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Characteristics of the Show

The show was loosely based on Mac's stand-up comedy acts. In real life, Bernie "Mac' McCollough is married with one child; Mac's character on the show (also a stand-up comedian) was married with no kids of his own. The pilot episode, aired on November 14, 2001, set up the basic premise for the show: the character Bernie Mac takes in his sister's children after she enters rehab (a premise taken from one of Mac's routines in the 2000 film, The Original Kings of Comedy). November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2001. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2000. ... The Original Kings of Comedy is a 2000 stand-up comedy film, directed by Spike Lee, and features the comedy routines of Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, and Bernie Mac. ...

Much of the humor in the show was derived from Mac's continual adjustment to and his unique take on parenthood. A frequent motif of the show was the juxtaposition of Mac's acerbic comments, such as his threats to "bust the (children's) heads 'til the white meat shows," and the deep parental affection he felt towards the trio, which often brought him to the verge of tears during happy moments.

Many of his most emotional scenes occurred in segments in which Mac, while still in character, broke the 'fourth wall' and talked to the television audience. As was also the case during his stand-up routine, Mac habitually addressed the audience as "America" for humorous effect. The lighting of the shots typically appears to be yellowish in color. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Mac's character's celebrity worked as a plot device allowing other celebrities to appear on the show as themselves. Serena Williams, Chris Rock, Ashton Kutcher, Billy Crystal, Carl Reiner, Don Rickles, Angela Bassett, Ellen DeGeneres, Ice Cube, Isaac Hayes, Lucy Lawless, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H, Matt Damon, Wesley Snipes, Jon Garland, Sugar Ray Leonard, Snoop Dogg and Shaquille O'Neal have all appeared as themselves over the course of the show's lifetime. A plot device is a person or an object introduced to a story to affect or advance the plot. ... Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former World No. ... Christopher Julius Rock III[1] (born February 7, 1965)[2] is an Emmy and Grammy Award-winning American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. ... Christopher Ashton Kutcher, born February 7, 1978 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is an American actor. ... For the American political commentator, see William Kristol. ... Carl Reiner (born March 20, 1922) is an American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. ... Donald Jay Rickles (born May 8, 1926 in New York City, New York) is an American comedian and actor. ... Bassett and husband Courtney Vance Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an Emmy and Academy Award-nominated, and Golden Globe winning American actor who has built her career with biographical film roles portraying women in American culture. ... Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ... OShea Jackson (born June 15, 1969) is an American rapper, actor and film director. ... For the American arctic explorer, see Isaac Israel Hayes Isaac Lee Hayes (born August 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee) is an American soul and funk singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, and actor. ... Lucy Lawless (born Lucille Frances Ryan on March 29, 1968 in Mount Albert, New Zealand) is a New Zealand actress and singer best known for her role as Xena on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Matthew Paige Matt Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American screenwriter and actor. ... Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962, in Orlando, Florida) is an American actor, martial artist and film producer. ... Jon Steven Garland (born September 27, 1979 in Valencia, California) is a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox. ... Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is a retired professional boxer. ... Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. ... Shaquille Rashaun ONeal (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey), frequently referred to simply as Shaq (pronounced shack), is an American professional basketball player and is one of the most famous professional basketball players, generally regarded as one of the most dominant in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ...

Awards

The Bernie Mac Show won the prestigious Peabody Award, the Humanitas Prize, an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, three NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series, and was honored by the Television Critics Association. For his role in the show, Bernie Mac was honored by the Television Critics Association for Individual Achievement in a Comedy as well as the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series four years in a row: 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. The George Foster Peabody Awards, more commonly referred to as the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting. ... Humanitas Prize is an award for film and TV writing deemed to promote human dignity, meaning, and freedom. ... An Emmy Award. ... The NAACP Image Award is an award presented annually by the NAACP to honor the top African-Americans in film, television, music and literature. ... The Television Critics Association is a group of approximately 200 U.S. and Canadian jornalists and columnists who cover televions programming. ... The NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series: Category: ... This is a list of television-related events in 2003. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2004. ... The year 2005 in television involved some significant events. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2006. ...

