Raising Hope season 2

The second season of the American television series Raising Hope premiered on September 20, 2011, on Fox. The show moved to its new time slot, airing on Tuesday at 9:30pm ET to make way for the new comedy series New Girl, before moving again to 8:00 pm ET in mid-season. This season contains 22 episodes.

Main cast

 * Lucas Neff as James "Jimmy" Chance
 * Martha Plimpton as Virginia Chance
 * Garret Dillahunt as Burt Chance
 * Shannon Woodward as Sabrina Collins
 * Gregg Binkley as Barney Hughes
 * Cloris Leachman as Barbara June "Maw Maw" Thompson

Recurring cast

 * Baylie and Rylie Cregut as Hope Chance
 * Kate Micucci as Shelley
 * Todd Giebenhain as Frank Marolla
 * Ryan Doom as Wyatt Gill
 * Bijou Phillips as Lucy Carlyle
 * Eddie Steeples as Tyler, the Gas Man
 * Dan Coscino as Dancin' Dan
 * Carla Jimenez as Rosa Flores
 * Lou Wagner as Wally Phipps

Recurring cast in flashback

 * Greyson Chance as adolescent Jimmy
 * Kelly Heyer as teenage Virginia
 * Cameron Moulene as teenage Burt
 * Laura Avey as teenage Delilah
 * Trace Garcia as 4-year-old Jimmy (credited as Trace!)

Guest cast

 * Stephen Root as Captain Collins
 * Sean Bridgers as Jack
 * Whit Hertford as Ross
 * Amy Sedaris as Delilah
 * Greg Germann as Dale Carlyle
 * Camden Garcia as Trevor
 * Shirley Jones as Christine Chance
 * Lee Majors as Ralph Chance
 * Ethan Suplee as Andrew
 * Andrew Dice Clay as Himself
 * Patton Oswalt as Rubin
 * Fred Willard as Mr. Swift
 * Dale Dickey as Patty
 * Timothy Stack as TV's Tim Stack
 * Ashley Tisdale as Mary-Louise
 * Katy Perry as Rikki Hargrove
 * Mary Birdsong as Mayor Suzie Hellmann
 * Gary Anthony Williams as News Reporter
 * Vivica A. Fox as Sarah Louise
 * David Krumholtz as Carl
 * Travis Van Winkle as Philip
 * Desi Lydic as Uma
 * Jorge Diaz as Randy
 * Anthony Anderson as Neighbor
 * Nancy Grace as Herself
 * Jason Lee as Smokey Floyd
 * Jaime Pressly as Donna
 * Ed Begley, Jr. as Himself
 * Jackie Hoffman as Sylvia Barnes
 * Amy Hill as Judge

Production
On January 10, 2011, Fox renewed Raising Hope for a second season with a 22 episode order. From the beginning of this season, Cloris Leachman and Gregg Binkley were both upgraded to series regulars. Episode four aired following The X Factor on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 9:30pm, instead of its regular time slot of Tuesday at 9:30pm. Production for this season ended on February 16, 2012. On March 6, 2012, the show moved to 8pm as part of the mid-season two-hour comedy block, although the last two episodes of the season were shown in the original 9:30pm time slot.