Scripted series · ABC
According to Jim
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jim Belushi
Jim
182 eps
Courtney Thorne-Smith
Cheryl
182 eps
Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Dana
165 eps
Larry Joe Campbell
Andy
182 eps
Taylor Atelian
Ruby
182 eps
Billi Bruno
Gracie
182 eps
Conner Rayburn
Kyle
103 eps
Connor Sullivan
Kyle
22 eps
Connor Sullivan
Kyle
57 eps
Mary Gross
Cynthia
1 eps
Ed Lover
Ed
3 eps
Kyle Chavarria
Ashley
2 eps
Ingo Rademacher
Ted
2 eps
Soleil Borda
Emma
2 eps
Hira Ambrosino
Sarah
2 eps
Lee Majors
God
1 eps
Ed Quinn
Doug
1 eps
Matt Roth
Michael
1 eps
Chris Elliott
Reverend Pierson
3 eps
Mike Ditka
Mike Ditka
1 eps
Ryan McPartlin
Bob
1 eps
Garry Marshall
Doctor
1 eps
Jackie Debatin
Mandy
5 eps
Jennifer Coolidge
Roxanne
3 eps
Kathleen Noone
Maggie
6 eps
Dan Aykroyd
Danny Michalski
5 eps
Cynthia Stevenson
Cindy
4 eps
Tim Kazurinsky
Elf
2 eps
Jim Ward
Dr. Collins
2 eps
Jennifer Candy
Hostess
2 eps
Wayne Newton
Wayne Newton
2 eps
Brad Paisley
Chad
3 eps
Laraine Newman
Laraine Elkin
3 eps
Michelle Hurd
Kitson
3 eps
Tammy Townsend
Ms. Crawford
3 eps
Glen Clark
Glen
2 eps
Tim Bagley
Tim
4 eps
Erik Estrada
The Devil
2 eps
Christopher Moynihan
Chris
8 eps
Mitch Rouse
Ryan Gibson
22 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How According to Jim actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
According to Jim reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The story
What it's about
Jim is the typical all-American guy — a macho "everyman" — with a soft spot for his beautiful wife and children. Jim's boyish bravado and humorous antics keep a certain level of turmoil in their home, but there's never a doubt that this "opposites attract" couple are in their marriage for keeps!
The run
Seasons
8 seasons · 182 episodes.
- Poster unavailableSpecials
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200513 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200122 episodes
6.8IMDbBest episode · S01E13 The Money
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200228 episodes
7.3IMDb
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
200329 episodes
7.2IMDbBest episode · S03E27 Everyone Gets Dumped
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
200427 episodes
7.3IMDbBest episode · S04E10 Stalking Santa
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
200522 episodes
7.4IMDb
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
200718 episodes
6.9IMDb
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
200818 episodes
6.5IMDb
Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
200818 episodes
6.8IMDb
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Pilot
Jim and Cheryl are the perfect middle class American couple. Happily married, living in a suburban house with two adorable (but loud) little girls and a baby boy, they really can't complain much about life – except for those couple fights that neither one can ever let go, like the time Jim shut the car door on Cheryl. This time the problem is their daughter, whom Cheryl can't leave alone on her first week at kindergarten. Jim says it's because she's a woman and decides to take Ruby himself, but he also can't leave her behind. Things heat up when Cheryl discovers that not only has he been hiding it from her, but he also changed Ruby's school without talking to her. Meanwhile, Jim and Cheryl try to help Andy make up with his girlfriend.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S08E17
Diamonds Are a Ghoul's Best Friend
S08E15
King of the Nerds
- Directed by Philip Charles MacKenzie
- Written by John Schwab
S08E16
I Hate the High Road
S08E13
The Cooler One
- Directed by Larry Joe Campbell
- Written by Tracy Newman, Jonathan Stark
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Jim BelushiProducer
- Jonathan StarkProducer
- Bob NickmanProducer
Writing
- Tracy NewmanWriter
- Mitch HunterWriter
- Todd J. GreenwaldWriter
- Jonathan StarkWriter
- John SchwabWriter
- Mark DriscollWriter
Direction
- James WiddoesDirector
- Brian K. RobertsDirector
- Mark CendrowskiDirector
- Jim BelushiDirector
- Steve ZuckermanDirector
- Shelley JensenDirector
Cinematography
- George MooradianDirector of Photography
Recognition
Awards
1 win
Genesis Award
1 win
- WinnerGenesis Award
According to Jim · According to Jim
Where to watch
Streaming
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