Raising Hope is a 2010 English-language Comedy Family show developed by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong. The show was Produced by Attica Locke, Malcolm Spellman, Loucas George, Dianne Houston and Craig Brewer under the banner of Imagine Television in collaboration with Lee Daniels Entertainment, Danny Strong Productions, Little Chicken Inc. and 20th Century Fox Television. for Fox and TV One. The show premiered on January 7, 2015. Jimmy becomes a single parent to an infant after the mother he had a one-night stand with ends up on death row. Raising hope features Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Bryshere Y. Gray, Jussie Smollett, Trai Byers, Grace Byers and Jenny Slate. The music was composed by Fil Eisler along with Rodney Jerkins, Ester Dean, Jim Beanz and Et Al. Cinematography was done by Andrew Dunn and Paul M. Sommers and editing by Joe Leonard, Zack Arnold, Ra l D valos, Natalie A. Boschan and Matt Barber. The show has a running time of 42 minutes for each episode. The show has a total of 90 episodes during it's run of 6 seasons. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. Distribution rights for the series were acquired by 20th Television. Jimmy becomes a single parent to an infant after the mother he had a one-night stand with ends up on death row.