Raising Hope

Ended Friday / 7:00pm FOX US 25 min.
At 23 years old, Jimmy Chance is going nowhere in life. He skims pools for a living, parties every night and still lives at home with his family, including his parents and his cousin, Mike. Jimmy's life takes a drastic turn when a chance romantic encounter with Lucy goes awry once he discovers she is a wanted felon. Months later, when Jimmy pays a visit to the local prison, he discovers Lucy gave birth to their baby, who he is now charged with raising.

Season 4

22 Episodes

Virginia's father throws Virginia and Burt the wedding that they never got to have as teen parents.
Apr 04 2014
Jimmy and Sabrina inherit a maid from Sabrina's late grandmother.
Apr 04 2014
Virginia and Burt adopt a troublesome dog.
Mar 28 2014
Burt goes to extraordinary lengths to maintain Virginia's belief in paranormal activities.
Mar 21 2014
Virginia has second thoughts about a potential promotion.
Mar 14 2014
Virginia and Burt go to a resort for a vacation and Sabrina and Jimmy want to have a baby.
Mar 07 2014
Virginia fears that she has become boring and convinces Burt to join her in some reckless activities.
Feb 28 2014
The Chances visit a dude ranch for their anniversary but Burt is keeping a secret from Virginia.
Feb 07 2014
Howdy's hosts a televised supermarket competition.
Jan 31 2014
Burt and Virginia argue while Jimmy and Sabrina turn to fencing as their form of fighting.
Jan 24 2014
Virginia and Sabrina compete in a cooking competition.
Jan 17 2014
Virginia clashes again with her cousin Delilah, but Maw Maw promises to leave everything to the one who can be the more civil.
Jan 10 2014
Burt and Virginia go undercover to expose a corporate scandal that is killing bees.
Dec 13 2013
Burt becomes the interim mayor of Natesville so that Virginia can light the town Christmas tree.
Dec 13 2013
Virginia and Burt use their relationship experiences to revive Jimmy and Sabrina's marriage.
Dec 06 2013
Burt is suspicious of the new neighbors.
Dec 06 2013
Sabrina encounters trouble when trying to adopt Hope.
Nov 29 2013
A business innovator takes over Howdy's and the employees devise ideas to change the store.
Nov 29 2013
Hi-Def 4x04
Virginia's new glasses allow her to see every tiny imperfection around the house.
Nov 22 2013
Sabrina is determined to take Hope on a memorable trip.
Nov 22 2013
Burt and Virginia introduce Natesville to a new bartering system that resembles a pyramid scheme.
Nov 15 2013
A strange man keeps popping up in the Chances' lives.
Nov 15 2013

Season 3

22 Episodes

The Chances visit Maw Maw's childhood home and find that her mother is still alive.
Mar 28 2013
After learning that he may be Jewish, Burt prepares for the bar mitzvah that he never had.
Mar 28 2013
Sabrina's new friend once broke Jimmy's heart.
Feb 26 2013
The Chances throw a birthday party for Hope with the help of aging rock star Smokey Floyd.
Feb 26 2013
Sabrina is visited by the ghosts of Arbor Day past, present and future.
Feb 19 2013
Virginia and Burt try to rescue an incriminating home video that may be auctioned.
Feb 05 2013
When Hope and Jimmy start working on "Yo Zappa Do," the show's star makes Jimmy's life miserable.
Feb 05 2013
The family travels to Los Angeles for a taping of Hope's favorite show.
Jan 29 2013
Jimmy and Sabrina tie the knot.
Jan 29 2013
Jimmy is apprehensive when Frank wants to throw a memorable bachelor party.
Jan 22 2013
Jimmy participates in medical experiments to raise money for an engagement ring.
Jan 15 2013
Jimmy learns that Burt and Virginia ruined his credit when he was a child.
Jan 08 2013
Convinced that the world will soon end, Virginia prepares for the apocalypse.
Dec 11 2012
Sabrina tries to prove her parenting skills while babysitting Hope.
Dec 04 2012
The family participates in a 1K walk, but Virginia and Burt feel the effects of aging.
Nov 27 2012
Jimmy tries to win a candy-selling contest so that Hope can ride on a float in a Thanksgiving parade.
Nov 20 2012
Jimmy learns that his parents briefly gave him up for adoption and seeks the man who would have been his brother.
Nov 13 2012
Virginia becomes suspicious when Burt starts spending time at a local gay bar.
Oct 30 2012
When Jimmy and Sabrina go on a marriage retreat, Virginia, Burt and Sabrina's mother tag along.
Oct 23 2012
The Chances devise a plan to break Maw Maw out of the nursing facility.
Oct 16 2012
A social worker suspects the Chances of elder abuse.
Oct 09 2012
The Chance family meets Sabrina's mother.
Oct 02 2012

