The Jamie Foxx Show
| The Jamie Foxx Show | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Bentley Kyle Evans Jamie Foxx |
| Starring | Jamie Foxx Garcelle Beauvais Christopher B. Duncan Ellia English Garrett Morris Andy Berman |
| Theme music composer | Jamie Foxx |
| Opening theme | "Here Comes Jamie Foxx" (seasons 1–3) "The Simple Things Are All I Need" (seasons 4–5), both performed by Jamie Foxx |
| Composer | Bill Maxwell |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 100 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Bentley Kyle Evans Marcus King (seasons 2–5) Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. (seasons 2–5) Jamie Foxx (seasons 3–5) |
| Producer | Drew Brown |
| Production locations | Los Angeles, California (setting) Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California (taping location) |
| Camera setup | Videotape; Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Bent Outta Shape Productions Foxxhole Productions Warner Bros. Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | The WB |
| Release | August 28, 1996 – January 14, 2001 |
The Jamie Foxx Show is an American television sitcom created by Jamie Foxx and Bentley Kyle Evans for The WB. It premiered on August 28, 1996, and ended on January 14, 2001, with a total of 100 episodes over the course of five seasons.
Although the show was not a major success with the ratings due to The WB being a relatively new network, the show did help launch Foxx's acting career while also relaunching Garrett Morris' career after his 1994 shooting. It also served as a launch pad for Beauvais, who later starred in ABC's NYPD Blue.
Synopsis
[edit]Jamie King (Jamie Foxx) is an aspiring musician from Terrell, Texas, who has come to Los Angeles to pursue a career in entertainment. To support himself, he worked at his family's hotel, the financially strapped King's Tower, which is owned by his aunt and uncle, Aunt Helen and Uncle Junior King (Ellia English and Garrett Morris).
Among his co-workers during the series' run were the beautiful and intelligent front desk clerk Francesca "Fancy" Monroe (Garcelle Beauvais) and Jamie's high-strung, stuffed-shirt, "bourgeois" nemesis/frenemy Braxton P. Hartnabrig (Christopher B. Duncan), who works as an accountant for the King's Tower.
Jamie's romantic overtures toward Fancy were mostly unrequited until the final two seasons, when the two began to tentatively date and eventually became engaged and finally married. Braxton, who generally served as the brunt of Jamie's insults, was known to get in a few digs of his own as the series progressed, eventually becoming Jamie's best friend and, at one point, roommate.
Cast
[edit]Main
[edit]- Jamie Foxx as Jamie Percy King
- Garcelle Beauvais as Francesca Danielle "Fancy" Monroe
- Christopher B. Duncan as Braxton P. Hartnabrig
- Ellia English as Aunt Helen King
- Garrett Morris as Uncle Junior King
- Andy Berman as Dennis, the bellboy (season 1, episodes 1–12)
Recurring
[edit]- Orlando Brown as Nelson (seasons 1–3)
- Suli McCullough as Mouse (seasons 4–5)
- Alex Thomas as Phil (seasons 4–5)
- Gladys Knight (season 1, episode 22, and season 5, episode 12) and Jo Marie Payton (season 3, episode 7) as Janice King, Jamie's mother
- Sherri Shepherd as Sheila Yarborough (seasons 4–5)
- Chris Spencer as Curtis (season 4)
- Susan Wood as Cameron (season 3)
- Alan F. Smith as Silas (season 3)
- Blake Clark as Bob Nelson (season 4)
- Kellita Smith as Cherise (seasons 2–3)
- Rhona Bennett as Nicole Evans (season 4)
- Karen Maruyama as Gloria (seasons 4–5)
- Billy Davis Jr. and Marilyn McCoo as William and Joan Monroe, Fancy's parents (season 5)
- Scott Atkinson as Hawkins (season 4, episodes 4, 14, 18, and 22)
- Gerald LeVert as Charles Young, Jamie's stepfather (season 3, episode 7, and season 5, episode 12)
Episodes
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 22 | August 28, 1996 | May 14, 1997 | |
| 2 | 22 | September 7, 1997 | May 17, 1998 | |
| 3 | 20 | September 17, 1998 | May 20, 1999 | |
| 4 | 24 | September 24, 1999 | May 19, 2000 | |
| 5 | 12 | October 8, 2000 | January 14, 2001 | |
Reruns and syndication
