8.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Raising Hope (2010)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.2
Overview
James "Jimmy" Chance is a clueless 24-year-old who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night-stand. Earning custody of his daughter after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his oddball but well-intentioned family for support in raising the child.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Christianity: Positive
Overview
James "Jimmy" Chance is a clueless 24-year-old who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night-stand. Earning custody of his daughter after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his oddball but well-intentioned family for support in raising the child.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Raising Hope is a sitcom that explores the challenges of an unconventional, working-class family raising a child. Its focus on family resilience and personal responsibility, balanced with depictions of economic struggle and a comedic skepticism of institutions, results in a neutral political stance.
The series features a predominantly white main cast, consistent with traditional casting, though it includes visible diversity in its broader ensemble. The narrative primarily focuses on comedic family dynamics and does not explicitly critique or negatively frame traditional identities, nor does it center on explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Raising Hope features a mixed portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes. While the recurring character Frank is often the subject of humor based on effeminate stereotypes and ambiguous sexuality, the show also includes a storyline where Burt's estranged father is revealed to be gay. This plot point is handled with eventual acceptance and dignity, balancing out some of the more problematic comedic elements.
The show satirizes the human foibles, hypocrisy, and eccentric interpretations of Christian faith by its characters, particularly Maw Maw and the community. However, it does not portray Christianity itself as inherently oppressive or cruel, and the humor often stems from the characters' flawed understanding rather than a condemnation of the faith.
The television series 'Raising Hope' focuses on the comedic misadventures of the Chance family. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the show's narrative, resulting in no depiction to evaluate.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Raising Hope is an original sitcom with characters created specifically for the series. There is no prior source material, historical figures, or legacy characters from which a gender swap could occur.
Raising Hope is an original television series, and its characters were created specifically for the show. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which characters' races could have been established and subsequently changed.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.0
7.4
Critic Ratings
9.6
7.6
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