FOX has cancelled their Raising Hope sitcom after four seasons. The one-hour series finale will air on Friday, April 4th.
Here’s their press release:
THE CHANCES HAVE AN Unforgettable BACKYARD SEND-OFF IN A ONE-HOUR SERIES FINALE OF “Raising Hope” FRIDAY, APRIL 4
Critically acclaimed comedy Raising Hope will end its four-season run with a special one-hour farewell event Friday, April 4 (9:00-9:30/9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT). The series finale kicks off with the all-new episode “How I Met Your Mullet” (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT), in which guest star Lesley Nicol (“Downton Abbey”) plays Jimmy (Lucas Neff) and Sabrina’s (Shannon Woodward) new maid. Then, in “The Father Daughter Dance” (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT), Virginia’s (Martha Plimpton) dad (guest star Jeffrey Tambor, “Arrested Development”) returns to Natesville with a big surprise for her and Burt (Garret Dillahunt), including a musical performance by Kenny Loggins (guest-starring as himself).
“On behalf of myself, Greg Garcia and Raising Hope’s amazing cast and crew, I would like to thank our audience for tuning in and supporting us over the last four seasons,” said executive producer Mike Mariano. “We planned our Season Four finale with this possibility in mind, and hope our loyal fans enjoy the way we’ve chosen to say goodbye to the Chances and to Natesville. Thanks again, and we’ll see you in syndication.”
“Getting to know and love the Chance family on Raising Hope has been a sweet, hilarious ride,” said Kevin Reilly, Chairman of Entertainment and Joe Earley, Chief Operating Officer, Fox Broadcasting Company. “Thanks to the incredibly talented cast – along with Greg, Mike and the entire crew – for making us laugh for four fantastic seasons.”
Raising Hope, created by Greg Garcia (“The Millers,” “My Name is Earl”) premiered in the fall of 2010. Starring Emmy Award winners Martha Plimpton and Cloris Leachman, Garret Dillahunt, Lucas Neff, Shannon Woodward and Gregg Binkley, the series follows a lovingly dysfunctional family as they raise an adorable yet unexpected addition to the family – a little girl named Hope (Rylie & Baylie Cregut). In 2011, Martha Plimpton and Cloris Leachman were both nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for their leading (Plimpton) and guest (Leachman) roles on the show.
Don’t miss the final five installments, beginning this Friday (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) with the all-new “Dinner With Tropes” episode, featuring guest star Judith Light (“Who’s The Boss?”) as Virginia’s boss.
zWhat do you think? Are you sorry that Raising Hope is ending? Do uou think the network should have ordered a fifth season instead?
What a shame it was the best sitcom ever
One of the funniest television shows that I have EVER enjoyed watching !!!!
I happily received all 4 seasons on dvd as Christmas gifts this year !!!!
p.s. BIG THANKS to All who’ve contributed to this FANTASTIC show !!!!
One last thing….Fox network is going backwards on some things, this act of theirs exposes that !!!!
they should have never cancelled it!! I vote for season 5 that show was and is one of my favorites!!
That’s stupid why would you cancel this show it’s one of the best shows on tv it has an amazing cast and they all did a great job. They all work well together please bring it back for a fifth season. And I also loved (My name is earl) that was a really good tv show. You should bring that one back also
FINISH MY NAME IS EARL AND RAISING HOPE FOR A 5TH SEASON
This was bull crap! First My Name Is Earl and now this???!!! Are they trying to kill our spirits slowly….I mean, come on. We work 12 hour shifts at dead end jobs and then come home to watch two shows a night on Netflix and just to find out it’s over…..no point or plot or ANYTHING??? May your jocks be infected by a thousand fleas and your arms too short to scratch Fox…..it makes me so mad I just wanna punch innocent puppies right in the face (Donnie Baker quote no actual animals were harmed in the ranting of this… Read more »
I loved that show. It was so sad to see it end. It leaves us with an empty & wondering Curiosity of where they all went & how their lives went together, not together? Who knows?? I mean come on, we didn’t even get to see Hope grow up…hardly at all…(barely) The show was a funny & relaxing show to watch… it was terrible that it got taken off the air. They should do a movie and then jump back in with Season 5, the TV series. I think they would be surprised of the ratings and how many people… Read more »
They always get rid of the best shows.
I truly enjoyed this show. It showed that folks can be dysfunctional yet show humor ( a bit exaggerated ), love & loyalty to each other. All this without having a over flowing bank account. I was sadden when there were only four seasons. I have to say that this show didn’t have a “cookie cut ” plot line. Perhaps, this is it’s appeal is. I HOPE that the network will give a second look at this show, it’s worth a least that.
FOX fails. hard.
I just watched every season of this on Netflix and it was really upsetting to find out that there were no more seasons. This show was by far the best and most interesting show I have ever watched and the people I this show are amazing actors and I really enjoyed it. I was really looking forward to more.
What in the world happened?!?! This was BY FAR the best program on TV. At the very least you owe your viewers an explanation. Right now I feel like boycotting FOX. Very very VERY disappointing!!