Jan 29 2013
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Raising Hope
Jan 22 2013
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On the surface, Raising Hope is a good-natured little joke machine of a show, about the wacky antics of some likable…
Jan 15 2013
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This isn’t a great episode of Raising Hope, but it’s a very physical and animated one. Virginia has a scene where…
Jan 8 2013
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Given the Chances’ close proximity to the poverty level and their inability to take likely consequences into account…
Dec 11 2012
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Everybody does stupid things. Sometimes people on Raising Hope do really remarkably exceptionally stupid things.…
Dec 4 2012
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I liked last week’s episode, which looked as if it had been Scotch-taped together from the best bits of three…
Nov 27 2012
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To be honest, I was dreading tonight’s episode. Raising Hope hasn’t been on the greatest roll this season, and too…
Nov 20 2012
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After last year’s Thanksgiving episode, featuring shenanigans involving a “borrowed” house and Lee Majors in a…
Nov 13 2012
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Are Burt and Virginia bad parents? By most conventional definitions of the term, the question answers itself. But…
Oct 30 2012
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When Garret Dillahunt is really, really good on Raising Hope, it can inspire regret that he’s spent so much of his…
Oct 23 2012
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Tonight’s episode returns, sort of, to the story of Jimmy and Sabrina’s plan to get married, so they can move into…
Oct 16 2012
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During its first season, Tea Leoni’s 1990s sitcom The Naked Truth—an erratic, messed-up show that I used to watch…
Oct 9 2012
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Raising Hope is a sweet-natured gross-out comedy about a loving family that is one inherited house away from living…
Oct 2 2012
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Barreling into its third season, Raising Hope is full of bounce and confidence in its ability to be broadly…
Apr 17 2012
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Much of last week’s episode, the set-up to tonight’s season finale, was devoted to special guest Nancy Grace,…
Apr 11 2012
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Raising Hope has a terrific cast of regulars, and it’s brought in a steady stream of talented actors and comedians…
Apr 3 2012
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Some nights, Raising Hope manages to trip over its own feet when it’s clearly trying to make a point. (I would refer…
Mar 27 2012
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Tonight, Fox aired the latest episode of Raising Hope back-to-back with a rerun of "Jimmy's Fake Girlfriend," one of…
Mar 20 2012
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Last week, Slate ran an article by June Thomas analyzing Raising Hope through the prism of Martha…
Mar 14 2012
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One thing I admire about this show, though I don’t think I’ve ever really addressed it before, is how much restraint…