# Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!
**Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!** is an American multi-camera sitcom starring [Jamie Foxx](https://www.edgepedia.org/jamie-foxx) as Brian Dixon, a bachelor cosmetics-company owner who becomes a full-time father to his teenage daughter Sasha. It was created by Jamie Foxx and Jim Patterson for Netflix, inspired by Foxx's real-life relationship with his daughter [Corinne Foxx](https://www.edgepedia.org/corinne-foxx), who served as an executive producer.[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81026218) • [2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/50053/dad-stop-embarrassing-me) The eight-episode first season was released on April 14, 2021, and Netflix canceled the series two months later.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dad_stop_embarrassing_me) • [4](https://www.tvline.com/news/dad-stop-embarrassing-me-cancelled-season-2-netflix-1234691772/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | Multi-camera family sitcom, average runtime 26 minutes, TV-14 rating[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/50053/dad-stop-embarrassing-me) • [3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dad_stop_embarrassing_me) |
| Premiere | Full eight-episode season released April 14, 2021 on Netflix[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dad_stop_embarrassing_me) |
| Premise | Bachelor Brian Dixon unexpectedly becomes a full-time father to his teenage daughter Sasha[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dad_stop_embarrassing_me) |
| Inspiration | Foxx's real-life relationship with daughter Corinne Foxx, who pitched the show to Netflix and executive produced[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81026218) • [5](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/corinne-foxx-dad-stop-embarrassing-me-73163/) |
| Main cast | Jamie Foxx (Brian), Kyla-Drew (Sasha), David Alan Grier (Pops), Porscha Coleman (Chelsea), Jonathan Kite (Johnny), Heather Hemmens (Stacy)[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/50053/dad-stop-embarrassing-me) |
| Reception | 25% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer (12 reviews) and 47% on the audience Popcornmeter; Metacritic Metascore 49[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dad_stop_embarrassing_me) • [6](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/dad-stop-embarrassing-me%21/critic-reviews/) |
| Fate | Cancelled by Netflix after one season, reported June 19, 2021[4](https://www.tvline.com/news/dad-stop-embarrassing-me-cancelled-season-2-netflix-1234691772/) |
## Spoilers
### Premise and characters
Brian Dixon (Jamie Foxx) is a successful business owner and bachelor who runs the cosmetics company his late mother built, and who suddenly becomes a full-time father when his 15-year-old daughter Sasha (Kyla-Drew) moves in with him in Atlanta. Sasha is grieving her mother's recent death and adjusting to a new life while dealing with her father's cringe-inducing behavior. Brian's father Pops ([David Alan Grier](https://www.edgepedia.org/david-alan-grier)) and sister Chelsea ([Porscha Coleman](https://www.edgepedia.org/porscha-coleman)) live in the family home and help him figure out fatherhood on the fly.[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81026218) • [7](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/dad-stop-embarrassing-me) • [8](https://www.tvtango.com/series/dad_stop_embarrassing_me)
The supporting cast includes Jonathan Kite as Brian's police officer friend Johnny Williams and [Heather Hemmens](https://www.edgepedia.org/heather-hemmens) as Stacy Collins.[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/50053/dad-stop-embarrassing-me) Foxx also played several eccentric guest characters across the season, including the preacher Reverend Sweet Tee.[9](https://www.nme.com/reviews/tv-reviews/dad-stop-embarrassing-me-review-jamie-foxx-2919356) • [8](https://www.tvtango.com/series/dad_stop_embarrassing_me)
## Origin and production
The show grew out of interviews Corinne Foxx gave with her father. The two had co-hosted the game show *Beat Shazam* and often told embarrassing family stories together, and after noticing that audiences found the stories funny, they developed a fictional family based on their own; Corinne Foxx described the pitch to Netflix as "pitching my diary."[5](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/corinne-foxx-dad-stop-embarrassing-me-73163/) She cast Kyla-Drew, who was actually 15 at the time, rather than an adult playing a teenager, so the character could reflect the experience of being 15 in the present.[5](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/corinne-foxx-dad-stop-embarrassing-me-73163/)
The series reunited Foxx with showrunner Bentley Kyle Evans, who had worked on *[The Jamie Foxx Show](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-jamie-foxx-show)* (1996 to 2001), and was directed by Ken Whittingham (*black-ish*).[1](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81026218) [Jim Patterson](https://www.edgepedia.org/jim-patterson) was originally set as showrunner but stepped down before production began and was replaced by Evans.[10](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dad-stop-embarrassing-jamie-foxx-025152785.html) Production was disrupted by the pandemic: the first episode was shot on March 13, 2020, two days before the industry shut down, and filming then paused for six months.[5](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/corinne-foxx-dad-stop-embarrassing-me-73163/)
