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** Unfortunately, this show wasn't available through streaming services until 2023, when Amazon made it free to watch for Prime subscribers.

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** Unfortunately, this show wasn't available through streaming services until For a brief period in 2023, when Amazon made it the series free to watch for Prime subscribers.subscribers. At the end of September, the series was pulled.
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** Unfortunately, this show wasn't on Netflix, the ABC app, or Hulu. The only way to watch ''According to Jim'' on any streaming service is iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play Movies & TV, and Vudu, all of which, unfortunately, you have to pay for. Besides that, most of the series ended up being scattered around on [=YouTube=] or any online video-sharing websites. Most of them are clips.
** The good news is the first five seasons are now on DVD. The bad news? The last three seasons are in limbo, meaning there are absolutely no signs of either sixth, seventh or eighth season [=DVDs=]. On the show's own Wikipedia page, the last three season are listed as “TBA”. But we really don't know if the later seasons will be released on DVD.

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** Unfortunately, this show wasn't on Netflix, the ABC app, or Hulu. The only way to watch ''According to Jim'' on any available through streaming service is iTunes, services until 2023, when Amazon Prime, Google Play Movies & TV, and Vudu, all of which, unfortunately, you have made it free to pay for. Besides that, most of the series ended up being scattered around on [=YouTube=] or any online video-sharing websites. Most of them are clips.
watch for Prime subscribers.
** The good news is the first five seasons are now were released on DVD. The bad news? The last three seasons are in limbo, meaning there are absolutely no signs DVD by Lionsgate (then co-licensor of either sixth, seventh or eighth season [=DVDs=]. On the show's own Wikipedia page, a number of other ABC Studios archive programming) and the last three season are listed as “TBA”. But we really don't know if weren't by the later seasons will be released on DVD.time the distribution deal with ABC expired.
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* TheOtherDarrin: When the Devil first appeared on the show, in "The Devil Went Down to Oak Park," he was played by James Lipton. When he reappeared in the GrandFinale, he was now played by Creator/ErikEstrada.

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* TheOtherDarrin: When the Devil first appeared on the show, in "The Devil Went Down to Oak Park," he was played by James Lipton.Creator/JamesLipton. When he reappeared in the GrandFinale, he was now played by Creator/ErikEstrada.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This show hasn’t been on air for years after *According to Jim* ended on 2009 until Laff started rerunning it recently as 2018 or 2019.
** Unfortunately, this show wasn’t on Netflix, ABC app, or Hulu. The only way to watch “According to Jim” on any streaming service is iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play Movies, and Vudu, all of which, unfortunately, you have to pay for. Besides that, most of the series ended up being scattered around on [=YouTube=] or any online video-sharing websites. Most of it are clips.
** The good news is the first five seasons are now on DVD. The bad news? The last three seasons are on limbo, meaning there are absolutely no signs of either sixth, seventh or eighth season [=DVDs=]. On the show’s own Wikipedia page, the last three season are listed as “TBA”. But we’re really don’t know if the latter seasons will be released on DVD.

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This show hasn’t been on air for years after *According ''According to Jim* Jim'' ended on 2009 until Laff started rerunning it recently as 2018 or 2019.
** Unfortunately, this show wasn’t wasn't on Netflix, the ABC app, or Hulu. The only way to watch “According ''According to Jim” Jim'' on any streaming service is iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play Movies, Movies & TV, and Vudu, all of which, unfortunately, you have to pay for. Besides that, most of the series ended up being scattered around on [=YouTube=] or any online video-sharing websites. Most of it them are clips.
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** The good news is the first five seasons are now on DVD. The bad news? The last three seasons are on in limbo, meaning there are absolutely no signs of either sixth, seventh or eighth season [=DVDs=]. On the show’s show's own Wikipedia page, the last three season are listed as “TBA”. But we’re we really don’t don't know if the latter later seasons will be released on DVD.



