According to Jim Information

According to Jim is an American sitcom television series starring Jim Belushi in the title role as a suburban father of three children (five children starting with the season-seven finale). It originally ran on ABC from October 3, 2001 to June 2, 2009.

Synopsis

Jim is an abrasive but lovable suburban father. Much like his real-life counterpart, Jim's character is noted as a fan of blues music, as well as the Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bulls and the Chicago Blackhawks. Together with his wife Cheryl, they have five children, daughters Ruby and Gracie and son Kyle. In the seventh season they become parents of twins Jonathan and Gordon.

Jim often finds himself in messy situations because his laziness inclines him to search for alternative ways of doing things with least effort. While Cheryl's brother Andy may be Jim's best friend, her sister Dana frequently teams up with Cheryl against Jim. He also prefers to lie to Cheryl and Dana to do his own activities but they end up backfiring on him. He hates losing to women, especially if Cheryl or Dana find out. He doesn't like people interrupting him when he talks, so he speaks over them to shut them up. Jim often makes an example of Andy, who doesn't have a girlfriend. Dana and Jim bicker constantly, but Dana flirts with Jim when she's drunk.

History

The show first aired following the surprise hit comedy My Wife and Kids and quickly developed an audience of its own. For its second season ABC placed it on its revitalized Tuesday line-up, which also included John Ritter's 8 Simple Rules, Bonnie Hunt's Life with Bonnie and Sara Rue's Less Than Perfect. Week by week, the show attracted more and more viewers, becoming ABC's second most watched sitcom. The show performed so well that the network made a risky move: putting Jim opposite the NBC juggernaut Frasier. Although Jim did not beat the competition, it performed well enough to secure itself that spot on the 2003 fall schedule.

On May 15, 2007, it was announced that According to Jim would not be renewed for another season. ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson said, "We are talking to the studio to see if there's something financially, a deal that would make sense for us". But on June 27, 2007, ABC renewed the show for a seventh season with 18 episodes.

According to Jim returned to ABC's schedule on Tuesday January 1, 2008 with two episodes at 9 pm and 9:30 pm. After that, the series moved to its regular time slot at 8 pm. Despite the writer's strike, ABC announced that the show would produce all 18 episodes ordered for this season.

On February 27, 2008, it was reported that ABC was close to renewing According to Jim for an eighth season. On May 13, 2008, ABC officially renewed the series and season eight began airing on December 2, 2008. Kimberly Williams-Paisley left the show's regular cast at the beginning of season eight, making only a guest appearance in the season finale.

In December 2008, co-star Larry Joe Campbell said that the sets had been destroyed, indicating that the series was cancelled, but that a series finale had been recorded. After the first six episodes of Season 8 all aired in December, According to Jim returned to ABC's schedule on April 14, 2009 for the final 12 episodes. The series finale of According to Jim aired on June 2, 2009 on ABC, and was titled "Heaven Opposed to Hell".

Cast

• Jim Belushi " Jim
• Courtney Thorne-Smith " Cheryl
• Kimberly Williams-Paisley " Dana Gibson (Seasons 1"7, guest season 8)
• Larry Joe Campbell " Andy
• Taylor Atelian " Ruby
• Billi Bruno " Gracie
• Conner Rayburn " Kyle (Seasons 4"8)

Co-starring

• Mitch Rouse " Ryan Gibson (Seasons 4"6, guest season 8)
• Mo Collins " Emily (Seasons 7"8)
• Jackie Debatin " Mandy (Season 8)
• Tim Bagley " Tim Devlin (Recurring)
• Cynthia Stevenson " Cindy Devlin (Recurring)
• Carmena Katova-(Recurring)

Episodes

See List of According to Jim episodes for more information

DVD releases

Lionsgate Home Entertainment (under license from ABC Studios) has released the first five seasons on DVD in Region 1.

DVD Name	Ep#	Release Date
The Complete First Season	22
The Complete Second Season	28
The Complete Third Season	29	May 3, 2011
The Complete Fourth Season	27	July 5, 2011
The Complete Fifth Season	22	October 4, 2011
The Complete Sixth Season	18	TBA 2013
The Complete Seventh Season		TBA 2013
The Complete Eighth Season		TBA

U.S. television ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of According to Jim on ABC.

Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.