[edit]The series aired in broadcast syndication distributed by Telepictures Distribution and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution which reruns on CBS, Fox, UPN, and The WB or independent affiliates from 2000 to 2003. The series had reran weeknights at 7:00pm EST on New York City's local UPN's affiliation WWOR-TV replacing In the House until Fall 2003, when it was replaced with reruns of The King of Queens. Reruns of the series also aired on BET from 2005 to 2008 and started airing once again September 2009 to 2016, and as part of The CW Television Network's The CW Daytime (along with reruns of The Wayans Bros.) block from September 2008 to September 2009. As of the 2010s, reruns also air on Centric, VH1 and MTV2 (until 2020, but as of 2020/2021 only MTV2 shows reruns of the series late nights), Reruns of the series also airs on Dabl. In Jamaica, the series aired on both major stations Television Jamaica and CVM Television. In Canada, the series aired on The Comedy Network, a Canadian specialty channel, and then, Much.
Several episodes of The Jamie Foxx Show were also available on AOL's In2TV, which allowed Internet users to watch streamed or download high resolution episodes of various favorite classics.[1] Since Time Warner's June 2009 announcement that it would split from America Online, the episodes have been moved over to AOL Video.
On November 1, 2021, all episodes of The Jamie Foxx Show were made available for streaming on HBO Max.[2]
Home media
[edit]Warner Home Video released season one of The Jamie Foxx Show on DVD in Region 1 on February 8, 2005.
Warner Archive has subsequently released seasons 2–4 on DVD. These are Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) releases, available from Warner's online store and Amazon.[3][4][5][6] The fifth season has not been released on DVD.
| DVD name | Ep # | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| The Complete First Season | 22 | February 8, 2005 |
| The Complete Second Season | 22 | March 7, 2017 |
| The Complete Third Season | 20 | June 27, 2017 |
| The Complete Fourth Season | 24 | October 24, 2017 |
In popular culture
[edit]American producer Pi'erre Bourne used a clip from an early episode in the show as a producer tag, "Yo Pi'erre, you wanna come out here?" Most notably featured in the 2017 hit song Magnolia by American rapper Playboi Carti.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Jamie Foxx Show online". streaming episodes of the Jamie Foxx Show. Retrieved May 28, 2007.
- ^ "HBO Max Acquires Season 2 Of 'David Makes Man', Five '90s-Era WBTV Sitcoms". Deadline Hollywood. November 1, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- ^ "The Jamie Foxx Show - Could 'The Complete 2nd Season' Come to DVD at Last? An industry source says the Warner Archive will bring it out in a month!". TVShowsOnDVD. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "The Jamie Foxx Show - Finalized Date, Price, Details, Package Cover for 'The Complete 2nd Season' 3-DVD manufacture-on-demand set from the Warner Archive in March". TVShowsOnDVD. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "The Jamie Foxx Show DVD news: Box Art and Release Date for The Complete 3rd Season - TVShowsOnDVD.com". tvshowsondvd.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-21.
- ^ "The Jamie Foxx Show DVD news: Announcement for The Complete 4th Season - TVShowsOnDVD.com". www.tvshowsondvd.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-22.
- ^ "Pi'erreBourne's Tag On Playboi Carti's "Magnolia" Samples 'The Jamie Foxx Show'". Genius. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ "Jamie Foxx Is The Voice Behind Pi'erre Bourne's Producer's Tag". HotNewHipHop. 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
External links
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- 1990s American black sitcoms
- 2001 American television series endings
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- American English-language television shows
- Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios
- Television series created by Jamie Foxx
- Television series set in hotels
- Television shows set in Los Angeles
- The WB sitcoms
- 1990s American multi-camera sitcoms
- 2000s American multi-camera sitcoms