** "We Have a Bingo" & "Diamonds Are a Ghoul's Best Friend" have the same basic premise: Jim does something unethical to obtain something (cheats an old woman out of a mattress in bingo/buys jewelry from dead people). Then, when he tries to have sex later, he sees the face of the person he screwed over on Cheryl, disgusting him, and forcing him to make things right.

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** "We Have a Bingo" & and "Diamonds Are a Ghoul's Best Friend" have the same basic premise: Jim does something unethical to obtain something (cheats an old woman out of a mattress in bingo/buys jewelry from dead people). Then, when he tries to have sex later, he sees the face of the person he screwed over on Cheryl, disgusting him, and forcing him to make things right.



** Willie Amayke had a recurring role as one of Jim's employees, [[TheDanza Willie]] but also appeared in other roles in different episodes.

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** Willie Amayke had a recurring role as one of Jim's employees, [[TheDanza Willie]] but also appeared in other roles in different episodes.episodes.
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* DirectedByCastMember: Creator/JamesBelushi directed thirty episodes during the show's run. Larry Joe Campbell (Andy) directed seven and Creator/KimberlyWilliamsPaisley (Dana) directed five.

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* DirectedByCastMember: Creator/JamesBelushi directed thirty episodes during the show's run. Larry Joe Campbell Creator/LarryJoeCampbell (Andy) directed seven and Creator/KimberlyWilliamsPaisley (Dana) directed five.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This show hasn’t been on air for years after “According to Jim” ended on 2009 until Laff started rerunning it recently as 2018 or 2019.
** Unfortunately, “According to Jim” wasn’t on Netflix, ABC app, or Hulu. The only way to watch “According to Jim” on any streaming service is iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play Movies, and Vudu, all of which, unfortunately, you have to pay for. Besides that, most of the series ended up being scattered around on [=YouTube=] or any online video-sharing websites. Most of it are clips.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This show hasn’t been on air for years after “According *According to Jim” Jim* ended on 2009 until Laff started rerunning it recently as 2018 or 2019.
** Unfortunately, “According to Jim” this show wasn’t on Netflix, ABC app, or Hulu. The only way to watch “According to Jim” on any streaming service is iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play Movies, and Vudu, all of which, unfortunately, you have to pay for. Besides that, most of the series ended up being scattered around on [=YouTube=] or any online video-sharing websites. Most of it are clips.
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* DirectedByCastMember: Creator/JimBelushi directed thirty episodes during the show's run. Larry Joe Campbell (Andy) directed seven and Creator/KimberlyWilliamsPaisley (Dana) directed five.

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* DirectedByCastMember: Creator/JimBelushi Creator/JamesBelushi directed thirty episodes during the show's run. Larry Joe Campbell (Andy) directed seven and Creator/KimberlyWilliamsPaisley (Dana) directed five.
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* DirectedByCastMember: Jim Belushi directed thirty episodes during the show's run. Larry Joe Campbell (Andy) directed seven and Kimberly Williams-Paisley (Dana) directed five.

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* DirectedByCastMember: Jim Belushi Creator/JimBelushi directed thirty episodes during the show's run. Larry Joe Campbell (Andy) directed seven and Kimberly Williams-Paisley Creator/KimberlyWilliamsPaisley (Dana) directed five.
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** Another SNL castmate, Mary Gross, played the instructor in a cooking class in "Paintball" and a neighbor in "Cheryl Goes to Florida."
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** Unfortunately, “According to Jim” wasn’t on Netflix, ABC app, or Hulu. The only way to watch on any streaming service is “According to Jim” is iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play Movies, and Vudu, all of which, unfortunately, you have to pay for. Besides that, most of the series ended up being scattered around on You/Tube or any online video-sharing websites. Most of it are clips.
** The good news is the first five seasons are now on DVD. The bad news? The last three seasons are on limbo, meaning there are absolutely no signs of either sixth, seventh or eighth season DVD/s. On the show’s own Wikipedia page, the last three season are listed as “TBA”. But we’re really don’t know if the latter seasons will be released on DVD.

