The Jamie Foxx Show (TV series)

The Jamie Foxx Show is an American television sitcom that aired on The WB from August 28, 1996, to January 14, 2001. The series stars Jamie Foxx, Garcelle Beauvais, Christopher B. Duncan, Ellia English, and Garrett Morris.

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 would go on to star in ABC's NYPD Blue.

Synopsis
Jamie King (Jamie Foxx) is an aspiring musician from Terrell, Texas, who has come to Los 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 Englishand Garrett Morris).

Among his co-workers during the series' run were the beautiful and intelligent Francesca "Fancy" Monroe (Garcelle Beauvais) and Jamie's high-strung, stuffed-shirt, "bourgeois" nemesis Braxton P. Hartnabrig (Christopher B. Duncan).

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. 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

 * Jamie Foxx as Jamie King
 * Garcelle Beauvais as Francesca "Fancy" Monroe
 * Christopher B. Duncan as Braxton P. Hartnabrig
 * Ellia English as Aunt Helen King
 * Garrett Morris as Uncle Junior King

Episodes
Main article: List of The Jamie Foxx Show episodes

Reruns and syndication
The series aired in broadcast syndication distributed by Telepictures Distribution and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution which reruns on Fox, UPN, and The WB or independent affiliates from 2000 to 2003. The series had reran weeknights at 7:00pm EST on New York City's local UPN's affiliation WWOR-TV replacing In the House until Fall 2003, when it was replaced with reruns of The King of Queens. Reruns of the series also aired on BET from 2005 to 2008 and started airing once again September 2009 to 2016, and as part of The CW Television Network's The CW Daytime (along with reruns of The Wayans Bros.) block from September 2008 to September 2009. As of 2010, reruns also air on Centric. In Jamaica, the series aired on both major stations Television Jamaica and CVM Television.

Several episodes of The Jamie Foxx Show were also available on AOL's In2TV, which allowed Internet users to watch streamed or download high resolution episodes of various favorite classics.[1] Since Time Warner's June 2009 announcement that it would split from America Online, the episodes have been moved over to AOL Video.

DVD releases
Warner Home Video released season one of The 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.com.[2][3][4][5]