Everybody Hates Chris

Did You Know?

• The school Chris attends is slyly named 'Corleone Junior High School,' an apparent reference to the fictional Corleone mafia family from The Godfather.
• In December 2008, Entertainment Weekly listed the Kwanzaa episode from this show as seventh on the magazine's 'Must List: 10 Holiday Things We Love.'
• The Kazakh sitcom Ata-Ana, Bala-Şağa is based on this sitcom, but instead of moving to Bedford-Stuyvesant, the family moves to the city of Almaty.
• The series won NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series (for Ali LeRoi), Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series (for Tichina Arnold), and Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series (for Tyler James Williams).

Cast and characters

Tyler James Williams stars as a young, skinny, nerdy Black teenager based on Chris Rock's own youth. Terry Crews plays Julius Rock, his devoted, hardworking, and extremely frugal father. Tichina Arnold portrays Rochelle Rock, Chris's sharp-tongued, hot-tempered, and self-absorbed mother. Tequan Richmond is Drew Rock, Chris's laid-back, handsome, popular, and athletic younger brother who is also bigger than him. Imani Hakim plays Tonya Rock, Chris's little sister, who is spoiled by their father and often mean to Chris. Vincent Martella plays Greg Wuliger, Chris's small, smart, nerdy white friend from school. The real Chris Rock provides occasional narration, jumping in with his younger self's thoughts or simply explaining the situation.

Syndication

The show aired regularly on broadcast TV during the week, and aired on Fox, MyNetworkTV and The CW affiliates. It started airing on September 7, 2009, on Nick at Nite, becoming the youngest syndicated show on Nickelodeon. The series has since aired on TeenNick, TV One, Up, MTV2, VH1, BET, BET Her, and Fuse, Bounce TV and Laff. The series currently airs on the free-to-air DABL network. In Brazil, the series premiered on RecordTV in October 2006 and, as of 2026, reruns are still regularly broadcast on Sundays due to its immense popularity in the country. In Canada, the show has aired on the networks YTV and Much. In the UK, the show formerly aired on Channel 5, Paramount Comedy 1 and Sky Comedy. In Kenya, the show aired on Kenya Television Network between 2006 and 2009.

Home media

All four seasons of Everybody Hates Chris were released on DVD by Paramount (under the label CBS DVD) in Region 1 and Region 2. The complete series was released on DVD on August 18, 2009. The series is available to stream on Paramount+, Amazon Prime Video (through Paramount+), Hulu, Disney+ (through Hulu), and Peacock, and can be streamed for free on CW Seed, ITV X, Pluto TV, and Tubi. The series is often streamed with Season 1 incomplete, but Paramount+ and Peacock now have the complete season set. The series is also available to be purchased on the iTunes Store, Google TV, YouTube, and Vudu. In Mexico, the series is available to stream on HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video.