Netflix released the entire first season on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at 3:01 a.m. ET.[8](https://www.tvtango.com/series/dad_stop_embarrassing_me) The episodes carry hashtag titles, from "#blackpeopledontgototherapy" (episode 1) to "#maybeitsbaybelline" (episode 8), and each was classified by the BBFC for language and drug misuse.[11](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/dad-stop-embarrassing-me-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc01mzaymza)
## Reception
Critical response was largely negative. On Rotten Tomatoes the season holds a 25% Tomatometer from 12 reviews and a 47% Popcornmeter from more than 50 audience ratings; the site's critics consensus reads, "Jamie Foxx is funny - sadly, Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! is not."[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dad_stop_embarrassing_me) • [12](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dad_stop_embarrassing_me/s01) Metacritic assigned a Metascore of 49, labeled mixed or average, based on 10 critic reviews.[6](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/dad-stop-embarrassing-me%21/critic-reviews/)
Reviewers repeatedly compared the show to 1990s network sitcoms. Common Sense Media called it a throwback that "seems imported from another era," while crediting the cast's chemistry and David Alan Grier's performance as the weed-smoking grandfather.[7](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/dad-stop-embarrassing-me) [The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-hollywood-reporter) wrote that the series "never doesn't feel like The Jamie Foxx Show 2," and Variety noted its adherence to multi-camera basics with a laugh track underlining every joke.[6](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/dad-stop-embarrassing-me%21/critic-reviews/) NME called it "a mortifying misfire," criticizing the tonal mix of broad pre-teen sitcom gags with mature language and the use of Foxx's sketch-style guest characters.[9](https://www.nme.com/reviews/tv-reviews/dad-stop-embarrassing-me-review-jamie-foxx-2919356) Some reviews were warmer: the [San Francisco Chronicle](https://www.edgepedia.org/san-francisco-chronicle) scored it 75, praising its easy way with topicality, and Primetimer, also at 75, admired its incorporation of racial issues on viewers' minds in 2021.[6](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/dad-stop-embarrassing-me%21/critic-reviews/)
## Cancellation
On June 19, 2021, Netflix canceled the series after one season, about two months after the season's debut.[4](https://www.tvline.com/news/dad-stop-embarrassing-me-cancelled-season-2-netflix-1234691772/) Netflix and Foxx's creative partnership continued with the films *[They Cloned Tyrone](https://www.edgepedia.org/they-cloned-tyrone)* and *Day Shift*.[4](https://www.tvline.com/news/dad-stop-embarrassing-me-cancelled-season-2-netflix-1234691772/)
## References
1. [Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!, Netflix Media Center](https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/81026218)
2. [Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/50053/dad-stop-embarrassing-me)
3. [Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dad_stop_embarrassing_me)
4. [Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! Cancelled At Netflix, TVLine](https://www.tvline.com/news/dad-stop-embarrassing-me-cancelled-season-2-netflix-1234691772/)
5. [Corinne Foxx on Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! + Why Her Dad Wasn't the Original Star, Backstage](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/corinne-foxx-dad-stop-embarrassing-me-73163/)
6. [Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! critic reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/dad-stop-embarrassing-me%21/critic-reviews/)
7. [Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! Parents' Guide, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/dad-stop-embarrassing-me)
8. [Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!, TV Tango](https://www.tvtango.com/series/dad_stop_embarrassing_me)
9. [Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! review: a mortifying misfire from Jamie Foxx, NME](https://www.nme.com/reviews/tv-reviews/dad-stop-embarrassing-me-review-jamie-foxx-2919356)
10. [Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! Jamie Foxx Comedy Series Won't Return For Season 2 On Netflix, Yahoo Entertainment](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dad-stop-embarrassing-jamie-foxx-025152785.html)
11. [Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!, BBFC](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/dad-stop-embarrassing-me-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc01mzaymza)
12. [Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dad_stop_embarrassing_me/s01)
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