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Fox’s comedy Raising Hope has become the first new series this fall to receive an order for additional episodes. The network has given a full back-nine order to Greg Garcia’s single-camera family comedy, bringing the total order to 22 episodes. While not the highest-rated freshman series this season, Raising Hope has been the highest-rated new Fox series, performing better than fellow freshman comedy Running Wilde and the already-cancelled drama Lone Star. Last night, the comedy, which is solid creatively and features a standout performance by Martha Plimpton, drew a 2.5/7 in adults 18-49 behind the hottest scripted series on TV at the moment, Fox’s sophomore Glee, for a so-so 54% hold. (For comparison, Running Wilde did a 1.7/5).
UPDATE: Fox just issued a press release confirming the pickup:
“With RAISING HOPE, Greg Garcia captures a smart take on the working-class family with a great mix of wild comedy and a big dose of heart,” said Fox’s entertainment president Kevin Reilly. “The show is running like a Swiss clock, and we’re very happy with how well audiences have responded so far – so we’re confident it will build an even bigger audience throughout the season.”
“I’m really happy for our incredibly talented cast and very hard-working crew. They have done an amazing job and deserve this,” said Greg Garcia, RAISING HOPE creator and executive producer. “Me? I was looking forward so some time off, but I guess that’s not going to happen.”
So far this season, RAISING HOPE is the No. 1 new comedy among Teens and Young Women, the No. 2 new comedy among Adults 18-34 and one of the Top 5 new comedies among Adults 18-49.
Created by Emmy Award winner Greg Garcia, RAISING HOPE follows the Chance family as they find themselves adding an unexpected new member into their household. The series stars Lucas Neff, Martha Plimpton, Garret Dillahunt and Shannon Woodward. Cloris Leachman guest-stars as Maw Maw. RAISING HOPE is produced by Amigos de Garcia Prods. in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Garcia serves as executive producer on the series.
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Love “Raising Hope”. Main reasons- the cast is solid, likable and not overtly contrived. Main character is irresistibly optimistic and naive/ again-likable. Martha Plimpton and Madame Leachman are irrefutable and mischievous comedic genius.
Cool. I have enjoyed “Raising Hope.” But much like “My Name is Earl,” I think by season three the white trash shtick will get tired.
So, a 54% hold is “so-so,” but a 68% hold, which is what “Running Wilde” did after “Raising Hope,” is…worse, somehow?
You’re kidding, right?
this show is so not funny, the pilot painfully so, especially the opening… all i can do is cringe and feel bad for cloris leachman, is she gonna get to talk and/or be funny or just be relegated to lame sight gags like the pants trade in last night’s ep? i swear i could hear the crickets…
Watchimg the show I just can’t help but think that Greg Garcia is good at writing white trash stuff. ‘Earl’ anyone… Now, can he get Patty the day shift school gate hooker on ‘Earl’ a cameo? I miss her terribly!
Good move for FOX. Great show.
Creatively solid? You could run a dog relieving himself behind Glee and get the same number.
The show is by far the best new comedy of the season. Solid cast, fantastic writing, funny, lovable, all around GREAT.
Finally a great vehicle for the crazy talented Martha Plimpton. She is fantastic. Garrett Dillahunt is also surprisingly good after playing a robot in The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Love this show…I hope it lasts.
So don’t get it. And I want to LOVE Running Wilde but its falling flat for me…
It’s running flat because of Will Arnett; he’s doing the same character role here that he did in Arrested Development… along with everything else he has done. He’s the older version of Jon Heder, very character he does is practically the same. Also there is no chemistry between him and Keri Russell.
don’t write anything suggesting this show is not funny or your comment will be deleted!!!! Reaanrrrr!! (cat scream)
I don’t understand this show and how it is doing well. I’m so tired of these middle class shows. How is this different than Malcolm in the Middle, The Middle, My Name is Earl, Roseanne… if I thought about it I could name more. I really hate these shows. I’m middle class, maybe even lower class, why do I want to watch shows about it??
Cool, we’ll just make shows about rich people and their problems, everyone else in America will love that. Is Vince going to do the movie or not?? I can’t take the suspense!
I don’t think middle class means what you think it means.
I might have to see this one to more about what message they want to teach us.
@steve jobs: Hm…funny you’d take the name of one of the smartest guys on the planet and your sentence is unintelligible. The main intention is to be funny–which it is–and the message is that family comes first, and as long as we have dreams, no matter how unlikely or unrealistic they are–life is hopeful–get it? Raising Hope. Hints about the moral of the story each week can be heard in the narrative voiceover of the son/Hope’s father.
