Season 1

TV Show · Comedy

If you want to live dangerously, start a family. Comedian Jim Belushi stars as an everyman who discovers there’s a lot more to fatherhood than just having kids. Jim builds things with the construction company he owns and for the past 10 years now, he's also had a family under construction. His smart, beautiful wife Cheryl’s given him three young kids Ruby, Gracie, and Kyle. But under the “world’s greatest Dad” T-shirt, he’s still the scratching, drinking, game-watching kind of guy. Jim’s just a stubborn, overgrown kid, and Cheryl loves him for it. She’d also like him to take a little responsibility, like garbage duty and other man of the house stuff. Jim’s only recourse is to enlist their three young kids, in his outlandish schemes to outfox Cheryl. No matter what happens, though, ultimately true love saves the day and even when Jim and Cheryl don’t see eye-to-eye, they’ve always got each other’s backs. With Jim around, parenting is even more fun than it looks.

2001 · 21m
  • 13+
Starring Courtney Thorne-Smith, Larry Joe Campbell, Taylor Atelian
Director Larry Joe Campbell

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Pilot
    Jim and Cheryl are the perfect middle class American couple. Happily married with two adorable little girls and a baby boy, they really can't complain much about life – except for those fights that neither one can ever let go.
    22m
  • EPISODE 2
    No Nookie
    Jim and Cheryl find their romantic getaway to the Bahamas set to work out perfectly, with Dana babysitting the kids. However, at the last minute, Dana is unable to babysit.
    22m
  • EPISODE 3
    The Cat Came Back
    Cheryl's 15 year-old cat Mr. Feeney dies and she wants Jim to bury it in the backyard, but Jim desperately wants to go to the Bears game.
    22m
  • EPISODE 4
    Anniversary
    Jim pays Dana to buy him an anniversary gift for Cheryl but Dana goes over the spending limit and Cheryl finds out that all her anniversary gifts over the past ten years were bought by Dana.
    22m
  • EPISODE 5
    Unruly Spirits
    On Halloween, Jim sneaks out Gracie for trick-or-treating; Andy thinks a former girlfriend is stalking him.
    22m
  • EPISODE 6
    The Crush
    Jim sets Dana up with a guy so perfect that even Cheryl falls for him.
    21m

Box Set

  • According to Jim, The Complete Series

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  • My Wife and Kids
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Cast & Crew

  • Jim Belushi
    Jim
  • Courtney Thorne-Smith
    Cheryl
  • Larry Joe Campbell
    Andy
  • Taylor Atelian
    Ruby
  • Billi Bruno
    Gracie
  • Kimberly Williams-Paisley
    Dana Gibson
  • Conner Rayburn
    Kyle
  • S‌B
    Suzanne Bukinik
    Producer
  • Marc Gurvitz
    Producer
  • J‌S
    Jonathan Stark
    Producer
  • Tracy Newman
    Producer

About

Season 1

Comedy

If you want to live dangerously, start a family. Comedian Jim Belushi stars as an everyman who discovers there’s a lot more to fatherhood than just having kids. Jim builds things with the construction company he owns and for the past 10 years now, he's also had a family under construction. His smart, beautiful wife Cheryl’s given him three young kids Ruby, Gracie, and Kyle. But under the “world’s greatest Dad” T-shirt, he’s still the scratching, drinking, game-watching kind of guy. Jim’s just a stubborn, overgrown kid, and Cheryl loves him for it. She’d also like him to take a little responsibility, like garbage duty and other man of the house stuff. Jim’s only recourse is to enlist their three young kids, in his outlandish schemes to outfox Cheryl. No matter what happens, though, ultimately true love saves the day and even when Jim and Cheryl don’t see eye-to-eye, they’ve always got each other’s backs. With Jim around, parenting is even more fun than it looks.

13+

COMMON SENSE

Predictable family comedy, but better than some.

Information

Studio
ABC
Released
2001
Rated
TV-PG
Region of Origin
United States
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