This article needs additional citations for verification .(June 2019) |
According to Jim | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | |
Starring |
|
Opening theme | "Sweet Home Chicago" cover by Jim Belushi |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 182 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers |
|
Producers |
|
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production companies |
|
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | October 3, 2001 – June 2, 2009 |
According to Jim is an American sitcom television series starring Jim Belushi in the title role as a suburban father of three children (and then five children, starting with the seventh season finale). It originally ran on ABC from October 3, 2001, to June 2, 2009.
Jim is a happy-go-lucky suburban father. Much like his real-life counterpart, Jim's character is a fan of blues music, as well as the Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bulls and Chicago Blackhawks. Together with his wife Cheryl, they have three children, daughters Ruby and Gracie and son Kyle. In the seventh season they become parents of twin boys Gordon and Jonathan.
Jim often finds himself in difficult situations, because his slacker sensibilities cause him to search for alternative ways to get things done with less effort. While Cheryl's brother Andy is Jim's best friend/brother-in-law, 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 for most of the series does not have a steady girlfriend. Dana and Jim argue constantly, but Dana flirts with Jim when she's drunk, discovering after one such event that she respects Jim as a loving father despite his flaws.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 22 | October 3, 2001 | May 15, 2002 | |
2 | 28 | October 1, 2002 | May 20, 2003 | |
3 | 29 | September 23, 2003 | May 25, 2004 | |
4 | 27 | September 21, 2004 | May 27, 2005 | |
5 | 22 | September 20, 2005 | May 2, 2006 | |
6 | 18 | January 3, 2007 | May 16, 2007 | |
7 | 18 | January 1, 2008 | May 27, 2008 | |
8 | 18 | December 2, 2008 | June 2, 2009 |
Actor | Character | Seasons | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
Jim Belushi | James "Jim" Orenthal | Main | |||||||
Courtney Thorne-Smith | Cheryl Mabel | Main | |||||||
Kimberly Williams-Paisley | Dana Mabel | Main | Special Guest [lower-alpha 2] | ||||||
Larry Joe Campbell | Andrew "Andy" Mabel | Main | |||||||
Taylor Atelian | Ruby Orenthal | Main | |||||||
Billi Bruno | Gracie Orenthal | Main | |||||||
Conner Rayburn | Kyle Orenthal | Main [lower-alpha 3] | |||||||
Mitch Rouse | Ryan Gibson | Recurring [lower-alpha 4] | Guest [lower-alpha 5] | ||||||
According to Jim was created by Tracy Newman and Jonathan Stark. The sitcom was produced by ABC's in-house production company and Newman/Stark, Suzanne Bukinik Entertainment and Brad Grey Television. The series was filmed at the CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles.
Belushi, besides playing Jim, directed 30 episodes and is credited as executive producer.
Belushi's fictional character Jim's band in the series is the real-life House of Blues band The Sacred Hearts, for which Jim Belushi often sings lead. [2]
Belushi says he set the show's trademark tone back in the show's 2001 pilot. [3]
"The original script called for Jim to go to the wife and apologize," he recalls. "I said to the writers, 'Why do we have to do a show where the guy is going to apologize at the end of every episode? Was he really wrong? He's contrite, sure. But isn't he just being a man?'"
In an interview, Jim Belushi explained that the show many times directly reflected his actual life. Quite a few episodes were experiences taken directly from Belushi's home. Most of the episodes were taken from experiences inside the writers' homes, too. He adds: [4]
"Every show is based in somebody's reality. Whether it's [co-stars] Larry's, or mine, or Courtney's, or the writers'. Because it was a relationship show about a family, everyone would bring in their experiences as a family, and we would do shows around them."
