According to Jim

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ABC

Series

2001

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.

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2001–2009 Series 8 Seasons187 Episodes

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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