Everybody Hates Schedule Changes

Everybody Hates Chris, the sitcom based on Chris Rock’s childhood as the only black student in an all-white school in Brooklyn, returns this Sunday @ 8/7C with its first new episode since the writers’ strike, “Everybody Hates the Port Authority.” This time, Chris and his dad (the excellent Terry Crewes) visit the Port Authority Bus Terminal to pick up a relative, and wind up losing all their money in a gambling scheme.

Now, I gotta be honest. The first season of Chris was absolutely brilliant, and could be described as the family sitcom for people who hate family sitcoms. But over the second season, the show deteriorated into ridiculous story lines and pointless star cameos (I, for one, wasn’t exactly clamoring to see Jason Alexander back on my TV screen again). In its third season, however, the show was actually enjoying a brief creative resurgence in the last few episodes before the strike. It’s too bad that the CW has now changed its time slot from Monday to Sunday opposite The Simpsons. This is apparently so the network has an excuse to cancel it. But this week, I’ll skip The Simpsons and give Everybody Hates Chris another chance. Given its deadly new time slot, it may be the last one possible.

The CW’s page for Everybody Hates Chris