Broadcast History by Season

The show debuted in its time slot on November 14, 2001 with great ratings in its first season, but a weak lead-in Grounded for Life may have hurt the show's ratings. Nonetheless, the critically acclaimed show had a very successful rookie season and in the process won a handful of honors including an Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series' and the prestigious Peabody Award. Bernie Mac also received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy Series respectively. November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2001. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... An Emmy Award. ... The George Foster Peabody Awards, more commonly referred to as the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting. ... An Emmy Award. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

In the fall of 2002, the show aired against the Damon Wayans comedy My Wife & Kids which may have hurt the show's momentum in the ratings during the first half of the show's second season run. Larry Wilmore, the show's creator and executive producer, was fired at this time. In interviews, Wilmore said he was fed up with the networks creative interference with the show in addition to constantly shuffling it around the schedule. Fox contended that it wasn't happy with the shows direction under Wilmore in its second season claiming the show "wasn't delivering enough laughs"^{[citation needed]}. With The Bernie Mac Show 's inability to topple My Wife & Kids in the Wednesday 8 p.m. timeslot, Fox eventually aired the show after American Idol, after which it received its highest ratings ever. This is a list of television-related events in 2002. ... Damon Wayans as Michael Kyle alongside Tisha Campbell-Martin on My Wife and Kids. ... My Wife and Kids is a ABC sitcom that premiered in 2001 and stars Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell-Martin. ... Larry Wilmore is a television producer, writer and some-time actor. ... AMERICAN IDOL HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO DEATH OF SIMON ...

The third season was scheduled to start on October 29, 2003 but was postponed due to The O.C. being moved. Instead the show started the season at the late date of November 30, 2003. The ratings were mediocre despite the large ratings of its lead-in, The Simpsons. In March 2004, the show was moved to Monday nights in a plan to boost ratings for the new show Cracking Up, but the ratings were low for both shows. Cracking Up was canceled and The Bernie Mac Show was pulled from May Sweeps with leftover episodes that aired in June (one of which included an episode about Thanksgiving). October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2003. ... The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on FOX in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons. ... November 30 is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2003. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2004. ... Cracking Up was a short-lived American television sitcom created by School of Rock writer Mike White. ... Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks, traditionally to God, for the things one has at the end of the harvest season. ...

The show finally returned to its original time slot on September 8, 2004 to start the fourth season. The production was shut down a month later due to Bernie's sickness. The show returned on January 14, 2005 with new episodes on Friday nights. Although the ratings were low enough that commentators questioned the show's future (especially when it was postponed from May Sweeps again), the show was renewed for a fifth season. September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2004. ... January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 2005 in television involved some significant events. ...

The fifth season started September 23, 2005 on Friday nights and airings were followed by reruns of the show. September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Bernie Mac Show celebrated its 100th episode on February 3, 2006[1], despite the fact that the actual 100th episode was not until the next airing on March 31. February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2006. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ...

On May 17, 2006 FOX announced the cancellation of The Bernie Mac Show after five seasons and 104 episodes. The show never got a proper series finale. According to NAACP’s analysis, FOX’s cancellation of The Bernie Mac Show means that for the first time in recent history, there is not a comedy with an African American lead character on the four major broadcast networks, FOX, CBS, NBC and The CW. is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of television-related events in 2006. ... A series finale is the very last installment of a television series, usually a sitcom or drama. ...

Airings

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Episodes

Season 1: 2001-2002

1. Pilot (11/14/2001)
2. Now You Got It (11/14/2001)
3. The Main Event (11/21/2001)
4. Bernie Mac, Ladies Man (11/28/2001)
5. Saving Bernie Mac (12/5/2001)
6. Here To Stay (12/12/2001)
7. A Christmas Story(12/19/2001)
8. Starting School(1/2/2002)
9. Hot Hot Hot (1/16/2002)
10. Wanda's Week Off (1/23/2002)
11. The King and I (1/30/2002)
12. Hall of Fame (2/6/2002)
13. Handle Your Business (2/13/2002)
14. Back in the Day (2/20/2002)
15. Lock Down (3/6/2002)
16. Mac 101 (3/27/2002)
17. If I Were N-Riched Man (4/3/2002)
18. Stop Having Sex (4/17/2002)
19. Secrets and Lies (5/1/2002)
20. Kelly's Heroes (5/8/2002)
21. Sweet Home Chicago (1) (5/15/2002)
22. Sweet Home Chicago (2) (5/15/2002)

