Raising Hope
Raising Hope is an American sitcom that aired from September 21, 2010 to April 4, 2014, on Fox. Following its first season, the show received two nominations at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards. Martha Plimpton was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, and Cloris Leachman was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Plimpton also won the 2011 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.
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| Narrated by | Lucas Neff
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| Opening theme | "Daddy-O" by The Freelance Economy (Kerry Smith)
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| Composer | Danny Lux
Matt Mariano |
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| Country of origin | United States
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 4
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| No. of episodes | 88 (list of episodes)
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| Cinematography | Walt Fraser
Sharon Meir |
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| Running time | 30 minutes
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| Production company | Amigos de Garcia Productions
Slowly I Turned Productions (2013-2014) (season 4) 20th Century Fox Television |
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| First shown in | Fox
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| Original release | September 21, 2010 –
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- In season 1 episode 22 "Don't vote for this episode", it shows the family 5 years ago when Jimmy was 18. It shows Jimmy living at the store (Howdy's) at night and eating fruit, even though Jimmy did not find out he wasn't allergic to all fruit (only allergic to star fruit) until after he had Hope.
- Jason Lee's Smokey the rockstar is based off of Smokey and the Bandit (1977) because it's one of Jason Lee's favorite movies.
- J. Lamont Pope, who played Jasper on "My Name is Earl." Plays a police officer being interviewed on TV in the pilot.
- In Season 2, Episode 21; Nancy Grace introduces Natesville with a various picture monologue. The picture with the "tooth hot air balloon" is the clip from Joe Dirt.
- Gregory Thomas Garcia originally wanted Zooey Deschanel for the role of Lucy.
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