Tonight marks the fourth season finale of Everybody Hates Chris. What are the chances that the CW sitcom will return for year five?
Everybody Hates Chris is inspired by the teenage experiences of Chris Rock and narrated by the comedian. The sitcom follows Chris (Tyler James Williams), an average kid who’s surrounded by a bunch of crazy characters who, from his point of view, don’t seem to like him very much. Others in the cast include Vincent Martella, Terry Crews, Tequan Richmond, Tichina Arnold, Imani Hakim, Jacqueline Mazarella, Travis T. Flory, Kevontay Jackson, Ernest Thomas, Jeris Poindexter, Jackee Harry, Michael Estime, Antonio Fargas, Blake Hightower, and Todd Bridges.
The sitcom began on the old UPN network in September 2005. In year one, the sitcom averaged 4.3 million viewers and a 1.7/5 rating/share of the coveted 18-49 demographic. While that may not sound like much, it was one of the network’s most successful shows, just a few steps below America’s Next Top Model.
In Chris’ sophomore year, its first on the CW network, viewership dropped to 2.7 million and a 1.1/3 in the demo. That was a significant hit, placing it just about soon-to-be cancelled Veronica Mars.
During the 2008 – 2009 season, when the industry was brought to a standstill by the writers strike, Chris was one of the few shows that completed its entire 22 episode season in advance. Despite being one of the few shows to produce a full 22 episode season, the ratings were worse. Viewership dropped to an average of 2.33 million and just a .8 rating.
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When the show was renewed last season, CW President Dawn Ostroff, said that Chris had “consistently proven itself to be one of the best comedies on television… This is a show we want viewers to associate with the CW.”
That was a nice sentiment but the network sent the sitcom to a little-watched Friday night timeslot. To no surprise, viewership dropped even lower, to an average of 1.69 million viewers and a 0.6/2 rating/share.
So, viewership has dropped significantly in the past couple years and the network is now targeting its programming almost exclusively towards young women. The CW is essentially giving up on sitcoms and will have only 10 hours of primetime to fill next season. Unlike fellow “on the bubble” sitcom The Game, Chris already has 88 episodes which is just enough for syndication.
Rock decided to make it even easier for the programming execs by making the season finale a fitting end to the series. In the episode, Chris is faced with repeating the 10th grade so he decides to drop out and take the G.E.D. test instead. Williams says, “An envelope arrives (with his test results), but before we find out the results, we fade to black. If it ends here, we ended it the right way.”
Will Chris be back next season? It looks very doubtful but we’ll know for sure on May 21st when the network holds its advertiser upfront presentation.
What do you think? Should the sitcom come back or is it time to go?
Image courtesy CW.
Years later and we still asking,did Chris pass the GED?Why cant we at least get a movie explaining all this?The show was so funny.I loved it to bits growing up.
Please let there be another episode or at least a movie. I love that show it’s funny 🙂
Did Chris rock failed his G E D if not then why did u have to stop the season 5 just tell us by making the season five tell us Chris rock the world want to know
I want Chris to come bark because I cried when the season finished because it was funny and leason teaching am bagging Chris I love you I want to be a part of the season five
I just finished washing every body hate Chris I love this because am a teenager this makes me laugh and also has change my life I all was wanted girls by my side but I got to know that that not true if I was to have the chance you guy have I would like to join the crew because my story look just lick that of Chris rock love you Chris. From Chris daniel
Did he pas his ged? Thats what I want to know 😉
Make a petition to bring everybody hates Chris back
Make another season or I will slap u into another season
com back chris
PLEASE MAKE JUST A 5 LAST SEASON I LOVE THIS SHOW AND JUST ANOTHER 22 EPISODES IT WILL MAKE HAPPY TO A LOT OF PEOPLE
Seen every single one of the episodes
Like it and hope it will continue for at least another season
Best regards from Sweden!
Chris! Dude I just finished watching every single episode from season 1 to season 4 on YouTube! It took me like 2 weeks to watch all of them! It was great and funny, why aren’t you making season 5 I really want to know! Please make season 5 I looked all over YouTube thinking where is it? All the other videos were there but not season 5! Then I found out it was cancelled! I was so annoying! Make season 5 please 🙁
plz come back!!!!!!
Best regards from Germany!!!
plz dnt i love this show especiall y season 4 episode 20
come on man … don’t you quit on us… get your ass working on the 5th season or i’ll stuff my foot so hard on your ass you’ll have toes for teeths !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!