*We have an exclusive clip from the new “Everybody Still Hates Chris” series featuring Bell Biv DeVoe.
This is the reimagined adult animated series based on Chris Rock’s autobiographical family comedy “Everybody Hates Chris,” features Rock as “Adult Chris,” narrating stories inspired by his experience growing up as a skinny nerd in a large working-class family in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, during the late 1980s, per the news release.
Two news episodes air tonight, Oct. 2, at 10 pm ET/PT on Comedy Central.
“Everybody Still Hates Chris” stars Chris Rock, Terry Crews, Tichina Arnold, Gunnar Sizemore, Ozioma Akagha, Tim Johnson Jr, and Terrence Little Gardenhigh. Watch the exclusive teaser of episode 104 featuring the R&B group via the clip above.
Here’s the official series synopsis:
Everybody Still Hates Chris will feature Chris Rock (“Rustin,” “Fargo”) as “Adult Chris,” narrating stories inspired by his experience growing up as a skinny nerd in a large working-class family in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, during the late 1980s. Terry Crews (“America’s Got Talent”, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) will voice “Julius,” Chris’ father who is a gentle giant with a relentless work ethic, and tightwad approach to life. He grew up dirt poor, so he knows the cost of everything down to the penny. He works two jobs to support the family, and on his days off, he takes on a third job. Tichina Arnold (“The Neighborhood”) will voice “Rochelle,” Chris’ mother who is smart, strong-willed, and has a nurturing spirit, but she can also be hot-headed, especially when it comes to her kids. She tolerates zero nonsense, so she quits more jobs in a month than most people do in a lifetime.
As we reported earlier, the half-hour show will focus on stories inspired by Rock’s experiences growing up in a working-class family in Brooklyn during the late 1980s. The series premiered September 25 with new episodes dropping weekly on Wednesday.
“I’m very excited to introduce the world to another funny side of my childhood,” Rock said in a statement.
EUR’s Chris Richburg reported that Johnson will play young Chris, “a nerd who wants to be cool but he’s outshined by his younger brother, tortured by his little sister, and foiled by his cheapskate dad,” per Variety.
Akagha will voice Tonya, “Chris’ feisty baby sister, with the face of an angel and the heart of a demon, who gets along with her middle brother Drew but leaps at any chance to get Chris in trouble.”
Gardenhigh is the voice “Drew,” the “golden child of the family who is the epitome of Black Excellence: handsome, athletic, a ladies man, taller and cooler than his older brother Chris.”
Sizemore will play Greg, Chris’s only friend at school “who is girl-obsessed, status-conscious and raised by a single dad.”
“A reimagining of this groundbreaking, critically acclaimed series has been a source of creative discussions at our studio for a long time,” said George Cheeks, president and CEO of CBS.
“It’s exciting to join forces with 3 Arts and the comedic genius of Chris Rock as he expands on his vision of the original show in this innovative new format. This also marks another significant in-house collaboration for CBS with Chris McCarthy and our valued partners at MTV Entertainment Studios as we jointly support this marquee series for Paramount+ and Comedy Central.”
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