October 15, 2007
Tichina Arnold is fearless when it comes to comedy. Just ask Everybody Hates Chris executive producer Ali LeRoi, who has worked with Arnold for three successful season and watched the Queens, New York native turn her loud-mouthed character Rochelle into one of most endearing and likable television matriarchs today.
"Tichina doesn't have shame when it comes to comedy," LeRoi said. "She doesn't worry if she looks cute. She's willing to get ugly for a joke."
October 8, 2007
Ever since Chris entered Corleone, racist bully Caruso has been hot on his tracks. The redheaded troublemaker has mercilessly picked on Chris for the past two seasons of Everybody Hates Chris, but tonight's episode will have Caruso on the other side of the fence for a change.
Upon getting a dose of his own medicine, Caruso (Travis Flory) relinquishes his title of the school bully. While this is seems to be good news for Chris (Tyler James Williams) and his best friend, Greg (Vincent Martella), the two realize that it is up to them to come up with a fast solution when the students desperately scramble to obtain power in the school.
October 1, 2007
The third season of Everybody Hates Chris premieres tonight on The CW, with executive producer Chris Rock making his first ever appearance on the show as the school guidance counselor, Mr. Abbott. He meets Chris when the latter is sent to his office after failing his eighth-grade exams. Instead of helping Chris, Mr. Abbott subjects him to several mental evaluations before finally concluding that he needs to take a remedial course.
Chris Rock told TV Guide the character is his own sweet revenge on all the less-than-helpful advisers who refused to keep the budding comedian past the 10th grade. “I've always found most guidance counselors kind of have one foot in and one foot out of the school," he said. "Yeah, if there's a troubled kid, I'll talk to him. Otherwise, I'm going to sit here and smoke.'"
September 24, 2007
As previously reported, the third season premiere of Everybody Hates Chris will feature creator Chris Rock as a guest star. The 41-year-old actor will play Mr. Abbott, the school's guidance counselor.
In the third season opening episode, entitled "Everybody Hates the Guidance Counselor," Ms. Morello sends Chris to Mr. Abbott after he does poorly on an assessment test. Mr. Abbott then subjects Chris to a series of mental evaluations and ultimately decides that the best course of action is to have Chris take a remedial course. Meanwhile, Julius, Chris' father, tries his best to find his way out of purchasing new school clothes for the children.
September 11, 2007
The woman who gave Kevin Federline his first two children before Britney Spears came into the picture is set to appear on the CW’s Everybody Hates Chris. Shar Jackson recently told People about her one episode stint on the show.
The actress, who turned 31 last September 4, will guest-star in an episode of Everybody Hates Chris, which will also be directed by the legendary choreographer, Debbie Allen of Fame, All of Us and A Different World. Jackson will portray a young mother named Alyson, whose teenage daughter uses Chris’ sister as her alibi to get into an R-rated film and visit a boy. Chris’ mother, Rochelle (Tichina Arnold), confronts Alyson about setting a better example for her daughter.
September 10, 2007
Premiere Date and Time: Monday, October 1, 8pm
Network: The CW
Time Slot Competition: Dancing with the Stars, Chuck, How I Met Your Mother, Prison Break
Cast: Chris Rock, Imani Hakim, Tequan Richmond, Terry Crews, Tichina Arnold, Tyler James Williams, Vincent Martella
September 3, 2007
For two seasons of Everybody Hates Chris, Emmy Award-winning actor Chris Rock has served as the narrator of the show, telling the stories of a teenager growing up in Brooklyn, New York as inspired by his own childhood experiences. But when the sitcom returns for yet another season, fans will finally be able to see the 42-year-old comedian.
Filming of the upcoming season is currently underway. Meanwhile, here's a teaser of what's in store for season 3 straight from the cast members themselves.
July 16, 2007
The natural course of life is catching up to the CW’s Everybody Hates Chris. Most of its younger cast members are rapidly going through puberty, and in an attempt to capture them in their last stages of childhood, the show has decided to start filming the third season of the hit series earlier than usual.
“This is all my fault. All my fault,” actor Tyler James Williams said during a break. Williams, who will turn 15 in October, is the star of Everybody Hates Chris, a series that is loosely based on the life of comedian Chris Rock.