| The Jamie Foxx Show | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Bentley Kyle Evans Jamie Foxx |
| Starring | Jamie Foxx Garcelle Beauvais Christopher B. Duncan Ellia English Garrett Morris Andy Berman |
| Theme music composer | Jamie 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 |
| Composer | Bill Maxwell |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 100(list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Bentley Kyle Evans Marcus King (seasons 2–5) Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. (seasons 2–5) Jamie Foxx (seasons 3–5) |
| Producer | Drew Brown |
| Production locations | Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California |
| Camera setup | Videotape;Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Bent Outta Shape Productions Foxxhole Productions Warner Bros. Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | The WB |
| Release | August 28, 1996 (1996-08-28) – January 14, 2001 (2001-01-14) |
The Jamie Foxx Show is an American televisionsitcom created byJamie Foxx andBentley Kyle Evans forThe WB. It premiered on August 28, 1996, and ended on January 14, 2001, with a total of100 episodes over the course of five seasons.
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 relaunchingGarrett Morris' career after his 1994 shooting. It also served as a launch pad forGarcelle Beauvais, who later starred inABC'sNYPD Blue.
Jamie King (Jamie Foxx) is an aspiringmusician fromTerrell, Texas, who has come toLos 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 andGarrett Morris).
Among his co-workers during the series' run were the beautiful and intelligent front desk clerk Francesca "Fancy" Monroe (Garcelle Beauvais) and Jamie's high-strung, stuffed-shirt, "bourgeois" nemesis/frenemy Braxton P. Hartnabrig (Christopher B. Duncan), who works as an accountant for the King's Tower.
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.
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 22 | August 28, 1996 (1996-08-28) | May 14, 1997 (1997-05-14) | |
| 2 | 22 | September 7, 1997 (1997-09-07) | May 17, 1998 (1998-05-17) | |
| 3 | 20 | September 17, 1998 (1998-09-17) | May 20, 1999 (1999-05-20) | |
| 4 | 24 | September 24, 1999 (1999-09-24) | May 19, 2000 (2000-05-19) | |
| 5 | 12 | October 8, 2000 (2000-10-08) | January 14, 2001 (2001-01-14) | |
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The series was distributed in broadcast syndication byTelepictures Distribution andWarner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, and aired on local television stations from 2000 to 2003. Reruns of the series also aired onBET from 2005 to 2008 and started airing once again from 2009 to 2016, and as part ofThe CW'sThe CW Daytime block along with reruns ofThe Wayans Bros. from September 2008 to September 2009. In the 2010s, reruns also aired onCentric,VH1 andMTV2 (until 2020, but as of 2020/2021 only MTV2 shows reruns of the series late nights). Reruns of the series have also been shown onDabl.[1]
InJamaica, the series aired onTelevision Jamaica andCVM Television. In Canada, the series aired onThe Comedy Network andMuch.
Several episodes ofThe Jamie Foxx Show were also available on AOL'sIn2TV, which allowed Internet users to watch streamed or download high resolution episodes of various favorite classics.[2] Since Time Warner's June 2009 announcement that it would split fromAmerica Online, the episodes have been moved over to AOL Video.
On November 1, 2021, all episodes ofThe Jamie Foxx Show were made available for streaming onHBO Max.[3][4]
Warner Home Video released season one ofThe 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.[5][6][7][8] The fifth season has not been released on DVD.
| 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 |
American producerPi'erre Bourne used a clip from an early episode in the show as aproducer tag, "Yo Pi'erre, you wanna come out here?". Most notably featured in the 2017 hit song "Magnolia" by American rapperPlayboi Carti.[9][10]