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8.6/10 TV Country of origin United States First episode date 28 August 1996 | 6.6/10 IMDb Original language(s) English Final episode date 14 January 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by Bentley Kyle EvansJamie Foxx Starring Jamie FoxxGarcelle BeauvaisChristopher B. DuncanEllia EnglishGarrett Morris Opening theme "Here Comes Jamie Foxx" (seasons 1–3)"The Simple Things Are All I Need" (seasons 4–5),both performed by Jamie Foxx Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Jamie Foxx Show is an American television sitcom that aired on the WB Network from August 28, 1996 to January 14, 2001. The series stars Jamie Foxx, Garcelle Beauvais, Christopher B. Duncan, Ellia English, and Garrett Morris.
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Although the show wasn't 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 Morris' career after his 1994 shooting. It also served as a launch pad for Beauvais who would go on to star in ABC's NYPD Blue.
The jamie foxx show season 1 episode 1 trailer
Synopsis
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 works in his family's hotel, the financially strapped King's Tower, which is owned by his aunt and uncle, Helen and Junior King (Ellia English and Garrett Morris).
Among his co-workers during the series' run were the beautiful and intelligent Francesca "Fancy" Monroe (Garcelle Beauvais) and Jamie's high-strung, stuffed-shirt, "bourgeois" nemesis Braxton P. Hartnabrig (Christopher B. Duncan).
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. 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.
Reruns/syndication
The series aired in broadcast syndication distributed by Telepictures Distribution and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution from 2000 to 2003. The series had reran weeknights at 7:00pm EST on New York City's local UPN's affiliation WWOR-TV 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 2010, reruns also air on Centric. In Jamaica, the series airs on both major stations Television Jamaica and CVM TV.
Several episodes of The Jamie Foxx Show were also available on AOL's In2TV, which allows Internet users to watch streamed or download high resolution episodes of various favorite classics. Since Time Warner's June 2009 announcement that it would split from America Online, the episodes have been moved over to AOL Video. The Jamie Foxx Show reruns will air on BET at 11:00 A.M. & 11:30 A.M. 4:00 P.M. & 4:30 P.M. in the past years and now, reruns only in the overnight hours from 2:30AM to 4:00AM on Wednesdays and from 3:00AM to 4:00AM on Sundays in 2016. Also, the series currently begins to rerun on MTV2 and VH1 in 2016.
DVD releases
Warner Home Video has released Season one of The Jamie Foxx Show on DVD in Region 1. Warner Archive released Season 2 on March 7, 2017. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available from such sellers as Warner's online store and Amazon.com.