According to Jim
TVPG
Sitcom
A loving blue-collar dad in Chicago family man finds himself in comedic situations while attempting to balance his laid-back personality with the demands of fatherhood and his relationship with his strong-willed wife.
Cast & Crew
Jim Belushi Jim
Courtney Thorne-Smith Cheryl
Kimberly Williams-Paisley Dana Gibson
Larry Joe Campbell Andy
Taylor Atelian Ruby
Billi Bruno Gracie
Conner Rayburn Kyle
Tracy Newman Creator
Jonathan Stark Creator
Suzanne Bukinik Executive Producer
Marc Gurvitz Executive Producer
Tracy Newman Executive Producer
Jonathan Stark Executive Producer
Jim Belushi Executive Producer
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Friday, January 17
Jim Almighty
Season 7 • Episode 1
God gives Jim the power to reinvent women; Andy asks God to make men more like women.
Friday, January 17
The Hot Wife
Season 7 • Episode 2
Jim tries to cheer up Cheryl by forging suggestive notes from the handsome water delivery man.
Friday, January 17
The Importance of Being Jim
Season 2 • Episode 1
Cheryl hides the digital camera after Jim deliberately deletes a photograph she urged him to save.
Friday, January 17
Cars and Chicks
Season 2 • Episode 2
Both Cheryl and Jim get sidetracked when trying to buy a car.
Friday, January 17
The Baby Monitor
Season 2 • Episode 3
Cheryl and Jim overhear the neighbors engaging in pillow talk.
Friday, January 17
The Pizza Boy
Season 2 • Episode 4
Jim takes in the pizza delivery boy (Robert Belushi) whose father kicked him out of the house.
Saturday, January 18
Safety Last
Season 7 • Episode 3
Taking an interest in health and safety, Cheryl sets new rules that cause Jim to feel stifled.
Saturday, January 18
The Perfect Fight
Season 7 • Episode 4
Cheryl and Jim's evening alone turns into a food fight.
Saturday, January 18
The Closet
Season 2 • Episode 5
Jim wants his own space because Cheryl's stuff is taking over the house.
Saturday, January 18
Punch and Ruby
Season 2 • Episode 6
Jim's angry antics at a football game influence the children's behavior at home.
Saturday, January 18
The Bachelor
Season 2 • Episode 7
Jim advises Dana not to be herself when she's picked for the TV reality series, "The Bachelor."
Saturday, January 18
Father Disfigure
Season 2 • Episode 8
Jim's new pastor harbors a grudge against him from a childhood game of dodgeball.
Sunday, January 19
Cheryl Goes to Florida
Season 7 • Episode 5
Jim struggles to care for the kids and household while Cheryl is away.
Sunday, January 19
Ruby's First Date
Season 7 • Episode 6
Jim asks Dana for help while Cheryl is away; Jim and Dana follow Ruby on her date with an older boy.
Sunday, January 19
Thanksgiving Confidential
Season 2 • Episode 9
Jim and Cheryl are caught fooling around on the set of the school's Thanksgiving play.
Sunday, January 19
The Christmas Party
Season 2 • Episode 10
A neighbor invites Cheryl and the children, but not Jim, to a Christmas party.
Sunday, January 19
The Brother-in-Law
Season 2 • Episode 11
Dana's new boyfriend (Brad Paisley) threatens Andy's place in the band.
Sunday, January 19
Moral Dilemma
Season 2 • Episode 12
Jim takes Cheryl on a romantic weekend with money he knows was mistakenly credited to his card.
Monday, January 20
Period Peace
Season 7 • Episode 7
Jim snoops in his daughters' diaries to find out why they constantly bicker.
Monday, January 20
The Rendezvous
Season 7 • Episode 8
Jim plans to meet Cheryl for a tryst in the airport lounge.
Monday, January 20
You Gotta Love Somebody
Season 2 • Episode 13
Jim and Cheryl try to play Cupid for a shy police officer and his female partner.
Monday, January 20
You Gotta Love Somebody
Season 2 • Episode 14
Jim and Cheryl try to play Cupid for a shy police officer and his female partner.
Monday, January 20
The Smell of Success
Season 2 • Episode 15
Cheryl disapproves of Jim's latest invention, a flatulent doll named Gassy Gus.
