The Jamie Foxx Show

The Jamie Foxx Show is an American sitcom that aired on The WB from August 28, 1996, to January 14, 2001. The series stars Jamie Foxx, Garcelle Beauvais, Christopher B. Duncan, Ellia English, and Garrett Morris.

The Jamie Foxx Show
GenreSitcom
Created byBentley Kyle Evans
Jamie Foxx
StarringJamie Foxx
Garcelle Beauvais
Christopher B. Duncan
Ellia English
Garrett Morris
Theme music composerJamie Foxx
Opening theme"Here Comes Jamie Foxx" (seasons 1–3)
"The Simple Things Are All I Need" (seasons 4–5),
both performed by Jamie Foxx
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes100 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)Bentley Kyle Evans
Marcus King (seasons 2–5)
Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. (seasons 2–5)
Jamie Foxx (seasons 3–5)
Producer(s)Drew Brown
Production location(s)Los Angeles, California (setting)
Warner Bros. Studios
Burbank, California (taping location)
Camera setupVideotape; Multi-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production company(s)Bent Outta Shape Productions
Foxxhole Productions
Warner Bros. Television
DistributorWarner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution
Telepictures Distribution
Release
Original networkThe WB
Picture format480i (SDTV)
Original releaseAugust 28, 1996 (1996-08-28) –
January 14, 2001 (2001-01-14)

Although the show was not a major success with the ratings due to The WB being a relatively new network, the show did help launch Foxx's acting career while also relaunching Morris' career after his 1994 shooting. It also served as a launch pad for Beauvais who would go on to star in ABC's NYPD Blue.

Synopsis

Jamie King (Jamie Foxx) is an aspiring musician from Terrell, Texas, who has come to Los Angeles to pursue a career in entertainment. To support himself, he worked at his family's hotel, the financially strapped King's Tower, which is owned by his aunt and uncle, Aunt Helen and Uncle Junior King (Ellia English and Garrett Morris).

Among his co-workers during the series' run were the beautiful and intelligent Francesca "Fancy" Monroe (Garcelle Beauvais) and Jamie's high-strung, stuffed-shirt, "bourgeois" nemesis Braxton P. Hartnabrig (Christopher B. Duncan).

Jamie's romantic overtures toward Fancy were mostly unrequited until the final two seasons, when the two began to tentatively date and eventually became engaged and finally married. Braxton, who generally served as the brunt of Jamie's insults, was known to get in a few digs of his own as the series progressed - eventually becoming Jamie’s best friend and at one point, roommate.

Cast and characters

Recurring

Episodes
Main article: List of The Jamie Foxx Show episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
122August 28, 1996 (1996-08-28)May 14, 1997 (1997-05-14)
222September 7, 1997 (1997-09-07)May 17, 1998 (1998-05-17)
320September 17, 1998 (1998-09-17)May 20, 1999 (1999-05-20)
424September 24, 1999 (1999-09-24)May 19, 2000 (2000-05-19)
512October 8, 2000 (2000-10-08)January 14, 2001 (2001-01-14)

Reruns and syndication

The series aired in broadcast syndication distributed by Telepictures Distribution and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution which reruns on CBS, Fox, UPN, and The WB or independent affiliates from 2000 to 2001. The series had reran weeknights at 7:00pm EST on New York City's local UPN's affiliation WWOR-TV replacing In the House until Fall 2003, when it was replaced with reruns of The King of Queens. Reruns of the series also aired on BET from 2005 to 2008 and started airing once again September 2009 to 2016, and as part of The CW Television Network's The CW Daytime (along with reruns of The Wayans Bros.) block from September 2008 to September 2009. As of the 2010s, reruns also air on Centric and MTV2 In Jamaica, the series aired on both major stations Television Jamaica and CVM Television.

Several episodes of The Jamie Foxx Show were also available on AOL's In2TV, which allowed Internet users to watch streamed or download high resolution episodes of various favorite classics.[1] Since Time Warner's June 2009 announcement that it would split from America Online, the episodes have been moved over to AOL Video.

Home media

Warner Home Video released season one of The Jamie Foxx Show on DVD in Region 1 on February 8, 2005.

Warner Archive has subsequently released seasons 2-4 on DVD. These are Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) releases, available from Warner's online store and Amazon.com.[2][3][4][5]

DVD Name Ep # Release Date
The Complete First Season 22 February 8, 2005
The Complete Second Season 22 March 7, 2017
The Complete Third Season 20 June 27, 2017
The Complete Fourth Season 24 October 24, 2017
The Complete Fifth Season 12 TBA

References
  1. "The Jamie Foxx Show online". streaming episodes of the Jamie Foxx Show. Retrieved May 28, 2007.
  2. "The Jamie Foxx Show - Could 'The Complete 2nd Season' Come to DVD at Last? An industry source says the Warner Archive will bring it out in a month!". TVShowsOnDVD. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. "The Jamie Foxx Show - Finalized Date, Price, Details, Package Cover for 'The Complete 2nd Season' 3-DVD manufacture-on-demand set from the Warner Archive in March". TVShowsOnDVD. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  4. "The Jamie Foxx Show DVD news: Box Art and Release Date for The Complete 3rd Season - TVShowsOnDVD.com". tvshowsondvd.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-21.
  5. "The Jamie Foxx Show DVD news: Announcement for The Complete 4th Season - TVShowsOnDVD.com". www.tvshowsondvd.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-22.
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