The Jamie Foxx Show

"THE JAMIE FOXX SHOW," in my opinion, is an absolute WB classic! I haven't seen every episode, but I still enjoyed it. It's hard to say which episode was my favorite. However, I think it was always funny when a mishap occurred. I always laughed at that. If you ask me, it was nice that all of the main characters had stayed with the show throughout its entire run. It seems that no one stays with a show throughout its entire run. Everyone always gave a good performance, the production design was spectacular, the costumes were well-designed, and the writing was always very strong. In conclusion, although it can currently be seen on BET in reruns, I hope you catch it one day before it goes off the air for good.

"The Jamie Foxx Show" was Jamie Foxx's next T. V. venture after "In Livin' Color." "The Jamie Foxx Show" was Jamie pretty much played himself: a comedian from Terrell, Texas who moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in show business. He worked at his family's hotel run by his Aunt Helen (Ellia English) and Uncle Junior (Garrett Morris). While working as little as possible Jamie King (Jamie Foxx) would constantly make fun of his coworker Braxton Hartnabrig (Christopher B. Duncan), and try to hook up with his beautiful coworker Fancy (Garcelle Beauvais). It was hilarity as Jamie Foxx hammed it up.

"The Jamie Foxx Show", on first glance, isn't all that bad. Garcelle Beauvais is a beautiful actress, Jamie Foxx is a great actor with a very lively character and the rest of the characters sorta fade to the background.

It gets awkward when watching the second episode. It's too simple. The title song says it all; it's simple, my baby rocks my world. That's it. Are we supposed to just watch Garcelle flick around with Jamie, period? Now the character Jamie Foxx is great and although the concept isn't all that original any more after watching Fresh Prince of Bel Air, he does pull it off pretty well.

But do we really want to look at 20 minutes of Jamie Foxx saying funny things? Where's the plot? The interaction? It feels like a bad excuse for a sitcom and after the first episode you'll watch it with a frown on your face.

In 1996, Martin was winding down on its run, and in that same year, we get introduced to a new fresh face, after appearing in the 3rd season of Fox's In Living Color and having a recurring role on Roc, and that man is Jamie Foxx!

Foxx plays Jamie King, an aspiring musician who supports himself by working at his family's hotel, owned by Jamie's Aunt Helen (played by Ellia English) and Uncle Junior (played to hilarious perfection by Garrett Morris), and their co-workers, the uptight hotel accountant Braxton P. Hartnabrig (played to absolute perfection by Christopher B. Duncan) and Jamie's love interest, desk clerk Francesca "Fancy" Monroe (played to perfect "fanciness" by the beautiful Garcelle Beauvais).

So, if you want to see Jamie Foxx before he really became famous, check out his underrated sitcom and you'll have some chuckles here and there.

During the time this show originally aired Jamie Foxx was already a self-made star thanks to "In Living Color". This guy is very talented he can sing,tell jokes,and play various instruments such as a piano. Jamie displayed this talent while portraying himself on the show. At the time I think his show was a little underrated and people didn't give Jamie the respect he deserves. The show was light-hearted and at times silly but that was his character. He had a few serious episodes where his uncle junior was afraid to have surgery and teaching a kid the value of money. The most hilarious part was during the first few season of the show where Braxton and Jamie are competing rivals for Fanci's love. Then towards the end Jamie's crush turn into full bloom love and him and Braxton becoming trustworthy friends. Round the time this show was air he starred in movies with Samuel Jackson,Will Smith,Nia Long and In Living Color co-star Tommy Davidson. Jamie was already in the entertainment industry long before his star status rocketed after the biopic movie Ray. Since then he recorded Unpredictable in 2005 and Intuition in 2008. Also guest-starred on various hip-hop and r&b artist recordings. It seems like Jamie Foxx is a hot commodity in the entertainment industry. By catching the reruns of the Jamie Foxx show its about time he got his break.