''The Jamie Foxx Show'' is an American

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that aired on

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from August 28, 1996, to January 14, 2001. The series stars

Jamie Foxx Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He became widely known for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film ''Ray'', for which he won the A ...

Garcelle Beauvais Garcelle Beauvais (, formerly Beauvais-Nilon; born November 26, 1966) is a Haitian-American actress and television personality. She is best known for her starring roles in the sitcom ''The Jamie Foxx Show'' and the crime drama series '' NYPD Blue ...

Christopher B. Duncan Christopher B. Duncan (born December 4, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for his television series regular roles like Braxton P. Hartnabrig on ''The Jamie Foxx Show'', President William Johnson in ''The First Family (TV series), The First ...

Ellia English Ellia English is an American singer, dancer, stage and film actress. She is best known for her role as Aunt Helen King on the comedy sitcom ''The Jamie Foxx Show'' which originally ran from 1996 to 2001, where she was featured in a central role a ...

, and

Garrett Morris Garrett Isaac Morris (born February 1, 1937) is an American actor, comedian and singer. He was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program ''Saturday Night Live'', appearing from 1975 to 1980, and played Jimmy on ''The Jeffersons'' ...

. 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 later starred in ABC's ''

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''.

Synopsis

Jamie King (

) is an aspiring

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from

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, who has come to

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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 (

and

). Among his co-workers during the series' run were the beautiful and intelligent front desk clerk Francesca "Fancy" Monroe (

) and Jamie's high-strung, stuffed-shirt, "

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" nemesis Braxton P. Hartnabrig (

) 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.

Cast and characters

as Jamie Percy King *

as Francesca Danielle "Fancy" Monroe *

as Braxton P. Hartnabrig *

as Aunt Helen King *

as Uncle Junior King * Andy Berman as Dennis, the

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(season 1, episodes 1–12)

Recurring

* Orlando Brown as Nelson (seasons 1–3) *

Suli McCullough Suliman "Suli" McCullough (born January 12, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his recurring role as Dwayne "Mouse" Abercromie on The WB sitcom '' The Jamie Foxx Show'', and his portrayal of "Crazy Legs" in the ...

as Mouse (seasons 4–5) *

Alex Thomas Alex Thomas (born 10 October 1978) is an English drummer from Lutterworth, Leicestershire, who performs with Squarepusher and Air. He also performed with John Cale (2013). Thomas joined Bolt Thrower on 21 August 1997. He played drums on ''Merce ...

as Phil (seasons 4–5) *

Gladys Knight Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer, actress and businesswoman. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight recorded hits through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her family group Gladys K ...

(season 1, episode 22; season 5, episode 12) and

Jo Marie Payton Jo Marie Payton (born August 3, 1950) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Harriette Baines Winslow on the ABC/ CBS sitcom ''Family Matters'' (1989–1998), a role she originated on its forerunner series '' Perf ...

(season 3, episode 7) as Janice King, Jamie's mother *

Sherri Shepherd Sherri Shepherd (born April 22, 1967) is an American actress, comedian, author, broadcaster, and television personality. She currently hosts the daily syndicated daytime talk show, '' Sherri''. From 2007 to 2014, Shepherd was a co-host of the da ...

as Sheila Yarborough (seasons 4–5) * Chris Spencer as Curtis (season 4) * Susan Wood as Cameron (season 3) * Alan F. Smith as Silas (season 3) * Blake Clark as Bob Nelson (season 4) *

Kellita Smith Kellita Smith (born January 15, 1969) is an American actress, model and comedian. She is best known for her role as Wanda McCullough, Bernie Mac's wife on the FOX sitcom '' The Bernie Mac Show''. Life and career Born in Chicago, Illinois, S ...

as Cherise (seasons 2–3) *

Rhona Bennett Rhona Lynn Bennett (born May 10, 1976), also known as Miss R&B, is an American singer and actress best known for her recurring role as Nicole on ''The Jamie Foxx Show''. She is currently a member of contemporary R&B female group En Vogue. Bennet ...

as Nicole Evans (season 4) *

Karen Maruyama Karen Maruyama (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress and comedian. Career Maruyama has appeared on television in supporting roles in a number of sitcoms, including recurring characters on ''The Jamie Foxx Show'', ''Strip Mall'', ''Suddenly ...

as Gloria (Seasons 4–5) * Billy Davis, Jr. and

Marilyn McCoo Marilyn McCoo (born September 30, 1943) is an American singer, actress, and television presenter, who is best known for being the lead female vocalist in the group the 5th Dimension, as well as hosting the 1980s music countdown series ''Solid Gol ...

as William and Joan Monroe, Fancy's parents (season 5) *

Gerald LeVert Gerald Edward Levert (July 13, 1966 – November 10, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and producer. Levert was best known for singing with his brother, Sean Levert, and friend Marc Gordon of the vocal group LeVert. Levert was also a ...

as Charles Young, Jamie's stepfather (Season 3 episode 7 and Season 5 episode 12)

Episodes

Reruns and syndication

The series aired in broadcast syndication distributed by

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and

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which reruns on

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, and

or independent affiliates from 2000 to 2001. The series had reran weeknights at 7:00pm EST on New York City's local

's affiliation

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replacing '' In the House'' until Fall 2003, when it was replaced with reruns of ''

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''. Reruns of the series also aired on

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from 2005 to 2008 and started airing once again September 2009 to 2016, and as part of

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(along with reruns of ''

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'') block from September 2008 to September 2009. As of the 2010s, reruns also air on Centric, VH1 and

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(until 2020, but as of 2020/2021 only MTV2 shows reruns of the series late nights). In

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, the series aired on both major stations

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and

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. In Canada, the series aired on

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, a Canadian specialty channel, and then, Much. Several episodes of ''The Jamie Foxx Show'' were also available on AOL's

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, which allowed Internet users to watch streamed or download high resolution episodes of various favorite classics. Since Time Warner's June 2009 announcement that it would split from

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, the episodes have been moved over to AOL Video. On November 1, 2021, all episodes of ''The Jamie Foxx Show'' were made available for streaming on

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Home media

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

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

In popular culture

American producer

Pi'erre Bourne Jordan Timothy Jenks (born September 19, 1993), known professionally as Pi'erre Bourne (), is an American rapper, record producer, and audio engineer. He is best known for producing the singles "Magnolia" by Playboi Carti and "Gummo" by 6ix9ine ...

used a clip from an early episode in the show as a

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, "Yo Pi'erre, you wanna come out here?" Most notably featured in the 2017 hit song

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by American rapper

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References

External links

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