Season 2: 2002-2003

1. Keep It on the Short Grass (9/18/2002)
2. Goodbye Dolly (9/25/2002)
3. Carfool (10/30/2002)
4. Mac Local 137 (11/6/2002)
5. Welcome to the Jungle (11/13/2002)
6. Bernie Mac Dance Party (11/20/2002)
7. Tryptophan-tasy (11/27/2002)
8. The United Front (12/4/2002)
9. The Sweet Life (12/11/2002)
10. Sin Cup (1/15/2003)
11. Bernie Mac Rope-a-Dope (2/5/2003)
12. Magic Jordan (2/12/2003)
13. Raging Election (2/26/2003)
14. Leaving Los Angeles (3/12/2003)
15. Pink Gold (3/19/2003)
16. Chess Wars (4/9/2003)
17. The Incredible Bulk (4/16/2003)
18. Maid Man (4/23/2003)
19. Nut Job (4/30/2003)
20. The Other Sister (5/7/2003)
21. Meet The Grandparents (5/7/2003)
22. For a Few Dollars More (5/14/2003)

Season 3: 2003-2004

1. Eye of the Tiger (11/30/2003)
2. Love Thy Nephew (12/7/2003)
3. Road the Tradition (12/14/2003)
4. Laughing Matters (12/21/2003)
5. Hair Jordan (1/4/2004)
6. Love Bug(1/11/2004)
7. It's A Wonderful Wife (1/25/2004)
8. Family Reunion (2/8/2004)
9. Droobie or Not Droobie (2/15/2004)
10. J-O-R-D-A-N Spells Funny (2/22/2004)
11. Make Room for Caddy (3/7/2004)
12. Saving Sergeant Tompkins (3/14/2004)
13. It's Mac-ademic (3/22/2004)
14. The Getaway (3/29/2004)
15. Easy Rider (4/5/2004)
16. Who's That Lady (4/12/2004)
17. Mac-Inations (4/12/2004)
18. That Old Mac Magic (4/26/2004)
19. The Talk (4/26/2004)
20. Five Stages of Bryana (6/15/2004)
21. Go Bernie, It's Your Birthday (6/22/2004)
22. Thanksgiving (6/29/2004)

Season 4: 2004-2005

1. Big Brother (9/8/2004)
2. Training Wheels (9/15/2004)
3. Being Bernie Mac (9/22/2004)
4. Mac Overdrive (9/29/2004)
5. My Privacy (1/14/2005)
6. Who Gives This Bride (1/14/2005)
7. Nerdy Mac (1/21/2005)
8. Stone Nuts (1/28/2005)
9. Jack & Jacqueline (2/4/2005)
10. Manchild in Vanessa Land (2/11/2005)
11. You Don't Know Squad (2/18/2005)
12. You Got Served (2/25/2005)
13. I Don't Wanna Be a Playa No More (3/11/2005)
14. The Big Picture (3/18/2005)
15. The Music Mac (4/1/2005)
16. Walk Like a Man (4/8/2005)

Season 5: 2005-2006

1. Father Knows Best (9/23/2005)
2. Wrestling With A Sticky Situation (9/23/2005)
3. Marathon Mac (9/30/2005)
4. The Big Payback (10/7/2005)
5. Car Wars (10/21/2005)
6. Night of Terror (10/28/2005)
7. For Whom The Belt Tolls (11/4/2005)
8. Pop Pop Goes The Weasel (11/11/2005)
9. Prison Break (11/18/2005)
10. Some Church Bull (12/2/2005)
11. Sorely Missed (12/16/2005)
12. Fumes of Detente (1/6/2006)
13. Exercise In Fertility (1) (1/13/2006)
14. Exercise In Fertility (2) (1/20/2006)
15. Fantasy Football (1/27/2006)
16. Bar Mitzvah Crashers (2/3/2006)
17. Who's Your Mama (3/31/2006)
18. What Would Jason Do (3/31/2006)
19. It's Never As Bad As the First Time (4/7/2006)
20. Spinning Wheels (4/7/2006)
21. Growing Pains (4/14/2006)
22. Nut Check (4/14/2006)

Regular cast

• Bernie Mac — Bernard "Mac" McCullough
• Kellita Smith — Wanda "Baby" McCullough
• Camille Winbush — Vanessa "Nessa" Thomkins
• Jeremy Suarez — Jordan "The Boy" Thomkins
• Dee Dee Davis — Bryana "Baby Girl" Thomkins

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Recurring cast

• Reginald Ballard - W.B.
• Carlos Mencia (pilot), Lombardo Boyar - Chuy
• Michael Ralph - Kelly
• Rick Hoffman - Jerry Best
• Wade Williams - Father Sean Cronin - The Dean of Discipline

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DVD Releases

Season Releases

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External link

• The Bernie Mac Show at epguides.com