Season 2

22 Episodes

Following the revelations of the "Inside Probe" expose of their family history, the Chances are put on trial in a fight to retain custody of Hope.
Apr 17 2012
Nancy Grace examines the "real story" of Hope's mom, serial killer Lucy Carlisle, resulting in the Chance family learning some shocking things about her.
Apr 10 2012
When Jimmy finds out Sabrina has a new attractive study partner, Virginia convinces him that they are doing more than just studying. Meanwhile, Burt develops an obsession with a wall figurine.
Apr 03 2012
When attention-seeking Sarah Louise announces her plans to run for another term as chairperson of the Natesville church group, Burt decides to run against her.
Mar 27 2012
Virginia agrees to be a live-in house sitter for her client and look after a troublesome teenage girl. Meanwhile, Maw Maw once again confuses Jimmy with her late husband Wilfrid, so Jimmy and Sabrina play along.
Mar 20 2012
When a raccoon decides to take residency under the Chance's porch, Virginia and Sabrina work together to try and lure the critter out. Meanwhile, Hope's misbehavior has become such an issue that Virginia and Burt suggest that it might be time for Jimmy to spank her.
Mar 13 2012
Sabrina is arrested at a protest for civil disobedience, but her two-week sentence in jail is made even worse by a prison attendant who claims that they're old friends. Meanwhile, Virginia saves the Natesville mayor from a public scandal, but Jimmy's political encounter could threaten Sabrina's freedom.
Mar 06 2012
Jimmy and Sabrina continue building their relationship by learning more about their strange habits and childhood fears. Meanwhile, Virginia learns more about a habit Burt has been hiding from her for years.
Feb 21 2012
Jimmy's new friend from an improvisational class agrees to pretend to be his girlfriend to make Sabrina jealous.
Feb 14 2012
Burt hires Barney to help him with his receipts during corporate tax season, and while caught up in the stress Burt accidentally makes a mean comment about Virginia's job, so she decides to change careers and become a tarot card reader. Meanwhile, Sabrina contemplates moving to Africa with Wyatt, upsetting Jimmy.
Feb 07 2012
When Burt starts gambling again to try and win back the items he lost 20 years ago, Jimmy and Virginia get addicted to gambling themselves, which causes them to forget about Shelley's play that Sabrina wrote and Hope stars in.
Jan 31 2012
When Hope shows signs of being a baby genius, the family pits themselves against one another to earn their GEDs. While attempting to secure his GED, Jimmy finds out that his old high school teacher, Mr. Swift, is teaching the class.
Jan 17 2012
In this "It's a Wonderful Life" themed episode, Jimmy is transported into a cinematic dreamlike state and watches on at a world where he never met Lucy. When he returns to reality he realizes that if Hope had never been born, his life wouldn't be as good. Meanwhile, Virginia, Burt and Maw Maw see a movie that bares a striking resemblance to their day-to-day lives.
Dec 13 2011
After being encouraged to be more of a daredevil by Burt, Jimmy jumps at the chance of showing off his bolder side at a party at Frank's house. Frank and Jimmy realize they have shared a common high school bully, and when they try to take him down, they realize their old bully has changed.
Dec 06 2011
Virginia encourages the family to submit their own inventions in the National Invention Convention Extravaganza, so they could win the cash prize. Burt and Andrew team up to create unusual flavored yogurt, while Sabrina and Jimmy create a new baby mop.
Nov 29 2011
Burt and Virginia borrow a house in an effort to impress Burt's visiting parents, but things to awry when the homeowners return early.
Nov 15 2011
A thirteen-year-old kid makes a run for Sabrina, which drives Jimmy absolutely crazy. Meanwhile, Maw Maw swallows her gold tooth and Burt and Virginia contemplate retrieving it.
Nov 08 2011
After discovering that Hope hit a boy at daycare, the family becomes worried that Hope is following in her mother's footsteps. Meanwhile, the Chances run into some problems when they camp out in tents due to their home being fumigated for termites.
Nov 01 2011
Virginia, Burt, Jimmy and Sabrina go to Las Vegas when Delilah plans a big wedding, but Virginia is jealous of her cousin's fancy ceremony because she never had one. Meanwhile, Jimmy hopes his luck with Sabrina will improve in Sin City.
Oct 05 2011
When a ponytailed hippie named Jack who kidnapped Burt twenty years ago unexpectedly pays the Chance family a visit, they discover that Burt's disappearance wasn't all it appeared. Meanwhile Jimmy's jealousy creeps out when Sabrina anxiously awaits a text from her boyfriend Wyatt.
Oct 04 2011
When Burt discovers that Sabrina is the daughter of his wealthy new client, he lets the family in on her secret. Embarrassed by her family�s wealth she reluctantly introduces the Chance family to her father, Cap. Meanwhile Jimmy decides Hope should have rich friends and begs Sabrina to take him to her sister�s party where Sabrina�s insecurities become apparent.
Sep 27 2011
Prodigy 2x01
When Jimmy watches a home video of himself as a thirteen-year-old, he discovers that he was a musical prodigy with a promising career as a singer and pianist until a horrible accident involving a golf putter rendered him talentless. Jimmy recruits Burt, Virginia and Maw Maw to help him rediscover his lost abilities.
Sep 20 2011

