Editing Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

{{short description|American television sitcom (1992–1997)}}
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{{Infobox television
| image                = Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (Jeff Franklin Productions sitcom) logo.svg
| caption              =
| genre                = [[Situation comedy|Sitcom]]
| creator              = [[Jeff Franklin]]<ref>{{cite news|title= African-Americans are increasingly welcome in prime time, but some observers say the new shows fail to rise above stereotypes |work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 4, 1992|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-04-ca-1112-story.html|access-date=August 29, 2010 | first=Greg | last=Braxton}} {{subscription required}}</ref>
| starring             = {{Plain list|
*[[Mark Curry (American actor)|Mark Curry]]
*[[Dawnn Lewis]]
*[[Holly Robinson Peete]]
*[[Raven-Symoné]]
*Saundra Quarterman
*[[Nell Carter]]
*Marquise Wilson
*[[Omar Gooding]]
}}
| theme_music_composer = {{Plain list|
*[[Foster and McElroy]] <small>(season 1)</small>
*[[Steve Tyrell]] <small>(season 2)</small>
*Gary Boren & Steven Chesne <small>(seasons 3–5)</small>
}}
| opentheme            = {{Plain list|
*"Hangin' with My Man", performed by Dawnn Lewis & Holly Robinson Peete with [[En Vogue]] <small>(season 1)</small>
*"Soul Man", performed by [[Howard Hewett]] <small>(season 2)</small>
*"Cooper, Cooper", performed by Sherwood Ball, Carmen Carter and Oren Waters <small>(seasons 3–5)</small>
}}
| composer             = {{Plain list|
*[[Jesse Frederick]] & Bennett Salvay <small>(season 1)</small>
*Steve Tyrell <small>(season 2)</small>
*Gary Boren
*Steven Chesne <small>(seasons 3–5; alternating)</small>
}}
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 5
| num_episodes         = 101
| list_episodes        = List of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper episodes
| executive_producer   = {{Plain list|
*Jeff Franklin <small>(season 1, eps. 1–3 & 10)</small>
*[[Danny Kallis]] <small>(season 1, eps. 3–22)</small>
*Cheryl Gard <small>(season 2)</small>
*William Bickley & Michael Warren <small>(seasons 3–5)</small>
*[[Barry O'Brien]] & Cheryl Alu <small>(season 4)</small>
*David Chambers <small>(season 5)</small>
}}
| camera               = [[Videotape]]; [[Multi-camera setup|Multi-camera]]
| runtime              = 30 minutes
| company              = {{Plain list|
*Jeff Franklin Productions
*Bickley-Warren Productions<br>(1994–1997)<br>(seasons 3–5)
*[[Lorimar Television]] <br>(1992–1993)<br>(season 1)
*[[Warner Bros. Television]]<br>(1993–1997)<br>(seasons 2–5)
}}
| network              = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1992|09|22}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1997|08|30}} 
}}

'''''Hangin' with Mr. Cooper''''' is an American television [[sitcom]] that originally aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from September 22, 1992, to August 30, 1997, starring [[Mark Curry (American actor)|Mark Curry]] and [[Holly Robinson Peete|Holly Robinson]]. The show took place in Curry's hometown of [[Oakland, California]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Q & A with MARK CURRY |work= The Los Angeles Times|date=July 12, 1996|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-12-ca-23268-story.html|access-date=August 29, 2010| first=Susan | last=King}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= 'Mr. Cooper': A Comedy That Seems Familiar |work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 22, 1992|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-22-ca-1067-story.html|access-date=August 29, 2010| first=Howard | last=Rosenberg}} {{subscription required}}</ref> The series chronicles Mark Cooper (Curry), an NBA player-turned-substitute teacher/gym coach (and later basketball coach), and his roommate (later girlfriend, then fiancée) Vanessa Russell (Robinson).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/h/hanginwithmrcoop_1299001360.shtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041103090843/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/h/hanginwithmrcoop_1299001360.shtml | archive-date=2004-11-03 | title=BBC - Comedy Guide - Hangin' with Mr Cooper }}</ref>

''Hangin' with Mr. Cooper'' was produced by [[Jeff Franklin]] Productions, in association with [[Warner Bros. Television]], having been produced by [[Lorimar Productions|Lorimar Television]] for the first season before being absorbed, and also became produced by Bickley-Warren Productions by the third season. The show originally aired on Tuesdays in [[prime time]] after sister series ''[[Full House]]'', also created by Jeff Franklin and set in the San Francisco Bay Area. The show found its niche as an addition to the ''[[TGIF (ABC)|TGIF]]'' Friday night lineup on ABC, and was part of the lineup from September 1993 to May 1996 (spanning the show's second, third and fourth seasons before moving to Saturdays for its fifth and final season).

