# The Jamie Foxx Show (1996)

> An aspiring Texas actor works at his aunt and uncle's Los Angeles hotel while chasing Hollywood fame.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 5
- Episodes: 100
- Episode runtime: 22 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy, family
- Created by: Jamie Foxx
- Network: The WB
- Cast: Jamie Foxx, Garrett Morris, Ellia English, Garcelle Beauvais, Christopher B. Duncan, Danica McKellar, Derek Fisher, Gary Coleman
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115221/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: breezy, comforting, joyful, lively

## Synopsis

The Jamie Foxx Show (1996-2001) is a American multi-camera sitcom created by Jamie Foxx for The WB. Jamie Foxx plays Jamie King, a Texas native and aspiring actor who moves to Los Angeles hoping to break into the entertainment business. To pay the bills he works at the King's Towers hotel run by his Aunt Helen (Ellia English) and Uncle Junior (Garrett Morris), where his scheming and eagerness to be noticed keep getting him into trouble. Garcelle Beauvais appears as Francesca 'Fancy' Monroe, and Christopher B. Duncan plays the hotel's stuffy Braxton P. Hartnabrig. The engine of the series is Jamie's constant pursuit of a big break, colliding with the hotel's daily chaos of guests, staff squabbles and family schemes. Each twenty-two minute episode is a self-contained comic story rather than a serialized arc, and the show runs for five seasons. Set in late nineties Hollywood, it is a broad, breezy, family-friendly sitcom with a warm, lively tone and sketch-like energy. Fans of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Moesha and Sister, Sister will find the same blend of star charisma, household comedy and cozy hope.

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