Season 1

22 Episodes

The Chances reminisce about the year Jimmy turned 18 - when Maw Maw kicked them out of the house, when a goth Jimmy took up residence in the grocery store and when Burt and Virginia finally figured out how to be adults.
May 17 2011
Burt and Virginia try to help a couple they heard arguing on Hope's baby monitor.
May 10 2011
When Burt's flirtatious ways are exposed, the entire family begins to experiment with flirting. Jimmy and Sabrina compete to be Barney's favorite employee, Maw Maw gives away her treasures and Virginia is stalked by a coffee shop employee.
May 03 2011
When Burt is introduced to a book on sleep-training, he and Virginia decide to try it on baby Hope. Meanwhile, Jimmy's wild new girlfriend introduces him to a special beverage that takes him on a scary trip.
Apr 26 2011
Maw Maw has a crush on a man she meets at Shelley's daycare. Jimmy takes Sabrina to see Wyatt after she suspects he might be cheating on her, and he resorts to drastic measures to win her back.
Apr 19 2011
The Chance family goes to see a lawyer to get their wills done, and Burt is insulted when Jimmy chooses Sabrina over him. Meanwhile, Sabrina is overcome with emotion by the news, while Maw Maw thinks mongooses are infesting the household.
Mar 15 2011
Mike returns after going through a spiritual quest with a wife and her other three husbands in tow. Burt attempts to fix the relationship between his brother and Mike.
Mar 08 2011
When Virginia and Sabrina discover secrets about each other, Sabrina blackmails Virginia into keeping her mouth shut. Meanwhile, Jimmy takes Burt to get a vasectomy after a family vote.
Mar 01 2011
Virginia's cousin Delilah, who struggles to make ends meet, pays a visit to the Chance family unannounced, determined to claim her share of Maw Maw's - whom she thinks died years ago - estate. Further tension builds when Delilah admits she still has a crush on Burt. Meanwhile, Jimmy babysits Maw Maw and panics when she takes off on Sabrina's moped.
Feb 22 2011
When Sabrina points out to Jimmy just how many germs are lurking around his house, the Chance family becomes obsessed with cleanliness. Finding it impossible to keep Maw Maw clean, they move her to the backyard greenhouse, but after watching some old family movies, they discover a surprising secret that has kept them healthy all these years.
Feb 15 2011
Jimmy hasn't had any time to socialize or make friends since Hope was born, so when he meets another single dad at the grocery store, he immediately sets up a play date. But when Jimmy finds out that Virginia is his new friend's housekeeper, Virginia insists that Jimmy cancel the outing. In an effort to keep the peace, Jimmy and his friend arrange a dinner at the Chance house.
Feb 08 2011
Jimmy finds out about his father's annual Christmas scheme where he sells the most wanted toy for a lot of money, which always left Jimmy disappointed when he was a child. Virginia wants the family to be a part of the living nativity scene at their church to gain the respect of the members.
Dec 07 2010
A washed-up rock star who is hired as the lead act at 'Grocery-Palooza', a rock concert at the supermarket where Sabrina works. Smokey was once Burt's musical idol, and Burt hopes to relive his rock-star years by playing backup for him at the concert.
Nov 30 2010
Instead of sleeping in and ordering pizza, per his normal Thanksgiving custom, Jimmy invites Hope's other grandparents, Dale and Margine, to join the Chances for a more traditional holiday dinner. The Chances soon realize that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree when Dale and Margine kidnap Hope, and it's up to them to get her back.
Nov 23 2010
Jimmy decides to put Hope in an expensive daycare center, but meets an obstacle in the form of an old record from Burt's past, so the family decides to take matters in their own hands and deal with the law.
Nov 16 2010
When Hope catches a cold, Jimmy panics because the family does not have health insurance. Jimmy figures out a way to get a second job at Sabrina's grocery store so he can afford to take Hope to the pediatrician.
Nov 09 2010
When a box containing videos of Hope's mother arrives from prison, Jimmy must decide whether or not to let Hope see them. Virginia explains that children need to be protected from the truth, leading Jimmy to question what exactly his parents have been keeping from him.
Oct 26 2010
When Sabrina's boyfriend can't make it to the deli guy's Halloween party, Jimmy offers to put on his costume and go in his place. Virginia takes Maw Maw, who is dressed as a cat, trick-or-treating while Burt plots ways to play tricks on Jimmy.
Oct 26 2010
Jimmy realizes that he has no family photos that include Hope, so he organizes a family photo shoot.
Oct 12 2010
The family baby-proofs the house as Hope learns to crawl. Jimmy visits the grocery store in hopes of seeing Sabrina.
Oct 05 2010
Jimmy asks Sabrina's cousin to baby-sit Hope so he can return to work. Burt tries to persuade Virginia to quit smoking.
Sep 28 2010
Pilot 1x01
A 23-year-old man must enlist his family to help him raise a baby that is the result of a one-night stand with a wanted felon.
Sep 21 2010