According to Jim is an American situation comedy television series originally broadcast by ABC. The show premiered with little publicity on October 3 2001, following the surprise hit comedy My Wife and Kids. The show quickly developed an audience of its own and 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 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 the series was not 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.". 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 9pm and 9:30pm. After that According to Jim moved to its regular timeslot at 9pm. Despite the writer's strike, ABC announced that the show will produce all 18 episodes ordered for this season.
On February 27, 2008, It was reported that ABC is close to renewing According to Jim for an eighth season.
Cheryl and Jim's address is 412 Maple Street.
Jim complains about a DVD-player breaking down while he was trying to watch the movie Red Heat (1988)... which starred James Belushi.
For the first time, early in the 2005-2006 season, one principal character has finally gotten a surname. Principal character Dana (Kimberly Williams (I)) married Dr. Ryan Gibson (Mitch Rouse) and became Dana Gibson. The rest of the principal characters still have no surname.
Cheryl's middle name is Mabel.
Jim's band in the series is the real life House Of Blues band The Scared Hearts, of which Jim is often lead singer.
Before the show first aired it was titled "The Dad".
Jim's middle name is Orenthal.
