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"Everybody Hates Chris" (2005)

Chris Rock created this acclaimed sitcom, inspired by his life when, at age 13 in 1982, his family moved to the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant and he was bussed to a predominantly white middle school two hours away. Tyler James Williams plays the wide-eyed young Chris, whose two younger siblings (Tequan Richmond and Imani Hakim) were apparently put on Earth to get him in trouble with his eternally exasperated, hard-working dad (Terry Crews), Tichina Arnold is the quick-to-scold mother, and Rock narrates with a lighthearted air.

Inspired by his childhood experiences, comedian Chris Rock narrates the hilarious, touching story of a teenager growing up as the eldest of children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused into a predominantly white middle school two hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high. This responsible, resilient adolescent brings a distinct, funny spin to his everyday trials and traumas in this single-camera comedy.