Last names were never really addressed for the entire run of the show. None of the main characters did get a last name until Season 4 when Kimberly Williams-Paisley's character Dana married Dr. Ryan Gibson (played by Mitch Rouse). She became Dana Gibson with their marriage. Only guest characters had first and last names in most cases. [4]
The According to Jim soundtrack was recorded at Ultratone Studies in Studio City, California and released by Hollywood Records on November 1, 2005. [5] [6]
All songs are performed by Jim Belushi and The Sacred Hearts. [5] [6]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist (date) | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "Sweet Home Chicago" | Robert Johnson | Robert Johnson (1936) | 3:28 |
2. | "Cadillac Man" | Jim Belushi, Glen Clark | 2:36 | |
3. | "Say I Do" | Belushi, Clark, Jana Hunter, Mitch Hunter | 2:55 | |
4. | "Have Love, Will Travel" | Richard Berry | Richard Berry (1959) | 3:26 |
5. | "Three Hundred Pounds of Joy" | Willie Dixon | Howlin' Wolf (1963) | 4:07 |
6. | "Jimmie's Theme" | Belushi, Clark | 3:42 | |
7. | "Angel" | Belushi, Clark | 3:11 | |
8. | "Mellow Down Easy" | Willie Dixon | Little Walter (1954) | 3:12 |
9. | "Girl Watcher" | Ronald Killette, Wayne Pittman | The O'Kaysions (1968) | 3:21 |
10. | "I've Got Everything I Need (Almost)" | Don Walsh | Downchild Blues Band (1973) | 2:44 |
11. | "Bless My Soul" | Belushi, Clark | 2:44 | |
12. | "Mambo Miami" | Belushi, Clark | 3:40 | |
13. | "Viva Las Vegas" | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman | Elvis Presley (1964) | 3:53 |
14. | "All She Wants to Do Is Rock" | Theodore McRae, Wynonie Harris | Wynonie Harris (1949) | 2:44 |
Total length: | 45:43 |
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, ABC 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." [7] But on June 27, 2007, ABC renewed the show for a seventh season with 18 episodes. [8]
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. [9]
On February 27, 2008, it was reported that ABC was close to renewing According to Jim for an eighth season. [10] On May 13, 2008, ABC officially renewed the series and Season 8 began airing on December 2, 2008. [11] Kimberly Williams-Paisley left the show's regular cast at the beginning of Season 8 and was not in the Season 8 opening credits, [12] to devote her time to motherhood. She made a guest appearance only in the season finale.
In December 2008, co-star Larry Joe Campbell said that the sets had been destroyed, indicating that the series was canceled, but that a series finale had been recorded. [13] 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. [14] The series finale of According to Jim aired on June 2, 2009, on ABC, and was titled "Heaven Opposed to Hell."
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 | October 21, 2008 |
The Complete Second Season | 28 | May 4, 2010 |
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 |
The Complete Seventh Season | 18 | TBA |
The Complete Eighth and Final Season | 18 | TBA |
The sitcom debuted in 2001 on ABC with an average of 10 million viewers for its first year. The audience grew in the second year to over 10.3 million. The ratings remained consistent for Seasons 3 and 4 as well. Starting with Season 5, the ratings began to decline. The series was often scheduled against the hugely successful American Idol . By Season 6, According to Jim was down to 6.7 million viewers.
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 [15] | 10.0 |
2nd | Tuesday 8:30 p.m. | October 1, 2002 | May 20, 2003 | 2002–2003 | #51 [16] | 10.3 |
3rd | Tuesday 9:00 p.m. | September 23, 2003 | May 25, 2004 | 2003–2004 | #51 [17] | 9.9 |
4th | Tuesday 9:00 p.m. | September 21, 2004 | May 17, 2005 | 2004–2005 | #47 [18] | 9.9 |
5th | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | September 20, 2005 | May 2, 2006 | 2005–2006 | #108 [19] | 6.7 |
6th | Wednesday 9:00 p.m. | January 3, 2007 | May 16, 2007 | 2006–2007 | #119 [20] | 6.7 |
7th | Tuesday 9:00 p.m. | January 1, 2008 | March 11, 2008 | 2007–2008 | #146 [21] | 5.3 |
Tuesday 8:30 p.m. | April 15, 2008 | May 27, 2008 | #171 [21] | 4.1 | ||
8th | Tuesday 9:00 p.m. | December 2, 2008 | December 30, 2008 | 2008–2009 | #104 [22] | 5.6 |
Tuesday 9:30 p.m. | #127 [22] | 4.8 | ||||
Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | April 14, 2009 | June 2, 2009 | #148 [22] | 3.8 | ||
Tuesday 8:30 p.m. | #149 [22] | 3.8 |
According to Jim was nominated for 20 awards, including four Primetime Emmy Awards (all for cinematography).