Monday, January 20
Slumber Party
Season 2 • Episode 16
Cheryl gets sick, and Jim is forced to entertain a gaggle of little girls at Ruby's slumber party.
Tuesday, January 21
Goodwill Hunting
Season 7 • Episode 9
Cheryl calls Jim with a special announcement.
Tuesday, January 21
All Dolled Up
Season 7 • Episode 10
Jim hosts Gracie's doll-themed party, turning the girly tea party into a wild squirt-gun fight.
Tuesday, January 21
The Ring
Season 2 • Episode 17
Jim worries Cheryl will learn the truth about her engagement ring from his old girlfriend.
Tuesday, January 21
Wonder Woman
Season 2 • Episode 18
Jim goes into protective overdrive after Cheryl is mugged while shopping.
Tuesday, January 21
The Pass
Season 2 • Episode 19
Jim's new employer, his former schoolmate, makes a pass at Cheryl over dinner.
Tuesday, January 21
Dana Gets Fired
Season 2 • Episode 20
Jim stands up to Dana's boss and gets her fired.
Wednesday, January 22
Pregnancy Brain
Season 7 • Episode 11
Jim tries to convince Cheryl that it was her idea to turn the basement into a media room.
Wednesday, January 22
The Gift Certificate
Season 7 • Episode 12
Jim uses Andy's gift certificate just before Andy goes to use it.
Wednesday, January 22
Bo Diddley
Season 2 • Episode 21
Jim must decide between helping Cheryl through surgery or meeting his hero, Bo Diddley.
Wednesday, January 22
Deal With the Devlins
Season 2 • Episode 22
Jim and Cheryl's new friends turn out to be obnoxious, but they benefit from the relationship.
Wednesday, January 22
The Helmet
Season 2 • Episode 23
An online bidding war reveals to Cheryl that Jim is spending money on memorabilia.
Wednesday, January 22
No Harm, No Fowl
Season 2 • Episode 24
The household is annoyed when Gracie adopts an abandoned bird.
Thursday, January 23
I Drink Your Milkshake
Season 7 • Episode 13
Jim institutes a tribunal system to stop the children from bickering.
Thursday, January 23
The Chaperone
Season 7 • Episode 14
After years of dating, Andy meets the perfect girl and worries that she will break up with him.
Thursday, January 23
About a Girl
Season 2 • Episode 25
Dana pretends to be Ruby's mother to attract the attention of a single father she met in the park.
Thursday, January 23
Mom's Boyfriend
Season 2 • Episode 26
Cheryl and her siblings are wary of their recently widowed mother's new fiance.
Thursday, January 23
Vegas, Baby
Season 2 • Episode 27
Cheryl secretly plans a reunion between Jim and his sister while they are on a family trip.
Thursday, January 23
Vegas, Baby
Season 2 • Episode 28
Cheryl secretly plans a reunion between Jim and his sister while they are on a family trip.
Friday, January 24
The Six Week Curse
Season 7 • Episode 15
Andy is sure Emily is going to break up with him; Dana hypnotizes Andy.
Friday, January 24
The Cheater
Season 7 • Episode 16
Cheryl wants to have a game night and play a game that she never loses.
Friday, January 24
The Errand
Season 3 • Episode 1
Jim performs tasks for Cheryl but soon tires of being her errand boy.
Friday, January 24
The Packer Ball
Season 3 • Episode 2
Jim panics when his son becomes a Packers fan and tries to convert him to a Bears fan.
Friday, January 24
We Have a Bingo
Season 3 • Episode 3
Jim feels guilty after cheating at a church's fund-raising bingo game.
Friday, January 24
Getting to Know You
Season 3 • Episode 4
Cheryl is envious of her girlfriend's necklace and entreats Jim to buy her expensive jewelry.
Saturday, January 25
No Bedrest for the Wicked
Season 7 • Episode 17
Dana says that Cheryl must stay in bed until she goes into labor.
Saturday, January 25
The Devil Went Down to Oak Park
Season 7 • Episode 18
The devil comes to collect on a deal Jim made with him back when Jim was courting Cheryl.
Saturday, January 25
The Lemonade Stand
Season 3 • Episode 5
Gracie and Ruby compete with the kid next door to sell the most lemonade.
