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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omg r u serious!!!!! i barley started watching this show !!! n now it ends :{{{ jst like the george lopez show and the nanny lol!!!! urg wtf i wish they would have made a season 5 :[ o welll………
shame it has to end like that the cliff hanger was great first thing i did was try to find if there was a a 5th season
good way to go out but shame it has
We are a white family who thouraghly enjoyed the show, we will miss watching the show.
Everybody Hates Chris Cancelled. Thats the why i’m not watching the CW any more they just dont under stand the fan base for a show like Everybody Hates Chris. CW needs to be called CWW (Cause We White)
Haha agree
come on! what’s CW’s problem? everybody hates chris is one of the best tv show ever, and now they’ve ended it. here in brazil, it’s the number one!
I’m really sorry to see it end. I love Chris Rock and the show is hilarious. The actors on the show are perfect. You feel sorry for Chris and his Dad, want to do something harmful to the sister and the mother – and it was great seeing the other actors from the 70’s playing recurring roles and guest appearances – Chris Rock – I could watch this journey many more years!!
it was a great show, but Rock was smart to go out the way he did.
i loved that show it was the funniest show you can think of.
i thought it was one of the best shows ever watched it nightly sad to see a great show end like that. “CW” sucks only reason i watched that channel.
FIRST IT WAS THE GAME….NOW EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS…ARE YOU KIDDING ME…THIS IS THE BEST SHOW SINCE MARTIN…THE SHOW IS HILARIOUS AND REAL AT THE SAME TIME…I AM SO DISAPPOINTED THE NETWORK SHOULD FOCUS ON THE OTHER LAME SHOWS INSTEAD…THIS COMPLETELY SUCKS
I was waiting to see what happened after the last episode and then figured it got cancelled. The ending as a clifthnger was a bit annoying since we never found out the answer! The show was brilliant and hillarious, and wish Chris Rock would pick up where the show left off and put it on BET or something. He got the last laugh with the show being in syndication on like 3 or 4 networks so a whole new audiance is getting to see this show.
Demographics? That’s the CW’s lame reason for cancelling such a wonderful show? Too black? I didn’t stop watching “Friends” because the show had an all white cast. So what. That was a great sitcom. I stopped watching cause I’ve literally seen every episode! That’s the problem with America & television…too doggone segregated!!!! Best wishes to Chris Rock and the entire cast. Praying you’re picked up by another network that understands the value of quality “colorless” programming. CW needs diversity training for their “demographics”.
I am VERY sad that the show won’t be returning for a 5th Season. I LOVE ‘Everybody Hates Chris.’ It is great!! I DVR it all the time! I don’t like the way it ended b/c we could have at least seen some of the aftermath of his dropping out of school. I am REALLY gonna miss it, and I wish that another network could have picked it up and they could have continued.
I hate that I only recently discovered the show, and have been trying to watch it from the beginning the past few months. It is hilarious!!! Hopefully, someone will pick it up. I wish I would have supported it in the beginning…
This was the funnies family show of my 33 yrs. I watch the reruns every day. Bring it back for 1 more season.