Synopsis

Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high.

Last aired |- | style="background: #eecd9a;"| | 1 | 22 | September 22, 2005 | May 11, 2006 |- | style="background: #00b7eb;"| | 2 | 22 | October 1, 2006 | May 14, 2007 |- | style="background: #AC2123;"| | 3 | 22 | October 1, 2007 | May 18, 2008 |- | style="background: #87cdb5;"| | 4 | 22 | October 3, 2008 | May 8, 2009 |}

Chris interacts with various characters in the neighborhood—diverse personalities based on real people Rock would see as a kid in his community.