In the network’s commitment to get out of the “sitcom business,” the CW has cancelled Everybody Hates Chris. There won’t be a fifth season but luckily series creator Chris Rock beat them to the punch.
Everybody Hates Chris is loosely based on Rock’s early life and features Tyler James Williams, Terry Crews, Tequan Richmond, Tichina Arnold, Imani Hakim, and Vincent Martella.
The show’s been around for four seasons and its viewership has been in decline for awhile. It certainly didn’t help that, this season, the CW decided to strand the sitcom on little-watched Friday nights. Added to the fact that Chris doesn’t exactly match the network’s targeted demographic, it was obvious that the show’s days were numbered.
Rather than take a chance on not being able to give the show a proper ending, Rock decided to finish the show on his own terms. The season four finale revolves around Chris dropping out of high school, just as Rock did in real life. If the series had returned for year five, it could have explored his journey to do stand-up but as it is, the season finale still works as a last episode. There’s even a not-so-subtle nod to the famous Sopranos finale at the end.
Williams is currently pursuing a film course at New York University and is satisfied with the final episode. He told TV Guide, “If it ends here, we ended it the right way.” Rock agreed, saying, “It might not be a bad way to go.”
Are you upset or glad that the show won’t be back for season five?
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I like the show. I started watching it again on Nick @ Nite…It sucks that they canceled this show…this had some great potential, if they would’ve continued the series.
I am extremely upset. I am South African and even way over here we can relate to the way we as black people grew up and all the good times we have in “the hood”. i really loved the show and the cw sucks!!!!
This is really a shame. This was one of the better comedies out there – along with My Name Is Earl. I guess that CW is targetting younger people, for they probably feel they can’t identify with all the 1980’s material, culture, fashion, music, etc.
Man why did they have to cancel it? It was for the best though. Even though it was a really good show if they made season 5 it would just show Chris starting to be a comedian and that might be boring. But still, they could have added a few more episodes and not leave us hanging like that. *sigh*
I’m from Greece and I managed to get a glimpse of the show during a flight and I have to say I was hooked! I found all the episodes from season 1 -season 4 and I watched them all only in a few days time.I was really looking forward series 5 ….the end of the show was not very satisfying.I cannot believe a funny tv show like that was cancelled!
my kids love this show and it was a shame to hear him talk about condoms with his other school-aged friend!!
if they had to end it end it with out leaving us in suspense!Gosh!
I miss the show so ******* much Darn it D:
its a shame this show got canceled i love it and lucky for me i haven seen all the episodes hopefully they make a movie out of it i mean there coming out with such lame movies now in days like ”the box” come on …
They cancelled it so wrong. Man I wanted to see what happened to Chris, Drew, Tanya and the rest of the gang. CW you trippin’
I watched all 4 seasons I am honestly disapointed the show ended they way it did, I want to see more it is funny and it is cool that Chris would do a real life comedy about his life. I can only hope chris will go forward by new making episodes and putting them on dvds or on nick at night, and the only reason they were not getting much veiwers was because the shows were on late at night and the channel make a huge differance, not everyone has cw the show should had been on a local channel that has been around for a long time and local channels everyone has.
this is a shame the best show on earth is canelled i’m so ***king upset
i loved that show the best show in the world im 25 years old and i watched it every day and im upset that it is cancelled. darn it!!
im burning they canceled the show that was the best series ever hopefully they make more.
Hello. [I am Braziliam, this text is portuguese - Brazil]
Fiquei muito triste ao saber que o seriado acabou, aqui no Brasil muita pessoas gostam, fiquei triste em saber também que o pai do Chris viria a morrer em 1988. Que pena gostava muito mesmo do seriado, vai deixar saudades!
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