Hope & Faith
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Running time | 30 min |
| Creator(s) | Joanna Johnson |
| Starring | Kelly Ripa Faith Ford Ted McGinley |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | September 26, 2003–May 2, 2006 |
| No. of episodes | 73 |
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Hope & Faith was an American sitcom which aired for three seasons on ABC. For its first two seasons the show was part of a revived TGIF comedy block.
The show starred Faith Ford as Hope and Kelly Ripa as Faith. Ford plays a homemaker with a husband (played by Ted McGinley) and three children. Ripa plays her sister, a soap opera star whose character is killed off, leading her to move in with her sister's family. The show is based in part on the life of its creator, Joanna Johnson, a former cast member of The Bold and the Beautiful. The show featured guest stars such as Dean Cain, Robert Wagner, Regis Philbin (Ripa's cohost on Live with Regis and Kelly) and Kathie Lee Gifford.
The show was primarily filmed at New York City's Silvercup Studios, to accommodate Ripa's schedule with Live with Regis and Kelly.
All 73 episodes were picked up by the U.S. television network WE: Women's Entertainment. The sitcom will premiere on WE in an all-day post-Thanksgiving marathon (November 24) before settling into its regular time slot, weekdays at 7:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., beginning November 27. [1]
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[edit] U.S. audience
In early November 2003 the show helped ABC tie for the lead in Friday night viewership, attracting an audience of around twelve million.[citation needed] By February 2004, ABC ordered four more episodes for the show's first season, for a total of 26 episodes; as of then, Hope & Faith was being watched by around nine million viewers each week.[citation needed] It continued at that level for March, though by mid-April, when the show was renewed for a second season, it was down to 6.8 million viewers and a 57th-place showing in the ratings.[citation needed]
The show's Nielsen Ratings during the 2005-2006 season continued to weaken slightly. In its time slot Hope & Faith often placed third, behind Three Wishes and Threshold; when Threshold was swapped with Close to Home, the show continued to place third.[citation needed] The four episodes broadcast during November sweeps averaged 6.52 million viewers, with weekly rankings ranging from 63rd to 77th.[citation needed] Its rankings placed it at or near the bottom for all 2005 primetime shows airing on the Big Three broadcasting networks.[citation needed]
ABC announced on January 18, 2006 that it was benching Hope & Faith for the February sweeps to make room for an expanded edition of Dancing with the Stars. The show began to air its remaining episodes from March 21, 2006 on Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. ET against American Idol. [1] In May 2006, ABC announced that that the show would be cancelled when it unveiled its Fall 2006 lineup. [2]
[edit] Episodes
See List of Hope & Faith episodes
[edit] Cast
Kelly Ripa as Faith Fairfield
Faith Ford as Hope Shanowski
Ted McGinley as Charlie Shanowski
Megan Fox as Sydney Shanowski (2004-2006)
Nicole Paggi as Sydney Shanowski (2003-2004)
Macey Cruthird as Haley Shanowski
Paulie Litt as Justin Shanowski
[edit] Broadcasters
Localized versions of Hope & Faith will be created in Turkey and Russia, though no launch dates for those show have been announced.[citation needed]
- Asia - Star World
- Australia - Channel 7 and FOX 8 (Pay TV)
- Brazil - Canal Sony
- Canada - Citytv
- Denmark - TV2
- France - M6
- Germany - Sat.1 Comedy
- Ireland - RTÉ 1
- Israel - yesSTARS
- Italy - Canale 5
- Lebanon, Syria and Jordan - LBC
- Malaysia - TV3
- New Zealand - TV2
- Norway - TV2
- Saudi Arabia and Arab World: Showtime Arabia Paramount Comedy Channel and Paramount Comedy Channel +2
- Singapore - Star World
- Slovenia - Kanal A as Pri sestri doma (At sister's home)
- South Africa - M net
- Sweden - TV4+
- Turkey - ComedyMax
- United Kingdom - ABC1 (Channel 4 HD on the FreeviewHD Trial, in the HD version)
- United States - ABC
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-aliasreturn,0,2256967.story?coll=zap-news-headlines
- ^ http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/14592421.htm
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