Everybody Hates Chris is an American sitcom based on the teenage experiences of American comedian Chris Rock. The show is set between 1982 and 1987, but Chris Rock himself was a teenager from 1978 to 1984, being born in 1965. Rock grew up with a boy named Kenny Montero, whom he has often referred to as the inspiration for a lot of the episodes. In many of his interviews, Rock has described Montero as the reason he got into comedy in the first place.