Do keep watching, although it might take you more than one try.
It’s probably the best of the new comedies this season. However… it’s not really firing on all cylinders. I think the writing is there, but while the cast are very good, I’m not sure if some of them are miscast. I don’t entirely believe they are who they are supposed to be.
It has potential. Not sure it’s going to go on and on for lots of seasons though.
However, it looks like a winner next to Running Wilde, which is overacted, overdirected, underwritten, preposterous garbage. That show needs to die, and die painfully.
Running Wilde was fantastic last night! Every episode has gotten considerably better than the last. I don’t agree that Will Arnett is doing the same thing and even if he did it would be Hilarious! I also think his chemistry with Kerri Russel is
great. This show is fresh,quirky and completely delightful. I would hate to see it go away. It has great potential. I love Running Wilde!
I smell a PR flack at work…
Great news!
“Raising Hope” is the best new show of the season.
Laugh-out loud moments in each episode thus far.
The entire cast is in the zone.
Plimpton’s malapropisms are priceless. (“Genes are hermeditary.”)
Last night, Cloris Leachman’s played a life-sized version of the “Jenga” game as she danced in her underwear to They Might Be Giants singing “Istambul Not Constantinople.”
Take that, “Dancing with the Stars.”
Also, last night, there was a shot of baby Hope in her highchair where she made a unique and funny facial expression that made us LOL at my household. Either the producers achieved that baby’s expression with CGI or the toddler twins playing Hope deserve to be considered for Emmy Award acting honors.
If you haven’t seen this series, check it out. It’s top notch.
I guess FOX had to give a full season order to a live-action comedy they developed eventually.
Running Wilde was hysterical last night. I will keep watching every week.
This is a fun new show. I think Cloris Leachman as Maw Maw is killer funny and the rest of the cast make it fun. I think we need a chance to laugh at the end of a long day. It’s nice how the FOX channel lined up 3 interesting shows in a row.
I hope we see more episodes in the grocery store setting. That uptight manager, Barney, played by Gregg Binkley delivers some solid laughs, too!
“Raising Hope” was the only new series that I actually had an interest in watching. This development season was pretty dreadful. Martha Plimpton is excellent. I hope to hear her name in the Lead Actress Comedy category next July.
I think Running Wilde is the best new comedy. It is so much funnier and original than Raising Hope. I don’t understand why it was so trashed by the critics. Oh yea, because it’s not Arrested Development!
Give Running Wilde the Raising Hope time slot following Glee and it would do much better.
Thats a crock! It is a decent show at best but Raising hope really needs to be an hour it so much funnier and more relatable on so many levels. For young people, people with kids, people who just like kids, people with teen kids, people with teen kids with babies. In todays society it reaches the widest audience and it is hilarious that is why it is doing so much better at the end of the day what it boils down to is Running wild is just mediiocre with funny moments.
Don’t know G. Garci personally, but his work is consistently funny AND human. And you only hear nice things about him from people who he’s worked with. (Are you listening, Mitch Hurwitz?) Nice to see a good writer with a good show doing well.
I love this show! It is clever and funny and I am very excited that it is being picked up for a full season. Good job FOX for making a great show.
Garret Dillahunt ROCKS! So happy that this guy finally gets to show his comedic chops. He’s amazing in dramas, but it’s nice to see get a chance to bring the funny. This show cracks me up… plus, there’s Cloris.
To work on a Greg Garcia show is to experience Hollywood at its finest, in front of or behind the camera. Congrats to the Raising Hope team.
WHAT!!! come one people this is a horrible show that is horribly written…oh yeah its not funny also. comedy is 30 Rock, the office, South Park, Family Guy. Not some bum family that finds a kid and raises it. I want to know who sat at there desk read the script and thought oh yeah this is in need of more episodes, you’re telling me in the stacks of scripts that studios get there is not one that is more comical, not one that has a more engaging storyline, break down the shows I just said. if you look at them each scene is well thought out its oh I dont know SMART COMEDY stop giving shows air time that are half-assed.
Are you serious? Have you even watched the show? I love Family Guy don’t get me wrong, however comparing Family Guy’s comedy to Raising Hope is just wrong. First off, they did not just “find” a kid, and if you bothered to watch the show you would know this. This show is about America, middle to lower middle class America. A family raising a child and getting through life together the best way they can.