Everybody Hates Chris Returns for Animated Reboot

Roomies, “Everybody Hates Chris” officially makes its animated comeback.

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“Everybody Hates Chris” returns

As The Shade Room previously reported, a reboot of the popular sitcom series was announced for 2021. The following year, it was confirmed that Chris Rock was in the process of turning “Everybody Hates Chris” into an animated series.

According to PopCulture, Comedy Central announced that Chris Rock will return as narrator with original stars Tichina Arnold And Terry Crews confirmed that they will reprise their roles as Julius and Rochelle Rock in the animated series. Earlier this week, both actors expressed their joy at the news in an Instagram reel.

The main roles in the series were initially played by Hotel Richmond as Chris’ younger brother Drew, Imani Hakim as his little sister Tonya and Vincent Martella as his best friend Greg Wuliger.

PopCulture also noted that Everybody Hates Chris premiered on UPN in 2005 and then moved to The CW after the merger with The WB, where it ran for three seasons until 2009. The series with Tyler James Williams as the title character is loosely based on Chris Rock’s teenage years in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

The outlet further reported that Williams, Richmond, Hakim and Martella will not return in the new series, but their characters will still appear. Instead, Tim Johnson, Jr. from “Saturdays” he will lend his voice to young Chris; Ozioma Akagha from “Delilah” Chris’s spirited babysitter Tonya will lend her voice; Terrence Little Gardenhigh from “Danger Force” will lend his voice to Chris’ little brother Drew; and Gunnar Sizemore Chris’ friend Greg will lend his voice to “Kung Fu Panda”.

In a conversation with TV Line, CBS President and CEO George Cheeks praised Chris Rock as one of the most talented comedians and expressed his delight at working with him again.

“Reimagining this groundbreaking, critically acclaimed series has long been a source of creative discussion at our studio. It’s exciting to be working with 3 Arts and the comedic genius of Chris Rock as he expands his vision of the original show in this innovative new format. This also marks another significant internal collaboration for CBS with Chris McCarthy and our valued partners at MTV Entertainment Studios as we jointly support this outstanding series for Paramount+ and Comedy Central,” said Cheeks.

A premiere date for Everybody Hates Chris has not yet been announced, but fans can stream all four seasons on Hulu in the meantime.

Social media reactions to the “EHC” relaunch

The Roomies, along with Tichina Arnold and Terry Crews, could barely contain their excitement about the animated reboot of Everybody Hates Chris. Several social media users took to The Shade Room’s comments section to express their excitement, citing quotes from the sitcom.

Instagram user @yea_its_tt wrote: “I loved ‘Everybody Hates Chris.’ I’ll never forget when they were at dinner and Tonya said, ‘Ma, where’s Chris?’ She said, ‘Oh, I slapped him until next week. He’s coming back on Tuesday.'”

Instagram user @trelifeee wrote: “My favorite show! I aspire to be as stingy as Julius.”

Then Instagram user @like.yanna wrote: “As an adult, I understand why Julius had so many jobs.”

Instagram user @princesskea12 wrote: “Aht aht, I don’t need that. My husband works two jobs.”

While Instagram user @briannaghd wrote, “I just want to see how Julius would react to the inflation rate in 2024. I don’t think $12 for a toothbrush would go over well with him.”

Instagram user @alxndrathegreat wrote: “Julius showed me as a child how I can be mindful as an adult today!”

Finally, Instagram user @whos_yinkxs wrote: “Hey, little guy across the street, let me hold a dollar.”

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