Saturday, January 25
ABC's & 123's
Season 3 • Episode 6
Jim lies to Ruby's teacher in order to lighten her work load.
Saturday, January 25
Dana Dates Jim
Season 3 • Episode 7
Dana falls for a guy exactly like Jim but denies the similarities.
Saturday, January 25
Scary Movie
Season 3 • Episode 8
Gracie and Ruby have nightmares after Jim takes them to a scary movie.
Sunday, January 26
The Blankie
Season 8 • Episode 1
Jim guilts the older kids into doing household chores after Jonathan's special blanket goes missing.
Sunday, January 26
The New Best Friend
Season 8 • Episode 2
Jim tries to find Cheryl a new best friend after her sister moves away.
Sunday, January 26
The Imaginary Friend
Season 3 • Episode 9
Jim invents an imaginary friend to avoid going to a couple's baby shower with Cheryl.
Sunday, January 26
Paintball
Season 3 • Episode 10
Cheryl convinces Jim to attend a cooking class, then reluctantly agrees to play paintball with him.
Sunday, January 26
The Empty Gesture
Season 3 • Episode 11
Cheryl gets stranded on the roof, but no one notices until she disables the television.
Sunday, January 26
Rules of Engagement
Season 3 • Episode 12
Cheryl caters to Jim's every whim to make up for a fight he does not remember from the night before.
Monday, January 27
Andy's Proposal
Season 8 • Episode 3
Jim urges Andy to propose to Emily or risk losing her.
Monday, January 27
Jami McFame
Season 8 • Episode 4
Jim's band wins the chance to play backup for child pop sensation Jami McFame.
Monday, January 27
Secret Santa
Season 3 • Episode 13
Dana puts her name on one of Cheryl's presents to Jim, then takes all the credit for it.
Monday, January 27
House for Sale
Season 3 • Episode 14
The irritating Devlins bid on the house across the street from Jim and Cheryl.
Monday, January 27
Dana Dates the Reverend
Season 3 • Episode 15
Dana falls for the Rev. Pierson after he sets her up with a promising job lead.
Monday, January 27
The Best Man
Season 3 • Episode 16
Jim tries to convince his friend not to back out of his wedding.
Tuesday, January 28
Two for the Money
Season 8 • Episode 5
Jim lands the twins in a movie role opposite Steve Guttenberg.
Tuesday, January 28
Cabin Boys
Season 8 • Episode 6
Andy and Jim plan a retreat at Andy's fiancee's cabin in the woods.
Tuesday, January 28
Cheryl Sings
Season 3 • Episode 17
Cheryl brags to her cousin that she is the lead singer in Jim's band.
Tuesday, January 28
When You Wish to Be a Star
Season 3 • Episode 18
Handsome actor replaces Jim in a commercial starring Cheryl and the kids.
Tuesday, January 28
When You Wish to Be a Star
Season 3 • Episode 19
Jim takes umbrage at being replaced as the father in a promotional shoot for a cruise line.
Tuesday, January 28
No Crime, but Punishment
Season 3 • Episode 20
Gracie's recent misbehavior makes Jim think she is lying about a friend giving her a new video game.
Wednesday, January 29
The Ego Boost
Season 8 • Episode 7
When Jim runs into an ex-girlfriend, he becomes convinced she wants to rekindle their romance.
Wednesday, January 29
The Yoga Bear
Season 8 • Episode 8
Jim joins Cheryl's yoga class after getting jealous of her male instructor.
Wednesday, January 29
The Baby
Season 3 • Episode 21
Jim's sister (Jennifer Coolidge) shows up on his doorstep -- pregnant.
Wednesday, January 29
Who's the Boss?
Season 3 • Episode 22
Andy resents a wealthy client (Nana Visitor), then ends up dating her.
Wednesday, January 29
The Truck
Season 3 • Episode 23
Jim loses his truck in an arm-wrestling match and refuses to ask for it back.
Wednesday, January 29
The Toilet
Season 3 • Episode 24
Jim insists that the remodeled bathroom include a stainless-steel toilet that talks.
Thursday, January 30
Kyle's Crush
Season 8 • Episode 9
Kyle and Andy both fall for Ruby's piano teacher, Mandy (Jackie Debatin).
Thursday, January 30
The Meaningful Gift
Season 8 • Episode 10
Andy tries to find a perfect birthday present for his girlfriend (Jackie Debatin).
