"Hope & Faith" (2003) TV series 2003-2006

Creator:

Joanna Johnson

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

26 September 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Hope, a down-to-earth, happily married mom of three in Glen Falls, Ohio, had her tidy world up-ended by the arrival of her celebrity sister...

Plot Keywords:

Ohio | House Party | Bookworm | Baking | Forgiveness

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 5 nominations

Cast

Faith Ford	...	Hope Shanowski (59 episodes, 2003-2006)
Kelly Ripa	...	Faith Fairfield (58 episodes, 2003-2006)
Ted McGinley	...	Charley Shanowski (58 episodes, 2003-2006)
Macey Cruthird	...	Hayley Shanowski (56 episodes, 2003-2006)
Paulie Litt	...	Justin Shanowski (52 episodes, 2003-2006)
Megan Fox	...	Sydney Shanowski (37 episodes, 2004-2006)

Runtime:

USA:30 min | Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Touchstone Television

Trivia:

Filmed in New York City where Kelly Ripa daily co-hosted "Live with Regis and Kelly."

Quotes:

Faith: I gave "The Sacred and the Sinful" the best years of my life, and how do they repay me? With a cheesy evil twin murder-suicide!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Donald Trump/Toots and the Maytals (#29.16)" (2004)

This degenerates American comedy

Writing and acting of this quality belongs inside Pandora's box. The jokes are as bad and clean as on Full House, and the setup for them is so fake it hurts watching. People might like the goofy Kelly Ripa as Faith Fairchild character, but honestly, it hurts to watch middle aged women act like stupid children in order to make them seem funny. Her sister, the responsible one, isn't any better. She exemplifies the type of woman, who've never realized who she is, and never achieved any of her dreams expect the one of a house, a husband and some children. What a sad example of role models.

Parring up a stupid and a boring person doesn't really make great comedy - it's just an easy way out for a lot of boring morales without impact and for a bit of lazy attempts at slapstick comedy. All seen before a long time ago.

America; you've brought some good comedy to the world, but when you make things like this, you really start lacking behind the European countries. Please don't export more of this, just keep it to yourselves.