The fourth and final season of the American television series Raising Hope premiered on November 15, 2013, on Fox. The program moved to a new time slot this season, airing on Friday at 9:00 pm ET followed by the comedy series Enlisted. It later moved to 9:30 pm, swapping time slots with Enlisted. The season consisted of 22 episodes.
On March 10, 2014, Fox canceled Raising Hope. The series finale aired April 4, 2014 as the back-to-back episodes aired the night.
Cast
Main cast Lucas Neff as James "Jimmy" Chance Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance Garret Dillahunt as Burt Chance Shannon Woodward as Sabrina Collins Gregg Binkley as Barney Hughes Cloris Leachman as Barbara June "Maw Maw" Thompson
Recurring cast Baylie and Rylie Cregut as Hope Chance (born Princess Beyonce Carlyle) Kate Micucci as Shelley Todd Giebenhain as Frank Marolla Carla Jimenez as Rosa Flores Dan Coscino as Dancin' Dan Eddie Steeples as Tyler, the Gas Man Lou Wagner as Wally Phipps
Recurring cast in flashback Kelly Heyer as teenage Virginia Corey Eid as teenage Burt Trace Garcia as 6-year-old Jimmy (credited as Trace!) Desiree Cooper as 10-year-old Virginia
Guest cast Jeffrey Tambor as Arnold Bernie Kopell as Charles Molly Shannon as Maxine Mindy Sterling as Prosecutor Diedrich Bader as Gary Mary Birdsong as Mayor Suzie Hellmann Gary Anthony Williams as Dave Davidson Amy Sedaris as Delilah Augusta Mariano as Ashley Lee Majors as Ralph Chance Shirley Jones as Christine Chance Brigitte Nielsen as Svetlana Nick Gracer as Sergei Jeremy Guskin as Maxim Keith Carradine as Colt Palomino Tommy Chong as Hubert Judith Light as Louise Mike O'Malley as Jim Michael Rapaport as Michael Lesley Nicol as Eleanor Michael Bowen as Mullet Kenny Loggins as Himself
Production On March 4, 2013, Raising Hope was renewed for a fourth season. The additional two episodes that were ordered for season three instead aired as part of season four.‘Scandal’ ‘Once Upon a Time’ ‘Person of Interest’ Spoilers — Beauty and Beast - TVLine This season was announced to premiere in late fall and air alongside the new series Enlisted, in the new timeslot of Fridays at 9:00 pm following Bones. On September 12, 2013, Fox announced that Enlisted would premiere in January instead of November and that Raising Hope would have back-to-back episodes in the fall. On October 21, 2013, Fox announced that the season premiere of Raising Hope would be delayed a week. On March 10, 2014, Fox announced that they canceled Raising Hope; making its fourth season the final season. The series finale aired April 4, 2014.
Episodes
Ratings
U.S. No. Episode Air Date 18-49(Rating/Share) Viewers(millions) 1 "Déjà Vu Man" November 15, 2013 0.8/3 2.38 2 "Burt Bucks" November 15, 2013 0.7/2 2.03 3 "Ship Happens" November 22, 2013 0.8/3 2.45 4 "Hi-Def" November 22, 2013 0.8/2 2.25 5 "Extreme Howdy's Makeover" November 29, 2013 0.6/2 1.74 6 "Adoption" November 29, 2013 0.6/2 1.63 7 "Murder, She Hoped" December 6, 2013 0.8/2 2.74 8 "DysfunctionFunction" December 6, 2013 0.7/2 2.13 9 "The Chance Who Stole Christmas" December 13, 2013 0.7/2 2.10 10 "Bee Story" December 13, 2013 0.6/2 1.91 11 "Hey There, Delilah" January 10, 2014 0.8/2 2.70 12 "Hot Dish" January 16, 2014 0.7/2 2.50 13 "Thrilla in Natesvilla" January 24, 2014 0.8/2 2.35 14 "Road to Natesville" January 31, 2014 0.6/2 1.85 15 "Anniversary Ball" February 7, 2014 0.6/2 1.68 16 "The One Where They Get High" February 28, 2014 0.6/2 1.80 17 "Baby Phat" March 7, 2014 0.5/2 1.58 18 "Dinner With Tropes" March 14, 2014 0.5/2 1.42 19 "Para-Natesville Activity" March 21, 2014 0.4/1 1.38 20 "Man's Best Friend" March 28, 2014 0.5/2 1.53 21 "How I Met Your Mullet" April 4, 2014 0.6/2 1.60 22 "The Father Daughter Dance" April 4, 2014 0.6/2 1.52
References
External links
List of Raising Hope episodes at MSN TV List of Raising Hope episodes at The Futon Critic