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** Unfortunately, “According to Jim” wasn’t on Netflix, ABC app, or Hulu. The only way to watch on any streaming service is “According to Jim” on any streaming service is iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play Movies, and Vudu, all of which, unfortunately, you have to pay for. Besides that, most of the series ended up being scattered around on You/Tube [=YouTube=] or any online video-sharing websites. Most of it are clips.
** The good news is the first five seasons are now on DVD. The bad news? The last three seasons are on limbo, meaning there are absolutely no signs of either sixth, seventh or eighth season DVD/s.[=DVDs=]. On the show’s own Wikipedia page, the last three season are listed as “TBA”. But we’re really don’t know if the latter seasons will be released on DVD.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This show hasn’t been on air for years until Laff started rerunning it recently as 2018 or 2019.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This show hasn’t been on air for years after “According to Jim” ended on 2009 until Laff started rerunning it recently as 2018 or 2019.
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** Unfortunately, “According to Jim” wasn’t on Netflix, ABC app, or Hulu. The only way to watch “According to Jim” is iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play Movies, and Vudu, all of which, unfortunately, you have to pay for. Besides that, most of the series ended up being scattered around on You/Tube or any online video-sharing websites. Most of it are clips.

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** Unfortunately, “According to Jim” wasn’t on Netflix, ABC app, or Hulu. The only way to watch on any streaming service is “According to Jim” is iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play Movies, and Vudu, all of which, unfortunately, you have to pay for. Besides that, most of the series ended up being scattered around on You/Tube or any online video-sharing websites. Most of it are clips.
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** Unfortunately, “According to Jim” wasn’t on Netflix, ABC app, or Hulu. The only way is iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play Movies, and Vudu, all of which, unfortunately, you have to pay for. Besides that, most of the series ended up being scattered around on YouTube or any online video-sharing websites. Most of it are clips.
** The good news is the first five seasons are now on DVD. The bad news? The last three seasons are on limbo, meaning there are absolutely no signs of either sixth, seventh or eighth season DVDs. On the show’s own Wikipedia page, the last three season are listed as “TBA”. But we’re really don’t know if the latter seasons will be released on DVD.

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** Unfortunately, “According to Jim” wasn’t on Netflix, ABC app, or Hulu. The only way to watch “According to Jim” is iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play Movies, and Vudu, all of which, unfortunately, you have to pay for. Besides that, most of the series ended up being scattered around on YouTube You/Tube or any online video-sharing websites. Most of it are clips.
** The good news is the first five seasons are now on DVD. The bad news? The last three seasons are on limbo, meaning there are absolutely no signs of either sixth, seventh or eighth season DVDs.DVD/s. On the show’s own Wikipedia page, the last three season are listed as “TBA”. But we’re really don’t know if the latter seasons will be released on DVD.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This show hasn’t been on air for years until Ladd started rerunning it recently as 2018 or 2019.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This show hasn’t been on air for years until Ladd Laff started rerunning it recently as 2018 or 2019.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This show hasn’t been on air for years until Ladd started rerunning it recently as 2018 or 2019.
** Unfortunately, “According to Jim” wasn’t on Netflix, ABC app, or Hulu. The only way is iTunes, Amazon Prime, Google Play Movies, and Vudu, all of which, unfortunately, you have to pay for. Besides that, most of the series ended up being scattered around on YouTube or any online video-sharing websites. Most of it are clips.
** The good news is the first five seasons are now on DVD. The bad news? The last three seasons are on limbo, meaning there are absolutely no signs of either sixth, seventh or eighth season DVDs. On the show’s own Wikipedia page, the last three season are listed as “TBA”. But we’re really don’t know if the latter seasons will be released on DVD.
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** "We Have a Bingo" & "Diamonds Are a Ghoul's Best Friend" have the same basic premise: Jim does something unethical to obtain something (cheats an old woman out of a mattress in bingo/buys jewelry from dead people)then, when he tries to have sex later, he sees the face of the person he screwed over on Cheryl, disgusting him, and forcing him to make things right.

