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According to Jim

2001 Canceled 30m episodes

6.5/10 403 votes

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!

Created by:: Jonathan Stark, Tracy Newman
Cast:: Jim Belushi, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Larry Joe Campbell, Taylor Atelian
Language:: English
Country:: United States of America
Network:: ABC

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Episode 1

Season 1 Special

2005-05-11 · 30m

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E02

Episode 2

Season 1 DVD Extra: According To Jim

30m

Season 1 DVD extras. A featurette with Jim Belushi discussing different aspects of the series, specifically season one. He opens with a reflection about how easier it was to come up with material in the beginning. He continues talking about specific season one storylines. While I was not a big fan of the show, I enjoyed Belushi's dissection of the season one episodes.

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Episode 3

Season 1 DVD Extra: Tour the According to Jim Set

30m

Season 1 DVD extras. A featurette with Jim Belushi giving a tour of the set (from season eight). He talks about some of the props, camera angles, where they do jokes, wardrobe, etc.

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Episode 4

Season 1 DVD Extra: Comedy begins at home

30m

Season 1 DVD extras. A behind the scenes featurette about the show. Jim Belushi opens with a dialogue about how he got involved on the show. It continues with cast and crew members discussing different aspects from storylines to writing to characters to its success.

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E05

Episode 5

Season 1 DVD Extra: Outtakes

30m

A short bloopers reel with the cast messing up during filming.

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Episode 6

Season 2 DVD Extra: According to Jim

30m

Jim is talking about this second season. He gives great information and details. This was recorded recently as he is not on the set.

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Episode 7

Season 2 DVD Extra: Acting Out Behind Camera

30m

Interviews with the entire cast and how and why they each directed episodes of the show! Interviewed are Jim Belushi, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Larry Joe Campbell and Kimberly Williams-Paisley even. These interviews seem like were shot during the series finale last season (season eight).

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Episode 8

Season 3 DVD Extra: According To Jim

30m

In this nine minute featurette, Jim Belushi talks about some of his favorite episodes and what made season three so great. He also talks about the shows ratings, filming locations, the cast, writers, and guest stars. With some clips from the season, this feature offers a nice look back with Jim Belushi at a memorable season.

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Episode 9

Season 3 DVD Extra: Live On Tape

30m

Jim Belushi, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Larry Joe Campbell and Kimberly Williams-Paisley talk about the importance of performing in front of a live audience and how they feed off their reactions. At fifteen minutes, there's a lot of discussion including the use of four cameras, writing for TV, set design, performing for TV vs. theater, keeping the audience entertained and more. There's a decent amount of interviews, footage of the tapings, Jim Belushi entertaining the audience, and warm up comedian Michael Burger interacting with the audience. Overall, this is a fun, entertaining behind-the-scenes look at what goes into taping a live sitcom.

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Episode 10

Season 4 DVD Extra: According To Jim

30m

At just over 11 minutes, Jim Belushi talks about season four including what it meant to him, the 100th episode, guest stars, behind-the-scenes information, some episodes and more. Footage from the season is included throughout.

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Episode 11

Season 4 DVD Extra: According to Kids

30m

Jim Belushi, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, and Larry Joe Campbell talk about the kids who played Ruby (Taylor Atelian), Gracie (Billi Bruno) and Kyle (Conner Rayburn) and interacting with them. Additionally, Atelian, Bruno and Rayburn talk about the audition process, what it was like working on the series, and more.

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Episode 12

Season 5 DVD Extra: According To Jim

30m

Similar to previous DVD releases of "According to Jim," the featurette is a look back at the season. The feature begins with Jim Belushi talking about coming into season five and how American Idol came along and began to take away ratings from them as well as others. He goes onto discuss other aspects of the season including getting raises, moving to smaller sets, guest stars and more. There are clips from some of the episodes, and Jim talks about several of them including "Foul Ball" that features his real life son, Robert Belushi, and "The Race" that features his real life daughter, Jamison Belushi.

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Episode 13

Season 5 DVD Extra: The House That Jim Built

30m

The feature has interviews with Jim Belushi and Director of Photography, George Mooradian about lighting a comedy, creating a set/look with warm tones, building the sets on a soundstage (including Mooradian walking through an empty soundstage and pointing out where pieces of the set go) and more.

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