Season	Timeslot	Premiere	Finale	TV season	Ranking	Viewers (in millions)
1st	Wednesday 8:30 p.m.	October 3, 2001	May 15, 2002	2001"2002	#55	10.0
2nd	Tuesday 8:30 p.m.	October 1, 2002	May 20, 2003	2002"2003	#51	10.3
3rd	Tuesday 9:00 p.m.	September 23, 2003	May 25, 2004	2003"2004	#51	10.0
4th	Tuesday 9:00 p.m.	September 21, 2004	May 17, 2005	2004"2005	#47	10.0
5th	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	September 20, 2005	May 2, 2006	2005"2006	#90	6.7
6th	Wednesday 9:00 p.m.	January 3, 2007	May 16, 2007	2006"2007	#119	6.8
7th	Tuesday 9:00 p.m.	January 1, 2008	March 11, 2008	2007"2008	#146	5.3
	Tuesday 8:30 p.m.	April 15, 2008	May 27, 2008	2007"2008	#171	4.1
8th	Tuesday 9:00 p.m.	December 2, 2008	December 30, 2008	2008"2009	#104	5.6
	Tuesday 9:30 p.m.	December 2, 2008	December 30, 2008	2008"2009	#127	4.8
	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	April 14, 2009	June 2, 2009	2008"2009	#148	3.8
	Tuesday 8:30 p.m.	April 14, 2009	June 2, 2009	2008"2009	#149	3.8

Syndication

• According to Jim (TBS)

  Jeta sipas Xhimit (TV Klan)

• Arab World: ?"?"? "?"????? ??"? (MBC 4, Fox Series)

  According to Jim (7mate, FOX8)

  Jim hat immer Recht! (Jim is always right!) (ORF1)

  According to Jim (2BE)

  Svijet prema D?imu (BHT1)

  O Jim é Assim (SBT dubbed in Portuguese, Sony Entertainment Television subtitled)

  ??"???"?? "???? (Pitaytie Jim, Ask Jim) (GTV/bTV Comedy)

  According to Jim (CMT)

  According to Jim (Sony Entertainment Television)

  According to Jim ([[TV3+]])

  According to Jim (Channel 2)

  Jimi maailm (Fox Life)

  Perheen kalleudet (MTV3)

  Immer wieder Jim (Jim again and again) (RTL II, Super RTL, Comedy Central Germany)

  Jim szerint a világ (The World According to Jim) (Comedy Central)

  According to Jim (STAR World, Zcafe)

  "?"???? ??? "?'?? (HOT family/yes stars Base)

  La vita secondo Jim (The Life According to Jim) (Disney Channel, Fox, Italia 1)

• Latin America: According to Jim (Sony Entertainment Television)

  D?ima d"? (Latvijas Neatkar?g? Telev?zija, TV6 Latvia, TV3 Latvia, Fox Life, Sony Entertainment Television Baltic, FOX Latvia)

  According to Jim (Future TV)

  According to Jim (STAR World)

  ???? ?? ???? ??? (A1, Fox Life)

  According to Jim (NTV7)

  According to Jim (STAR World)

  Prema Jimu (RTV Atlas)

  According to Jim (SBS6, Veronica)

  According to Jim (TV2)

  According to Jim (TV3 (Norway))

  According to Jim (STAR World)

  Jim wie lepiej (Jim knows better) (Comedy Central Polska, TV Puls)

  O mundo de Jim (Fox Life)

  Vorba lu' Jim (TVR 1)

  ??? ?????? "???? (Kak skazal Jim, Jim says) (FoxLife) (STS (TV channel))

  ?ivot po D?imu (Fox Life, Radio Television of Serbia)

  Bláznivý Jimmov ?ivot (Markíza)

  Jimova dru?ina (Kanal A)

  According to Jim (Comedy Central Africa)

  According to Jim (Fox Life)

  El mundo según Jim (La Sexta)

  According to Jim, Jims Värld (Jims World) (Comedy Central, TV3, TV6)

  La vita secondo Jim (RSI La 1)

  "?"?"?"??"? (According to Jim) (FX)

  According to Jim (CNBC-e, ComedyMax)

  ?? ?????? "???? (Yak skazav Jim) (As Jim said) (Novyi Kanal)

  According to Jim (Channel 4)