Storyline

Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high.

First Aired

2005-09-22
Last Aired

2009-05-08
Creator

Chris Rock
Genre

Comedy, Family, Kids, Drama
Seasons

4
Episodes

88
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

UPN, The CW

Keywords:

racism brooklyn, new york city african american child sitcom 1980s family of color 2000s african american

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1. Everybody Hates The Pilot

Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bussed to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his...More

Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bussed to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and dealing with the school bully, Joey.Less

22mins 2005-09-22

2. Everybody Hates Keisha

When Chris's mother, Rochelle, hires the girl next door, Keisha, to tutor Drew at Math, Chris sees thi...More

When Chris's mother, Rochelle, hires the girl next door, Keisha, to tutor Drew at Math, Chris sees this as an ideal chance to impress her. But someone else may have the same intentions. Meanwhile, Julius finds himself in an awkward position when he becomes attracted to another woman, Sheila.Less

22mins 2005-09-29

3. Everybody Hates Basketball

Chris joins the school Bastketball team even though he can't play, but a failed pop quiz threatens to ...More

Chris joins the school Bastketball team even though he can't play, but a failed pop quiz threatens to get him dropped.Back at home Julius gets a lodger after he offers 6 months rent up front, despite the fact he makes Rochelle nervous.Less

22mins 2005-10-06

4. Everybody Hates Sausage

When Julius buys a big crate of sausage, he makes everyone eat it with every meal. But Tonya refuses t...More

When Julius buys a big crate of sausage, he makes everyone eat it with every meal. But Tonya refuses to, causing friction between the pair. While at school, Chris is sentenced to 3 days of detention after a rumour goes round about him beating up the schooLess

22mins 2005-10-13

5. Everybody Hates Fat Mike

Chris lets a neighbourhood kid ride his bike, despite Julius's warnings, and he takes off with it. Wh...More

Chris lets a neighbourhood kid ride his bike, despite Julius's warnings, and he takes off with it. When Julius's co-workers go on strike he takes up some of the housework, much to Rochelle's annoyance.Less

22mins 2005-10-20

6. Everybody Hates Halloween

It's Halloween and Chris is excited when another girl invites him to a costume party. But Caruso has p...More

It's Halloween and Chris is excited when another girl invites him to a costume party. But Caruso has plans for him... Back at home, Julius buys cheap candy for the local kids.Less

22mins 2005-10-27

7. Everybody Hates the Babysitter

When Julius and Rochelle have a special 'date night' they hire a baby-sitter. But Chris is called upon...More

When Julius and Rochelle have a special 'date night' they hire a baby-sitter. But Chris is called upon to take charge when she leaves to take care of something personal.Less

22mins 2005-11-03

8. Everybody Hates the Laundromat

While Julius and Rochelle go shopping for a new TV, Chris has to take his warring siblings to the laun...More

While Julius and Rochelle go shopping for a new TV, Chris has to take his warring siblings to the laundromat. Then things take a turn for the worse when Tonya storms out.Less

22mins 2005-11-10

9. Everybody Hates Food Stamps

Julius finds $200 in food stamps but Rochelle is too embarassed to let Sheila see them, so she dips in...More

Julius finds $200 in food stamps but Rochelle is too embarassed to let Sheila see them, so she dips into the family savings while at the store. This leads to trouble at home when Julius has all kinds of ideas on how they can spend the cash they saved by using the stamps. Elsewhere, Chris and Greg fall out over a school science project.Less

22mins 2005-11-17

10. Everybody Hates Greg

Chris and Greg fall out when they break the rule of 'no computer games' after school at Greg's house. ...More

Chris and Greg fall out when they break the rule of 'no computer games' after school at Greg's house. Back at the Rock home, Tonya is missing Chris as she can't blame everything on him.Less

22mins 2005-11-24

11. Everybody Hates Christmas

It's Christmas and Julius and Rochelle find it difficult in breaking the news that they can't afford p...More

It's Christmas and Julius and Rochelle find it difficult in breaking the news that they can't afford presents because of broken water heater. Chris is suprised to discover who the canned food drive is really for...Less

22mins 2005-12-15

12. Everybody Hates a Part-Time Job

After Chris decides he wants to buy a leather jacket, he goes to work with Julius to earn some extra m...More

After Chris decides he wants to buy a leather jacket, he goes to work with Julius to earn some extra money. But it's not as easy as he thinks... And Drew dares Tonya to drink hot sauce which ends in disasterLess

22mins 2006-01-19

13. Everybody Hates Picture Day

Chris tries to put together the right outfit for the school pictures in order to convince the other ki...More

Chris tries to put together the right outfit for the school pictures in order to convince the other kids that he's cool. Rochelle tries to earn extra money selling cosmetics from home.Less

22mins 2006-02-02

14. Everybody Hates Valentine's Day

While Chris develops a crush, Julius and Rochelle have their work cut out dealing with all of Tonya's ...More

While Chris develops a crush, Julius and Rochelle have their work cut out dealing with all of Tonya's and Drew's admirers.Less

22mins 2006-02-09

15. Everybody Hates the Lottery

Chris receives a challenge to his crown of Asteroids champion. Julius and Rochelle agree to give up so...More

Chris receives a challenge to his crown of Asteroids champion. Julius and Rochelle agree to give up some guilty pleasures.Less

21mins 2006-02-16

16. Everybody Hates the Gout

Chris fails math but he changes the grade on his report card before showing it to his parents. Juli...More

Chris fails math but he changes the grade on his report card before showing it to his parents. Julius recovers from the gout by staying at home and watching soap operas.Less

22mins 2006-03-02

17. Everybody Hates Funerals

Chris' beloved grandfather (Jimmie Walker) dies while paying a visit to Rochelle and the family, and t...More

Chris' beloved grandfather (Jimmie Walker) dies while paying a visit to Rochelle and the family, and the extended family comes to town to pay their respects.Less

22mins 2006-03-23

18. Everybody Hates Corleone

The daily beatings at his school have Chris wanting to change schools. But when Julius and Rochelle wo...More

The daily beatings at his school have Chris wanting to change schools. But when Julius and Rochelle won't let him change Chris resorts to attempts at getting himself expelled. Julius gets a job at a fish market. He makes more money, but his family is upset because he always comes home smelling like fish.Less

22mins 2006-04-13

19. Everybody Hates Drew

Hoping to FINALLY out-perform his brother, Chris convinces his parents to let him take up karate lesso...More

Hoping to FINALLY out-perform his brother, Chris convinces his parents to let him take up karate lessons. Meanwhile, Tonya goes with Rochelle to the beautician and discovers the fun of gossiping.Less

22mins 2006-04-20

20. Everybody Hates Playboy

Chris finds Julius' copy of Playboy and takes it to school and charges kids to look. But when Joey ste...More

Chris finds Julius' copy of Playboy and takes it to school and charges kids to look. But when Joey steals it he must work out a way to get it back before Julius realizes it's gone...Less

22mins 2006-04-27

21. Everybody Hates Jail

Chris must raise cash for the school trip by selling cookies. Meanwhile Julius regrets sending Rochel...More

Chris must raise cash for the school trip by selling cookies. Meanwhile Julius regrets sending Rochelle to Dreamgirls while he looks after Tonya and Drew who have chicken poxLess