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More Raising Hope teasers, season one DVD & photos from episode 2×02

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garret dillahunt,raising hope season twoFox has released a bunch of new promos for season two in the last few days, including the photos from episode two, “Sabrina Has Money” (<- see link) and a couple of new behind-the-scenes featurettes with cast interviews (below). TVLine reports that Burt’s parents have been cast:

If bionic man Steve Austin and Mrs. Partridge had a baby, he’d apparently look an awful lot like Burt Chance.

TVLine has learned exclusively that 1970s TV icons Lee Majors (The Six Million Dollar Man) and Shirley Jones (The Partridge Family) will appear this fall on Fox’s Raising Hope, playing Burt’s parents. So come on, get happy!

Here is the press release for the season one DVD, also out on Tuesday, Sept. 20, and available on Amazon.com.

RAISING HOPE
SEASON 1
The Unexpected Bundle of Joy
Arrives on DVD September 20th

raising hope DVDLos Angeles, CA – Life at the Chance’s will never be the same when Jimmy comes home with an unexpected gift. Follow one ill-equipped family as they navigate through the pleasures and annoyances of raising a baby. The Emmy Award nominated series RAISING HOPE Season 1 comes to DVD on September 20th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment packed with exclusive featurettes, deleted and extended scenes, a gag reel, commentaries and the un-aired pilot never shown on television.

Created by Emmy Award winner Greg Garcia, Raising Hope stars Lucas Neff, Martha Plimpton, Garret Dillahunt and Shannon Woodward. Cloris Leachman guest-stars as Maw Maw.

A one night stand becomes a life-long commitment when 23-year-old Jimmy Chance inadvertently impregnates a wanted felon and decides to raise Hope (aka Princess Beyonce) on his own. Jimmy, together with his family – his Maw Maw (Cloris Leachman), his mother Virginia (Martha Plimpton), and his father Burt (Garret Dillahunt) – face play dates, amusing family photo shoots, rock star dreams, vasectomies and much more in this uproariously irreverent, critically acclaimed first season of Raising Hope.

RAISING HOPE Season 1 DVD is available on September 20th and the ARP is $29.99.

Some scheduling news – it looks like episodes 2×03 and 2×04 will air in the same week:

Look for an original “Hope” on Wednesday, October 5 at 9:30/8:30c following a 90-minute “X Factor” and a first-run “New Girl” on Wednesday, October 12 at 9:30/8:30c, likewise following “X Factor.” “New Girl” will also serve up an encore installment on Thursday, October 6 at 9:30/8:30c with “Hope” also airing a repeat on Thursday, October 13 at 9:30/8:30c. To recap:

Tuesday, October 4
8:00/7:00c – “Glee”
9:00/8:00c – “New Girl”
9:30/8:30c – “Raising Hope”

Wednesday, October 5
8:00/7:00c – “The X Factor” (90 Minutes)
9:30/8:30c – “Raising Hope” (Special Night)

Thursday, October 6
8:00/7:00c – “The X Factor” (90 Minutes)
9:30/8:30c – “New Girl” (Repeat, Special Night)

Tuesday, October 11
7:30/6:30c – “MLB Playoffs: ALCS, Game 3”

Wednesday, October 12
8:00/7:00c – “The X Factor” (90 Minutes)
9:30/8:30c – “New Girl” (Special Night)

Thursday, October 13
8:00/7:00c – “The X Factor” (90 Minutes)
9:30/8:30c – “Raising Hope” (Repeat, Special Night)

And the new videos. First look at season two:

Another promo for “Prodigy,” which airs this Tuesday at 9:30:

And the third teaser for the episode:

Raising Hope season preview & summer movie #3 revealed

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A couple of quick updates.

The Daily Beast has a nice three-page interview with Alan Cumming, Garret’s co-star in the mystery movie set in the 1970s, filmed over the summer. On page three, he talks about being harassed by Cloris Leachman and mentions this:

The film I did this summer was with Garret Dillahunt. We played boyfriends in [Famlee] and we had such a laugh.

Here is the synopsis, from Cumming’s site:

Famlee was written and directed by Travis Fine and is the story of a gay couple in the 1970s and their struggle to keep custody of a down syndrome child who they have become fathers to.

And here is another bit from a casting call posted at FamleeMovieCasting.com:

In 1975 Marco is the neglected son of a junkie mother. When the mother is arrested, charged and incarcerated, Marco is befriended and taken in by his neighbor, a flamboyant female impersonator who gets Marco the care and education that he has been missing. The film is a fictional story of a real account. Marco’s speech needs to be good enough to be understood by strangers, which doesn’t always work in his favor, due to the potty mouth he has developed while living with his mother.

Isaac Levya plays the son and Frances Fisher is also in the film. She mentioned it on Twitter back in June.

Elsewhere, Fox Broadcasting has uploaded a short interview with Garret and Martha on YouTube (after the teaser), in which they give away a few details about season two:

And Fox News has a short interview with Lucas Neff and Shannon Woodward.

The show returns in 19 days – Tuesday, September 20 at 9:30/8:30c.