Hangin' with Mr. Cooper


Hangin' with Mr. Cooper is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 1992, to August 30, 1997, starring Mark Curry and Holly Robinson. The show took place in Curry's hometown of Oakland, California. The series chronicles Mark Cooper, a former NBA player-turned-substitute teacher/gym coach, and his roommate Vanessa Russell.
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper was produced by Jeff Franklin Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television, having been produced by 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 Friday night lineup on ABC, and was part of the lineup from September 1993 to May 1996.

Cast

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Recurring

Production

The pilot episode was filmed on the same house set used by the Seaver family on the sitcom Growing Pains.

Syndication

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper went into off-network broadcast syndication in the fall of 1996, where it lasted until the fall of 2000. 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.
The series has also aired on cable network TNN from 2000–2002, on Nickelodeon’s teen-oriented television programming block, TEENick from 2001 to 2003, and on 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 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, another 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 and Step by Step in addition to Disney-ABC TV properties Boy Meets World, Dinosaurs and Home Improvement.
On November 1, 2021, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper began streaming on HBO Max after its streaming rights expired from Hulu.

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. The second season was released on March 5, 2019, via WBShop.com.
DVD nameEp #Release date
The Complete First Season22August 2, 2016
The Complete Second Season22March 5, 2019
The Complete Third Season22January 21, 2020