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Raising Hope

tv
TV-14
September 21, 2010
Wokeometer Rating
2Based
Audience Woke Score
No Ratings Yet
Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke

TL;DR Verdict

Raising Hope scores a low 2/10 by focusing purely on relatable family comedy and working-class parenting without activist framing or social messaging. It treats any topical elements as light humor while preserving its original premise and characters.

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Detailed Analysis

Raising Hope centers on young Jimmy Chance raising his daughter Hope with help from his parents Virginia and Burt plus great-grandmother Maw Maw in small-town Natesville, delivering episodic domestic comedy rooted in parenting challenges, family relationships, holidays, and working-class life.

Across the reviewed seasons the series consistently avoids activist framing, identity politics, or systemic critiques, instead treating any topical elements as light comedic fodder while preserving the original 2010 premise and all-white principal cast without race or gender swaps. Creator Greg Garcia's approach emphasizes relatable blue-collar humor and traditional family dynamics over social messaging. This produces an overall woke score of 2/10.

Methodology: Each score synthesizes audience discourse, critic and aggregator reception, and press coverage — weighed against the work itself, not any single source.

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Gender Ideology & LGBTQ+ Themes
DEI Casting & Representation Mandates
Preachiness & Message-First Agenda
Corporate & Creator Activism

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Raising Hope - Season 1
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Directed by

  • Eyal Gordin
  • Michael Fresco
  • Dan Attias
11 more directors
  • Jace Alexander
  • Chris Koch
  • Jerry Levine
  • Ken Whittingham
  • Lee Shallat Chemel
  • Matt Shakman
  • Phil Traill
  • Randall Einhorn
  • Rebecca Asher
  • Troy Miller
  • Tucker Gates

Is Raising Hope Woke?

We've run a full content analysis on Raising Hope and scored it 2/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.

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What kind of woke content is in Raising Hope?

Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Raising Hope's overall score.

Is Raising Hope family-friendly?

Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Raising Hope is rated TV-14. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age rating to decide if it's right for your family.

How does Wokeometer score tv shows?

We evaluate media across multiple ideological categories on a 0–10 scale. Scores of 0–3 mean story-first, 4–6 have moderate elements, and 7–10 flag heavily agenda-driven content. Learn more about our methodology →

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