Thursday, January 30
Trashed
Season 3 • Episode 25
Cheryl asks Jim to put the kids' artwork in storage, but he disposes of it elsewhere.
Thursday, January 30
The Marriage Bank
Season 3 • Episode 26
Jim agrees to go to a couples seminar, hoping Cheryl will then OK a fishing trip.
Thursday, January 30
Everyone Gets Dumped
Season 3 • Episode 27
Jim develops a friendship with Dana's new boyfriend.
Thursday, January 30
A Vast Difference
Season 3 • Episode 29
Jim chickens out of having a vasectomy but cannot admit it.
Friday, January 31
The Daddy Way
Season 8 • Episode 11
Jim turns baby-sitting into a sporting event by staging baby races.
Friday, January 31
Physical Therapy
Season 8 • Episode 12
Despite Mandy's warnings, Andy plays snow football with Jim and gets injured.
Friday, January 31
The Swimming Pool
Season 3 • Episode 28
Cheryl protests when a heat wave sends the family sneaking into a vacationing neighbor's pool.
Friday, January 31
A Hole in One
Season 4 • Episode 1
Cheryl wants Jim to give up all his vices so they can try to have a baby.
Friday, January 31
The Effort
Season 4 • Episode 2
Cheryl surprises Jim with a romantic evening, but it cuts into his planned TV boxing match.
Friday, January 31
The Grill
Season 4 • Episode 3
Jim offers to give Andy an old barbecue grill, then decides Andy should pay for it.
Saturday, February 1
The Cooler One
Season 8 • Episode 13
Jim tries to be a cool dad to impress Ruby and her friends.
Saturday, February 1
Happy Jim
Season 8 • Episode 14
Jim is unusually mellow when he is prescribed pain pills for a back injury.
Saturday, February 1
The Garage Door
Season 4 • Episode 4
Cheryl and Dana are forced to smash their way out of a locked garage.
Saturday, February 1
Dress to Kill Me
Season 4 • Episode 5
Jim is worried Kyle is turning into a sissy when he insists on dressing as Cinderella for Halloween.
Saturday, February 1
Father-Daughter Dance
Season 4 • Episode 6
Jim is hurt when Ruby invites Andy to the father-daughter dance instead of him.
Saturday, February 1
Plot Twist
Season 4 • Episode 7
Cheryl's mother has plans for the afterlife that would put everyone in a large family plot.
Sunday, February 2
King of the Nerds
Season 8 • Episode 15
Jim tries to bond with his son Kyle, but Kyle identifies more with Andy, a fellow sci-fi nerd.
Sunday, February 2
I Hate the High Road
Season 8 • Episode 16
Cheryl makes Jim donate time to charity; Jim tries to test Cheryl's integrity.
Sunday, February 2
The Hunters
Season 4 • Episode 8
Jim becomes the prey of a 40-pound psychotic turkey during a hunt.
Sunday, February 2
Poking the Bear
Season 4 • Episode 9
Cheryl's doctor puts sex off-limits until the time is right for conception.
Sunday, February 2
Stalking Santa
Season 4 • Episode 10
Jim gets into an accident with a department store Santa.
Sunday, February 2
Sympathy From the Devlins
Season 4 • Episode 11
Jim believes that the Devlins bring good luck to the Bulls.
Monday, February 3
Diamonds Are a Ghoul's Best Friend
Season 8 • Episode 17
Jim is haunted by a ghost when he buys Cheryl a diamond necklace that was taken off a dead woman.
Monday, February 3
Heaven Opposed to Hell
Season 8 • Episode 18
Jim must stand trial in heaven after he chokes on a shrimp puff.
Monday, February 3
Nanny-Cam
Season 4 • Episode 12
Jim buys a nanny-cam to spy on the sitter he did not want Cheryl to hire.
Monday, February 3
The Jealous Husband
Season 4 • Episode 13
Jim tries to teach Dana's new beau how to make women feel desirable.
Monday, February 3
A Crying Shame
Season 4 • Episode 14
Cheryl is turned off by Jim's tears.
Monday, February 3
Guess Who's Cooking Your Dinner?
Season 4 • Episode 15
When Cheryl cooks for Dana and her boyfriend, she lets him believe Dana actually did the cooking.
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