. Chris Rock returns as the narrator, bringing back the signature sharp wit of the original sitcom in a new animated format Cast and Reprisals
Premiered September 25, 2024, on Comedy Central . Everybody Still Hates Chris - Season 1
So, when Paramount+ and CBS Studios announced Everybody Still Hates Chris , a reimagined, animated sequel series, the collective eyebrow of the internet raised. Did we need this? Could a cartoon capture the specific, grounded magic of the original live-action show? Did we need this
The animation style is reminiscent of a graphic novel or a modern comic strip, which fits perfectly with the show's narrated structure. When Chris Rock’s voiceover drops a joke about how scary the neighborhood was, the animators can depict monsters in the shadows or visual metaphors that would look cheesy in live-action. It allows the show to lean into the surrealism of memory. We aren't watching a documentary of Chris’s life; we are watching the memory of it, distorted and heightened by time and humor. When Chris Rock’s voiceover drops a joke about