"According to Jim" (2001) TV series 2001-????

Creators:

Tracy Newman
Jonathan Stark

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

3 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Brother Sister Relationship | Husband Wife Relationship | Neighbor Neighbor Relationship | Telephone Call | Sitcom

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 14 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Dec. 22	12:30 AM	CW	The Closet	#2.5
Tue. Dec. 22	4:00 PM	TBS	An According to Jiminy Christmas	#1.10

Cast

James Belushi	...	Jim (182 episodes, 2001-2009)
Courtney Thorne-Smith	...	Cheryl (182 episodes, 2001-2009)
Larry Joe Campbell	...	Andy (182 episodes, 2001-2009)
Taylor Atelian	...	Ruby (180 episodes, 2001-2009)
Billi Bruno	...	Gracie (179 episodes, 2001-2009)
Kimberly Williams-Paisley	...	Dana (165 episodes, 2001-2009)
Conner Rayburn	...	Kyle (98 episodes, 2004-2009)

Also Known As:

The Dad (USA) (working title)
According to Jim (Argentina) [es]
Immer wieder Jim (Germany) [de]
Jim hat immer recht (Austria) [de]
Jims värld (Sweden) [sv]
La vita secondo Jim (Italy) [it]
Perheen kalleudet (Finland) [fi]
Svijet prema Jimu (Croatia) [hr]

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG (some episodes) | USA:TV-PG | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Brad Grey Television

Trivia:

Cheryl and Jim's address is 412 Maple Street.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The series is set in Chicago, and in the one episode, Jim buys the cemetery plot next to Bronko Nagurski's grave. Bronko Nagurski is buried in International Falls, Minnesota.

Quotes:

Andy: I once walked in on my grandparents doing it. I mean, Grandpa's in his 70's, but he was really putting Nana through her paces.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#26.53)" (2009)

a regular guy just like us

I wish I could say that this show was unusual in it's banality,but it is usual in every way.It has the dumb husband,his smarter but boring and conventional wife, along with the idiotic sidekick for "comic" relief-it sorely needs it.Stale predictable jokes, with even more predictable reactions from the laughtrack, punctuate this noxious mental narcotic's nauseatingly unimaginative plot lines to leave me either physically ill, or in a deep sleep more resembling that of an induced coma. But it might be on for a while yet because it gives the average American a personage to which they can truly identify.A "regular" guy just like you and me.I live in the southern U.S, so to me this show is just the opposite of escapism.Down here, that obnoxious character is everywhere, in some form or another.Seeing him on television is brutal overkill.