Hope & Faith

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Hope & Faith
The cast of Hope & Faith.
Genre	Comedy
Creator(s)	Joanna Johnson
Starring	Kelly Ripa Faith Ford Ted McGinley
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	73
Production
Running time	30 min
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 26, 2003 – May 2, 2006
Links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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 Tony Curtis, Dean Cain, Robert Wagner, Regis Philbin (Ripa's co-host on Live with Regis and Kelly), Kathie Lee Gifford, and Mark Consuelos (Ripa's husband).

The show was primarily filmed at New York City's, Silvercup East, a sister studio to 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, as the total number of produced episodes was short of what was required for American television syndication.

Contents 1 U.S. audience 2 Episodes 3 Cast 4 Guest stars 5 Broadcasters 6 References 7 External links

[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] Guest stars

More than a dozen celebrities appeared in brief guest stints or, in some cases, in recurring roles, including:

• Brian Austin Green, of Beverly Hills, 90210 fame
• Nick Lachey, of 98 Degrees and Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica
• Robert Wagner as Jack, Hope and Faith's dad
• Tony Curtis
• Jenny McCarthy
• Jaclyn Smith
• Cheryl Ladd, as Hope and Faith's late mother in a flashback episode
• Regis Philbin
• Judy Kuhn, who sang the title role in Disney's animated film Pocahontas
• Finola Hughes, of General Hospital Charmed and All My Children
• Clint Black
• Jim Gaffigan, a stand-up comic
• Dean Cain
• Mark Consuelos, actor and husband of star Kelly Ripa
• Kathie Lee Gifford
• Eric Braeden

[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 Seven and FOX8 (Re-Runs)
• Bosnia & Herzegovina - OBN
• Brazil - Canal Sony
• Canada - CMT Canada
• Croatia - Nova Tv
• Denmark - TV2
• France - M6 as La Star de la famille (The Family's Star)
• Germany - Sat.1 Comedy
• India - Star World
• Ireland - RTÉ 1
• Israel - yesSTARS1
• Italy - Canale 5
• Latin America - Canal Sony
• Lebanon, Syria and Jordan - LBC and Paramount Comedy Channel and Paramount Comedy Channel +2 and Dubai One TV and MBC 4.
• Malaysia - TV3 and Astro Channel 70 Star World
• Netherlands - Net 5
• New Zealand - TV2
• Norway - TV2
• Poland - Fox Life
• 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+
• Thailand - UBC Series and Star World
• Turkey - ComedyMax
• United Kingdom - ABC1 (Channel 4 HD on the FreeviewHD Trial, in the HD version)
• United States - ABC

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Hope & Faith at the Internet Movie Database
• Hope & Faith at TV.com

TGIF

Aliens in the Family • Baby Talk • Boy Meets World • Brother's Keeper • Camp Wilder • Complete Savages • Clueless • Dinosaurs • 8 Simple Rules • Family Matters • Full House • George Lopez • Going Places • Hangin' with Mr. Cooper • Hi Honey, I'm Home! • Hope & Faith • The Hughleys • Just the Ten of Us • Less Than Perfect • Life With Bonnie • Married to the Kellys • Mr. Belvedere • Muppets Tonight • Odd Man Out • On Our Own • Perfect Strangers • Sabrina, the Teenage Witch • Step by Step • Teen Angel • Two of a Kind • Where I Live • You Wish