EPISODE
SEASON
Raising Hope - Season 1
Jimmy Chance, a 23-year-old man who skims pools for a living, has a chance romantic encounter with Lucy, a wanted felon. After one-night stand with Lucy who later ends up on death row, Jimmy becomes a single parent to an infant.
15 August 1970, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 May 1970, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
6 October 1982, Mahopac, New York, USA
20 March 1963, Topeka, Kansas, USA
16 August 1997, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
8 June 1969, Fresno, California, USA
13 August 1970, Wilmette, Illinois, USA
25 July 2000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
24 April 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA
25 August 1976, South Central, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 July 1979, St. Andrew, Jamaica
October 11, 2013
Not an original concept by any means, but Raising Hope is surprisingly entertaining and full of at least a few laugh-out-loud moments.
September 21, 2010
The comic ideas in Raising Hope, while white trash to the maximum, are pretty clever.
September 21, 2010
There may be a smaller number of top-notch newbies this season, but Raising Hope, a celebration of parenthood and childhood, of small joys and big struggles, is certainly one of them.
April 19, 2017
It's irreverent and funny.
September 21, 2010
You know what to expect from a show like Raising Hope: Lessons will be learned, diapers will be gross, the subject of breast-feeding will be milked for all its worth.
September 21, 2010
Within the toilet humor, there are moments of sensitivity that remind us that many times adversity can be one's saving grace.
September 21, 2010
Raising Hope certainly raises hope for the future of single-camera comedy.
September 21, 2010
Fox's best comedies are always off-center. Raising Hope forgets to stay there.
September 21, 2010
What we have at present is a little too much bubblin' crude.
September 21, 2010
You can probably tell this is not your average sitcom.