces for Justified and Cougar Town
New cases, places, and faces for Justified and Cougar Town. Also: The Tuesday-night comedy glut joins TV’s return from its long winter’s nap.
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The Year In Swag 2012: In which we try to re-gift a year’s worth of promo crap
Our friends and relations really want a Jersey Shore Shark Attack stuffed shark and a Punkin Chunkin Viking helmet, right?
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Beyond the top 30: Our favorite episodes of shows that didn’t make the cut, part one
Everything from series finales of long-running cult hits to aging sitcoms to news coverage makes our supplemental list.
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The best TV series of 2012: The ballots
Find out what series almost made the list—and which writers need to be bugged about not watching Game Of Thrones.
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Happy Endings wishes you and yours a Happy Jane-mas
Happy Endings wishes you and yours a Happy Jane-mas. Also: A temporary relocation of Apartment 23 and an earnest plea to save our Bluths that, thankfully, is no longer needed.
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Parenthood presents a very Braverman Christmas—and all the small-scale drama that implies
Parenthood presents a very Braverman Christmas—and all the small-scale drama that implies. Also: Shooter McGavin and a cranberry drop by Happy Endings and a New Girl cast member’s ear, respectively.
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Can Sons Of Anarchy’s resurgence survive another season finale?
Can Sons Of Anarchy’s resurgence survive another season finale? Also: NBC does the Christmas creep while getting closer to robbing Jason Ritter of a free breakfast.
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Go On begins year-in-review season by asking “Hey, remember the Summer Olympics?”
Go On begins year-in-review season by asking “Hey, remember the Summer Olympics?” Also: The angry bowels of Natesville and decision time in Charming.
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Meat(head) the parents on New Girl
Meat(head) the parents on New Girl. Also: Happy Endings serves up a flashback for Thanksgiving and Ed Helms heads back to The Mindy Project.
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