Association | Year [lower-alpha 6] | Category | Nominee(s) / Work | Result | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NAACP Image Awards | 2007 | Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series | Lauren Breiting(for "The Stick") | Nominated | [23] |
Primetime Emmy Awards | 2006 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series | George Mooradian(for "Mr. Right") | Nominated | [24] |
2007 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series | George Mooradian(for "Hoosier Daddy") | Nominated | [24] | |
2008 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series | George Mooradian(for "The Chaperone") | Nominated | [24] | |
2009 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series | George Mooradian(for "Heaven Opposed to Hell") | Nominated | [24] | |
Young Artist Awards | 2002 | Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Young Actress Age Ten or Under | Taylor Atelian | Nominated | [25] |
Billi Bruno | Nominated | [25] | |||
2003 | Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger | Taylor Atelian | Nominated | [26] | |
2004 | Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger | Taylor Atelian | Nominated | [27] | |
Billi Bruno | Nominated | [27] | |||
2005 | Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger | Taylor Atelian | Nominated | [28] | |
Billi Bruno | Nominated | [28] | |||
2006 | Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Young Actor Age Ten or Younger | Connor and Garret Sullivan | Nominated | [29] | |
Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Young Actress Ten or Younger | Taylor Atelian | Nominated | [29] | ||
Billi Bruno | Nominated | [29] | |||
Best Family Television Series (Comedy) | According to Jim | Nominated | [29] | ||
2007 | Best Performance in a TV Series – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger | Billi Bruno | Nominated | [30] | |
Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor | Austin Majors | Nominated | [30] | ||
2008 | Best Performance in a TV Series – Young Actor Ten or Under | Conner Rayburn | Nominated | [31] | |
Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actress | Taylor Atelian | Nominated | [31] | ||
Daniel Edward Aykroyd is a Canadian and American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and musician.
Michael Anthony Richards is an American actor and former stand-up comedian. He achieved global recognition for starring as Cosmo Kramer on the NBC television sitcom Seinfeld from 1989 to 1998. He began his career as a stand-up comedian, first entering the national spotlight when he was featured on Billy Crystal's first cable TV special, and went on to become a series regular on ABC's Fridays.
8 Simple Rules is an American television sitcom originally starring John Ritter and Katey Sagal as middle-class parents Paul and Cate Hennessy, raising their three children. Kaley Cuoco, Amy Davidson, and Martin Spanjers co-starred as their teenage kids: Bridget, Kerry, and Rory Hennessy. The series ran on ABC from September 17, 2002, to April 15, 2005. The first season focused on Paul being left in charge of the children after Cate takes a full-time job as a nurse, with comedic emphasis on his often strict rules concerning his daughters and dating. The series' name and premise were derived from the book 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter by W. Bruce Cameron.
Monk is an American comedy-drama detective television series that originally ran on the USA Network from July 12, 2002, to December 4, 2009, with 125 episodes broadcast over eight seasons. The series follows Adrian Monk, a private detective with obsessive–compulsive disorder and multiple phobias, and his assistants Sharona Fleming and Natalie Teeger. Monk works with the San Francisco Police Department in solving unconventional cases while investigating his wife's unsolved murder. The show also explores the personal lives and struggles of the main characters.
James Adam Belushi is an American actor. His television roles include the title role in According to Jim (2001–2009), Saturday Night Live (1983–1985), and Twin Peaks (2017).
The Danny Thomas Show is an American sitcom that ran from 1953 to 1957 on ABC and from 1957 to 1964 on CBS. Starring Danny Thomas as a successful night club entertainer, the show focused on his relationship with his family, yet went through a number of significant changes in cast and characters during the course of its run. Episodes regularly featured music by Thomas, guest stars and occasionally other cast members as part of the plot.
Larry Joe Campbell is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Andy on the ABC sitcom According to Jim.
The Office is an American mockumentary sitcom television series that depicts the everyday work lives of office employees at the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. It aired on NBC from March 24, 2005, to May 16, 2013, with a total of nine seasons consisting of 201 episodes. Based on the 2001–2003 BBC series of the same name created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the show was created by Greg Daniels, a veteran writer for Saturday Night Live, King of the Hill, and The Simpsons. It was co-produced by Daniels' Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, in association with Universal Television. The original executive producers were Daniels, Gervais, Merchant, Howard Klein and Ben Silverman, with numerous others being promoted in later seasons.
Kyle XY is an American science fiction television series created by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber and produced by ABC Studios. The central character is a teenage boy who awakens naked in a forest outside Seattle, Washington, with amnesia and no belly button. He is taken in by a family and given the name Kyle. The series follows Kyle as he tries to solve the puzzles of who he is and why he has no memory before that day. Although set in present-day Seattle, the series was filmed in the Vancouver, British Columbia area.