==Cast==
===Main===
*[[Mark Curry (American actor)|Mark Curry]] as Mark Cooper
*[[Holly Robinson Peete]] as Vanessa Russell
*[[Dawnn Lewis]] as Robin Dumars (Season 1)
*Marquise Wilson as Tyler Foster (Seasons 2–5; recurring Season 1)
*[[Nell Carter]] as Pamela Jane "P.J." Moore (Seasons 2–3)
*Saundra Quarterman as Geneva Lee (Seasons 2–5)
*[[Raven-Symoné]] as Nicole Lee (Seasons 2–5)
*[[Omar Gooding]] as Earvin Rodman (Seasons 4–5; recurring Seasons 1–3)

===Recurring===
*[[Roger E. Mosley]] as Coach Ricketts (Season 1)
**Peter Brost as Young Coach Ricketts (Seasons 1–2)
*Christopher Carter as Andre Bailis (Seasons 1–2)
*[[Dominic Hoffman]] as Thaddeus White (Season 2)
*[[Don Cheadle]] as Bennie (Season 2)
*[[Ron Canada]] as Chet Corley (Season 3)
*[[Kristoff St. John]] as Eric Thompson (Season 3; guest star in Season 4)
*[[Steve White (actor)|Steve White]] as Steve Warner (Season 3)
*Kevin Jackson as Ken Anderson (Seasons 3–4; guest star in Season 5)
*Lorraine Fields as Miss Simpson (Seasons 3–4)
*[[Kelly Perine]] as Mr. Morley (Season 4)
*Gloria Gifford as Miss Cosgrove (Season 4)
*Lewis Dix as Lydell (Seasons 4–5)

==Production==
[[File:Hangin with Mr. Cooper.jpg|thumb|upright|Main cast, from Season 2 (l–r): Quarterman, Symoné, Curry, Robinson Peete, Wilson]]
The pilot episode was filmed on the same house set used by the Seaver family on the sitcom ''[[Growing Pains]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Obias|first=Rudie|date=May 15, 2017|title=10 TV shows that recycled their sets|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/500889/10-tv-shows-recycled-their-sets|work=Mental Floss|access-date=October 24, 2020}}</ref>

==Episodes==
{{main|List of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper episodes}}
{{:List of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper episodes}}

==Syndication==
''Hangin' with Mr. Cooper'' went into off-network broadcast syndication (via [[Telepictures Distribution]] and [[Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution]]) in the fall of 1996, where it lasted until the fall of 2000 (airing until the fall of 1999 in some markets). From July 2008 to January 2009 it aired on [[ION Television]] as part of the network's ''Laugh Attack'' hour of American sitcoms, initially running from 5-6PM/ET, then moved an hour later (switching time slots with ''[[The Steve Harvey Show]]'').

The series has also aired on cable network [[Paramount Network|TNN]] from 2000–2002, on [[Nickelodeon]]’s teen-oriented television programming block, [[TEENick]] from 2001 to 2003, and on [[TV One (American TV channel)|TV One]] from 2006 to 2008. The sitcom was picked up by [[Nick at Nite]] on January 13, 2014, to September 28 of the same year during the 6:00AM–7:00AM morning line-up. That same year, it aired on the [[Nick Jr. Channel|Nick Jr.]] channel as part of their former nightly block [[NickMom]], when it aired from October 15, 2014, to April 11, 2015. It also aired on [[TruTV]] for a short period in 2022, alongside ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]'', another ''[[TGIF (TV programming block)|TGIF]]'' series.

On September 29, 2017, [[Hulu]] acquired the streaming rights to ''Hangin' with Mr. Cooper'' along with fellow Warner Bros. TV properties ''[[Family Matters]]'', ''[[Full House]]'', ''[[Perfect Strangers (TV series)|Perfect Strangers]]'' and ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]'' in addition to Disney-ABC TV properties ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', ''[[Dinosaurs (TV series)|Dinosaurs]]'' and ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/hulu-boy-meets-world-tgif/|title=This Is Not a Drill: ''Boy Meets World'' Is Now On Hulu|work=TVGuide.com|last=Hatchett|first=Keisha|date=September 29, 2017|publisher=Red Ventures|access-date=October 28, 2017}}</ref>

On November 1, 2021, ''Hangin' with Mr. Cooper'' began streaming on [[HBO Max]] after its streaming rights expired from [[Hulu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/hbo-max-david-makes-man-martin-jamie-foxx-show-hangin-with-mr-cooper-1234865327/|title=HBO Max Acquires Season 2 Of 'David Makes Man', Five '90s-Era WBTV Sitcoms|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=November 1, 2021|first=Erik|last=Pedersen|access-date=November 1, 2021|publisher=Penske Business Media}}</ref>

==Home media==
On August 2, 2016, [[Warner Bros.]] released ''Hangin' with Mr. Cooper- The Complete First Season'' on DVD via their [[Warner Archive Collection]] burn-on-demand service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Hangin-Mr-Cooper-Season-1/22498|title=Hangin' with Mr. Cooper - 'The Complete 1st Season' is Coming to DVD at Last!|date=July 22, 2016|first=David|last=Lambert|work=TV Shows on DVD|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725141457/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Hangin-Mr-Cooper-Season-1/22498 |archivedate=July 25, 2016|publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref> The second season was released on March 5, 2019, via WBShop.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wbshop.com/collections/warner-archive-pre-orders/products/hangin-with-mr-cooper-the-complete-second-season-mod|publisher=Warner Bros Entertainment|title=The Complete 2nd Season' is Coming to DVD|work=WBShop.com|access-date=2019-02-22|archive-date=2019-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223131454/https://www.wbshop.com/collections/warner-archive-pre-orders/products/hangin-with-mr-cooper-the-complete-second-season-mod|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!DVD Name
!Ep #
!Release Date
|-
| The Complete First Season
| align="center"|22
| August 2, 2016
|-
| The Complete Second Season
| align="center"|22
| March 5, 2019
|-
| The Complete Third Season
| align="center"|22
| January 21, 2020
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|id=0103435}}
* {{epguides|id=HanginwithMrCooper}}

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