Braxton, who generally served as the brunt of Jamie's insults, was known to get in a few digs of his own as the series progressed - eventually becoming Jamie's best friend and, at one point, roommate. Jamie's romantic overtures toward Fancy were mostly unrequited until the final two seasons, when the two began to tentatively date and eventually became engaged and finally married. Duncan) who works as an accountant for the King's Tower. To support himself, he worked at his family's hotel, the financially strapped King's Tower, which is owned by his aunt and uncle, Aunt Helen and Uncle Junior King ( Ellia English and Garrett Morris).Īmong his co-workers during the series' run were the beautiful and intelligent front desk clerk Francesca "Fancy" Monroe ( Garcelle Beauvais) and Jamie's high-strung, stuffed-shirt, "bourgeois" nemesis Braxton P. Jamie King ( Jamie Foxx) is an aspiring musician from Terrell, Texas, who has come to Los Angeles to pursue a career in entertainment.
It also served as a launch pad for Beauvais who later starred in ABC's NYPD Blue. Duncan, Ellia English, and Garrett Morris.Īlthough the show was not a major success with the ratings due to The WB being a relatively new network, the show did help launch Foxx's acting career while also relaunching Morris' career after his 1994 shooting. The series stars Jamie Foxx, Garcelle Beauvais, Christopher B. The Jamie Foxx Show is an American sitcom that aired on The WB from August 28, 1996, to January 14, 2001. Debuting August 28, 1996, The Jamie Foxx Show remained a WB fixture until September 23, 2001."The Simple Things Are All I Need" (seasons 4–5),
Ultimately choosing Fancy over Nicole, Jamie developed a solo singing act, but at series' end, he had agreed to assume control of King's Tower - and to finally marry Fancy.
Though he'd eventually be sacked at Jingles 2000, he managed to launch a nightclub singing act with Nicole, a professional relationship that became intensely personal by the end of the season. Here he met a whole new complement of series regulars, including his boss Bob ( Blake Clark) and fellow employees Phil (Alex Thomas), Mouse ( Suli McCullough), Curtis (Curtis Spencer), and Nicole ( Rhona Bennett).
After a particularly devastating career setback (he had been hired and fired as an opening act for the rap group K-Ci & JoJo), Jamie went to work for Jingles 2000 an ad agency which shipped out commercial jingles at the outset of season four. In the course of the series, Jamie and Fancy fell in love, though their romance ran a dizzying gamut of spectacular heights and doleful depths, with numerous breakups, reconciliations, and "outside" affairs for both parties. Duncan), and during the initial ten episodes, klutzy bellhop Dennis ( Andy Berman). In exchange for his room, Jamie was expected to do a variety of odd jobs around the hotel, which brought him into contact with sexy front-desk clerk Francesca "Fancy" Monroe ( Garcelle Beauvais), persnickety hotel accountant Braxton P.
To save money, Jamie accepted an invitation to live rent-free at King's Tower, a once-prominent but now rundown hotel managed by his chronic-gambler Uncle Junior ( Garrett Morris) and his no-nonsense Aunt Helen ( Ellia English). The series' semi-autobiographical through line found Foxx cast as an aspiring actor named Jamie King, who in the first season traveled from his native Texas to Los Angeles, hoping to achieve stardom. Former In Living Color regular and future Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx was the eponymous star of this long-running sitcom, one of the most popular and successful efforts of the fledgling WB network.