The tenth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 6, 1984, and April 13, 1985. Only 17 episodes were produced due to a writers' strike and budget constraints.
The ninth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 8, 1983, and May 12, 1984.
The first season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC from October 11, 1975, to July 31, 1976. The show served as a vehicle that launched to stardom the careers of a number of major comedians and actors, including Chevy Chase, John Belushi, and Dan Aykroyd.
Rookie Blue is a Canadian police drama television series starring Missy Peregrym and Gregory Smith. It was created by Morwyn Brebner, Tassie Cameron, and Ellen Vanstone. The series premiered on June 24, 2010, at 9:00 p.m. Eastern/8:00 p.m. Central, and aired on Global in Canada and ABC in the United States.
"Search Committee" is the two-part finale of the seventh season of the American television comedy series The Office. It comprises the 151st and 152nd episodes of the series overall and the 25th and 26th episodes of the seventh season. It originally aired on NBC on May 19, 2011 in the United States. In the episode, Deangelo's replacement is sought out through a search committee process led by Jim. Meanwhile, Angela becomes engaged to her state senator boyfriend, Robert, while the rest of the office believes he is gay.
The ninth and final season of the American television comedy The Office premiered on NBC on September 20, 2012, and concluded on May 16, 2013, consisting of 25 episodes. The Office is an American adaptation of the British comedy series of the same name, and is presented in a mockumentary format, portraying the daily lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictitious Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. The ninth season of The Office aired on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) in the United States, as part of the Comedy Night Done Right television block. It stars Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, and Ed Helms, with supporting performances from Catherine Tate, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Creed Bratton, Clark Duke, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Ellie Kemper, Angela Kinsey, Jake Lacy, Paul Lieberstein, B. J. Novak, Oscar Nunez, Craig Robinson, and Phyllis Smith. This is the second season not to star Steve Carell as lead character Michael Scott, although he returned for a cameo appearance in the series finale.
Maron is an American sitcom created by and starring Marc Maron as a fictionalized version of himself. The series premiered on the American cable television network IFC on May 3, 2013. Maron, Denis Leary, Jim Serpico, Olivia Wingate, Sivert Glarum, Michael Jamin and Duncan Birmingham served as the show's executive producers. Glarum and Jamin were the showrunners. Maron's second season premiered on May 8, 2014, and its thirteen-episode third season premiered on May 14, 2015. In November 2015, the series was renewed for a thirteen-episode fourth season. In 2016 the show was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy. On July 11, 2016, Maron announced on his WTF podcast that the series would not have a fifth season, with the season four finale serving as the series finale. The series finale aired on July 13, 2016.
"Finale" is the series finale of the American comedy television series The Office. It serves as the 24th and 25th episodes of the ninth season, and the 200th and 201st episodes of the series overall. The episode was written by series developer and executive producer Greg Daniels and directed by Ken Kwapis, who directed the series' pilot episode. It originally aired on NBC on May 16, 2013, preceded by an hour-long series retrospective.
"A.A.R.M." is the collective name for the twenty-second and twenty-third episodes of the ninth season of the American comedy television series The Office, as well as the 198th and 199th episode overall. It was also the series' penultimate entry, airing a week before the series finale. It originally aired on NBC on May 9, 2013. This episode guest stars Nora Kirkpatrick, Aaron Rodgers, Clay Aiken, Mark McGrath, Santigold, Jessica St. Clair, and Rachel Crow.
The Goldbergs is an American period sitcom television series that aired on ABC from September 24, 2013, to May 3, 2023, lasting ten seasons and 229 episodes. The series was created by Adam F. Goldberg and starred Jeff Garlin, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile, and Hayley Orrantia. The show is produced by Adam F. Goldberg, Seth Gordon and Doug Robinson. It is based on Goldberg's childhood and family in the 1980s, with a childhood version of himself. On April 19, 2022, the series was renewed for a tenth season, which premiered on September 21, 2022. On February 23, 2023, it was announced that the tenth season would be its final season. The series finale aired on May 3, 2023.
"Part 17", also known as "The Return, Part 17", is the 17th episode of the third season of the TV series Twin Peaks. It was written by Mark Frost and David Lynch, directed by Lynch, and stars Kyle MacLachlan. "Part 17" was broadcast on Showtime along with Part 18 on September 3, 2017, and seen by an audience of 254,000 viewers in the United States. It received widespread acclaim.