According to Jim
According to Jim
TV ShowCanceled

According to Jim

6.6 / 10
2001
8 seasons
182 episodes
Comedy

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!

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Cast

Seasons

  • Pilot

    1.Pilot

    7.0
    03-10-200122m

    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...

  • No Nookie

    2.No Nookie

    6.5
    10-10-200122m

    Cheryl convinces Jim to forgo sex until their anticipated romantic getaway. Will abstinence relight Jim's passion, or just drive him up the wall?

  • The Cat Came Back

    3.The Cat Came Back

    6.5
    17-10-200122m

    Cheryl's 15 year-old cat Mr. Feeney dies and she wants Jim to bury it on the backyard, but Jim desperately wants to go to the Bears game. He sticks the cat in the garage freezer, p...

  • Anniversary

    4.Anniversary

    6.5
    24-10-200122m

    On Jim and Cheryl's 10th Anniversary, Jim pays Dana to buy him an anniversary gift to give to Cheryl. However, Dana buys a beautiful and touching charm bracelet, going over the spe...

  • Unruly Spirits

    5.Unruly Spirits

    6.5
    31-10-200122m

    It's Halloween, and Cheryl has forbidden Gracie to go trick-or-treating. However, not wanting his daughter to miss out on the fun of the halloween spirit, he sneaks her out anyway....

  • The Crush

    6.The Crush

    5.8
    07-11-200122m

    Jim sets Dana up with a guy so perfect that even Cheryl falls for him.

  • Cheryl's Old Flame

    7.Cheryl's Old Flame

    6.5
    14-11-200122m

    When Andy decides Dana is responsible for his inferiority complex, he asks her to join him in his therapy - but she falls for his therapist. Jim and Cheryl disagree about letting t...

  • The Turkey Bowl

    8.The Turkey Bowl

    6.7
    21-11-200122m

    It's Thanksgiving and Jim and Andy are going bowling. Cheryl doesn't like the idea very much, so she sends the girls with him. Jim has a perfect game, but just when he was about to...

  • Andy's Girlfriend

    9.Andy's Girlfriend

    4.2
    28-11-200122m

    Andy has a new girlfriend, and Cheryl wants Jim to treat her nicely because not only is she Andy's first girlfriend sine Carrie, but also Ruby's piano teacher. During dinner, Alici...

  • An According to Jiminy Christmas

    10.An According to Jiminy Christmas

    6.5
    12-12-200122m

    Cheryl's mother is coming to visit them for Christmas and wants to stay at their house. Jim and Cheryl, however, prefer that she stayed at a hotel but don't know how to bring it up...

  • The Bad Word

    11.The Bad Word

    6.5
    16-01-200222m

    Cheryl leaves Jim in charge of their kids and some other kids who were there to play with the girls during a Bears game. The next day, one of the kids mom calls Cheryl saying her d...

  • Model Behavior

    12.Model Behavior

    6.0
    23-01-200222m

    Jim and Cheryl agree to let Ruby model for a print ad as a one-time thing, but when the photographer calls her a natural, Jim gets Ruby an agent.

  • The Money

    13.The Money

    6.7
    30-01-200222m

    Cheryl decides to go behind Jim's back and loan Andy $1,000 for a downpayment on a new condo.

  • Blow-Up

    14.Blow-Up

    6.0
    13-02-200222m

    When Cheryl has a revealing photo of herself taken as a Valentine gift to Jim, he proudly shows it to all his friends.

  • Racquetball

    15.Racquetball

    6.5
    27-02-200222m

    When Cheryl reminds Jim that she beat him at racquetball years ago, he claims he was only letting her win to gain her affections, so Cheryl challenges him to a no-holds-barred re-m...

  • Under Pressure

    16.Under Pressure

    6.0
    06-03-200222m

    After Jim is diagnosed with high blood pressure, Cheryl decides to do everything to help him. She makes him special food, give him backrubs, and keeps asking about his day in order...

  • Date Night

    17.Date Night

    6.0
    13-03-200222m

    While out for dinner and a movie, Jim loses a parking spot, and later loses Cheryl when he can't let go of it.

  • Birthday Boys

    18.Birthday Boys

    6.0
    20-03-200222m

    It's Kyle and Andy's birthday, and Andy is feeling a little left out of his own special day. They decide to take him to a restaurant that serves a 4,5 lbs steak, and Jim offers to...

  • The Receipt

    19.The Receipt

    7.0
    24-04-200222m

    When the new DVD player breaks, Jim must find the receipt in order to exchange it. He can't find it anywhere and blames Cheryl of losing it. She says he was the one who lost it, an...

  • Old Friends

    20.Old Friends

    6.0
    01-05-200222m

    Jim has a run-in with an old friend from his wild and crazy days who is now a cop. Jim sets out to prove he's not an 'old married guy' by staying out all night and partying. Unfort...

  • Cheryl's Day Off

    21.Cheryl's Day Off

    6.0
    08-05-200222m

    Jim agrees to take the girls for the day while Cheryl and Dana go to a doctor's appointment. At the park, Jim leaves the girls with another mom and goes to the movies... where he's...

  • No Surprises

    22.No Surprises

    7.0
    15-05-200222m

    Jim plans a surprise party for Cheryl's birthday, but gets angry and cancels it when Dana spills the beans. To make it up to him, Cheryl plans a party for him... but he's too busy...

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