Everybody Hates Chris is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated American sitcom broadcast on the The CW, featuring fictional characters and situations broadly based on real people and situations. The show, which is produced by CBS Paramount Television, is inspired by the teenage experiences of comedian Chris Rock (who narrates the show), while growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. The title of the show parodies the title of another well-known program, Everybody Loves Raymond. Unlike other CW sitcoms at the time of its debut, Everybody Hates Chris is shot using a single cameraFuton Critic
with no studio audience laugh track. On September 22, 2005, the series' premiere achieved higher ratings than NBC's season premiere of Joey, giving UPN, its original network, its third highest rating in history. With seven million viewers, it was fourth highest-rated program at the 8 p.m. ET time slot. It is also the first TV show to be available for free preview on Google Video.

Everybody Hates Chris won an NAACP Award for "Outstanding Comedy Series."NAACP Image Awards, Winners, Nominees, TV Schedule Due to the show's popular and critical success, the CW network gave the show an early full-season renewal for 2007–08, its 3rd season.“Everybody Hates Chris” Renewed For A Third Season « Your Entertainment Now The 3rd season of Everybody Hates Chris premiered on Monday, October 1, 2007.The CW Blog » Everybody Hates Chris The show aired on Monday nights at 8:00/7:00c on The CW Television Network, The CW Lounge - Message Boards however on February 10, 2008 it had move to Sunday nights at 8:00/7:00c. Despite the 2007-2008 Writers' Strike, Everybody Hates Chris had a full twenty-two episode season for 2007-08 because of early production. On March 2, 2008, the series returned with new episodes after the 2007-2008 Writers' Strike, in order to wrap up the third season (2007-2008). The third season finale aired on Sunday, May 18, 2008.