Hope & Faith season 1

The first season of Hope & Faith originally aired in the United States on ABC. It premiered with "Pilot" on September 26, 2003, and ended with "Daytime Emmys: Part 2" on May 14, 2004 with a total of 25 episodes. The DVD was released on 31 March 2009 for the first time ever by Lionsgate Home Entertainment in a 4-disc set.

Notable guest stars in season one include: Robert Wagner, Tony Curtis, Lynda Carter, Regis Philbin, Mimi Rogers, Kathie Lee Gifford, Tom Arnold, Jenny McCarthy, Susan Lucci, Eric Braeden, and Susan Flannery.

Main cast

 * Kelly Ripa as Faith Fairfield
 * Faith Ford as Hope Shanowski
 * Ted McGinley as Charley Shanowski
 * Nicole Paggi as Sydney Shanowski
 * Macey Cruthird as Hayley Shanowski
 * Jansen Panettiere as Justin Shanowski (pilot)
 * Paulie Litt as Justin Shanowski (from episode 2)

Guest cast
List of guest cast throughout season one:


 * Daryl Edwards
 * Michelle Agnew
 * Heather Fairfield
 * Olga Merediz
 * Daniel Ziskie
 * Gloria Cromwell
 * Jason Olive
 * Matthew Wilkas
 * Val Emmich
 * John Havens
 * Robert Lehrer
 * Marylouise Burke
 * John Scurti
 * Jonathan Michael Chiang
 * Alina De Palma
 * Ashley Marie Greiner
 * Stephen G. Smith II
 * Molly Cheek
 * Tom Deckman
 * Jesse Luke Dunn
 * Saidah Arrika Ekulona
 * Scott Geyer
 * Trevor Heins
 * Judy Kuhn
 * Galadriel Masterson
 * Marisa Redanty
 * Cristián de la Fuente
 * Ray Crisara
 * Christopher Jordan
 * Brett Murphy
 * Regis Philbin
 * Michael Bachmann
 * Christopher Lee Jewett
 * Tonye Patano
 * Clint Black
 * Nicholas Reese Art
 * Greg Jackson
 * Devon O'Day
 * Kim Patton-Johnston
 * Laksh Singh
 * Robert Wagner
 * Lynda Carter
 * Lovette George
 * Gregor Manns
 * Erin Quinn Purcell
 * Jim Gaffigan
 * Kelly Coffield Park
 * Jonathan Hadary
 * Mike Arotsky
 * Buzz Bovshow
 * Lisa Jolley
 * Linda Miller
 * Michael Tenagila
 * Nancy Wu
 * Rendall Devaney
 * Danny Woodburn
 * Rebecca Budig
 * Claire Alpern
 * Brian Donahue
 * Sascha Eiblmayr
 * Lydia Jordan
 * Sebastian Rand
 * Derdriu Ring
 * Brittany Singer
 * Constance Barron
 * James Murtaugh
 * James Villemaire
 * Delaine Yates
 * Jasmine Lobe
 * Nick Sullivan
 * Mimi Rogers
 * Matthew Lawler
 * Peter Marx
 * Sam Murphy
 * Peter Vack
 * Kathy Lee Gifford
 * Fisher Stevens
 * Joe Grifasi
 * Ashley Burritt
 * Julia Meehan
 * Larry Mitchell
 * Berni Padden
 * Ruth Padden
 * Kevin Sorbo
 * Roger Clemens
 * Kene Holliday
 * Chuck Ardezzone
 * Ben Bailey
 * Willie Randolph
 * Oren Stevens
 * Rob Campbell
 * Jason Butler Harner
 * Brooke Johnson
 * Patrick Garner
 * Gretha Boston
 * Christopher Braden Jones
 * Adam Kulbersh
 * Angel Sing
 * Dara M. Sowell
 * Charles Techman
 * Erika Thomas
 * Village
 * Marcia Jean Kurtz
 * Lisa Altomare
 * Arnie Burton
 * Mirjana Joković
 * Vanessa A. Jones
 * Lisa Masters
 * Redman Maxfield
 * Jay Potter
 * John Pais
 * Chris Gethard
 * Edmund Ikeda
 * Bill Parks
 * Marilyn Torres
 * Tom Arnold
 * James H. Doerr
 * Keong Sim
 * Tony Curtis
 * Jenny McCarthy
 * Frank Biancamano
 * Samrat Chakrabarti
 * Dominic Chianese
 * Rebecca Budig
 * Cameron Mathison
 * Debbi Fuhrman
 * Kathleen Goldpaugh
 * Dale Radunz
 * Bonnie Rose
 * Elizabeth Rouse
 * Susan Lucci
 * Eric Braeden
 * Susan Flannery
 * Ian Buchanan
 * Kevin Cahoon
 * John Callahan
 * Bobbie Eakes
 * Eugene Fleming
 * Finola Hughes
 * Eva LaRue
 * Steve Lurker
 * Jim Newman
 * John Sloman
 * Robert Verdi
 * Bob Walton
 * Jacob Young
 * Chazz Menendez

Award nominations

 * Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger — Macey Cruthird (2004)

Critical reception
The pilot of Hope & Faith received mixed reviews. Virginia Heffernan of The New York Times praised Ripa's acting, while observing that the series were not sufficiently smart for her. Writing for PopMatters, Michael Abernethy denounced it as formulaic, and billed its humor as "dated and simplistic". Abernethy recognized that it did not reach its potential, despite recognizing that it "is all it needs to be" for the Friday night slot. Variety reviewer Phil Gallo characterised the episode as predictable, "banal and derivative" and criticized its production, as well as McGinley's room.