The sequel to Everybody Hates Chris will premiere on Comedy Central on Wednesday night with Chris Rock telling new stories of his childhood.
Poor Chris. Everybody still hates him nearly 20 years after the debut of the sitcom that made waves in the mid and late 2000s on UPN and The CW. That show was based roughly on the comedian Chris Rock’s life growing up in Brooklyn, New York played by Tyler James Williams. While this new show, premiering on Wednesday on Comedy Central, doesn’t stray too far from that premise at all, the way it is presented certainly does. That is because this new edition will be animated. The showrunner of Everybody Still Hates Chris, Sanjay Shah, described why they chose to make this new show animated. Shah describes the much fuller possibilities that animation brings to the characters. That includes the 80s setting and exploring more of Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood that Rock grew up in. The opportunities seem much more boundless and will have something new to say nearly two decades after the original. Shah has a lot of experience with animation too being the executive producer and co-showrunner of Central Park on Apple TV+.
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Thankfully Rock is returning as the narrator, as he did in the original. Terry Crews, who played Rock’s father, and Tichina Arnold, who played his mother, will also be returning to the cast. A big difference this time around will be Tim Johnson Jr. providing the voice of Young Chris, as Williams is taking over on Abbott Elementary.
The original show only lasted four seasons, so there are plenty more stories to tell and will leave off right where that show ended.
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