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** "We Have a Bingo" & "Diamonds Are a Ghoul's Best Friend" have the same basic premise: Jim does something unethical to obtain something (cheats an old woman out of a mattress in bingo/buys jewelry from dead people)then, people). Then, when he tries to have sex later, he sees the face of the person he screwed over on Cheryl, disgusting him, and forcing him to make things right.



** As noted above, Jim's real life son Robert appeared in several episodes as multiple characters, but occasionally as an older version of his fictional son Kyle. Likewise, daughter Jamison appeared in three episodes as different characters.

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** As noted above, Jim's real life real-life son Robert appeared in several episodes as multiple characters, but occasionally as an older version of his fictional son Kyle. Likewise, daughter Jamison appeared in three episodes as different characters.
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** All of the members of Jim's band, save Andy, were all named after their actors, including Christopher Moniyhan as Chris, John Rubano as John, Mark Beltzman as Beltzman, Charlie Hartsok as Charlie & Tony Braunagel as Tony.
* DirectedByCastMember: Jim Belushi directed a number of episodes during the show's run. Larry Joe Campbell (Andy) directed at least three and Kimberly Williams-Paisley (Dana) directed one.

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** All of the members of Jim's band, save Andy, were all named after their actors, including Christopher Moniyhan as Chris, John Rubano as John, Mark Beltzman as Beltzman, Charlie Hartsok as Charlie & Tony Braunagel Branaugel as Tony.
* DirectedByCastMember: Jim Belushi directed a number of thirty episodes during the show's run. Larry Joe Campbell (Andy) directed at least three seven and Kimberly Williams-Paisley (Dana) directed one.five.



** Jim's old [[Series/SaturdayNightLive SNL]] cast mate Tim Kazurinsky appeared in "The Toilet" and "Stalking Santa" as different characters.

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** Jim's old [[Series/SaturdayNightLive SNL]] cast mate Tim Kazurinsky appeared in "The Toilet" and "Stalking Santa" as different characters. He also wrote the latter episode.
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** "We Have a Bingo" & "Diamonds Are a Ghoul's Best Friend" have the same basic premise: Jim does something unethical to obtain something (cheats an old woman out of a mattress in bingo/buys jewelry from dead people)then, when he tries to have sex later, he sees the face of the person he screwed over on Cheryl, disgusting him, and forcing him to make things right.

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* RealLifeRelative: Jim's real-life son Robert Belushi appeared in about eleven episodes - sometimes as [[CastingGag an older version of Kyle]]. His daughter would also make occasional appearances as a random girl who'd snark at some form of misfortune a member of the cast might be experiencing.
* YouLookFamiliar: The same guest actor to play Jim's son in {{Imagine Spot}}s of the future--and for various other random roles throughout the series, including a waiter and a lonely guy at the bar--was Jim Belushi's real son.

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** All of the members of Jim's band, save Andy, were all named after their actors, including Christopher Moniyhan as Chris, John Rubano as John, Mark Beltzman as Beltzman, Charlie Hartsok as Charlie & Tony Braunagel as Tony.
* DirectedByCastMember: Jim Belushi directed a number of episodes during the show's run. Larry Joe Campbell (Andy) directed at least three and Kimberly Williams-Paisley (Dana) directed one.
* TheOtherDarrin: When the Devil first appeared on the show, in "The Devil Went Down to Oak Park," he was played by James Lipton. When he reappeared in the GrandFinale, he was now played by Creator/ErikEstrada.
* RealLifeRelative: Jim's real-life son Robert Belushi appeared in about eleven episodes - sometimes as [[CastingGag an older version of Kyle]]. His daughter Jamison would also make occasional appearances as a random girl who'd snark at some form of misfortune a member of the cast might be experiencing.
* YouLookFamiliar: The same guest actor to play YouLookFamiliar:
** As noted above,
Jim's real life son Robert appeared in {{Imagine Spot}}s several episodes as multiple characters, but occasionally as an older version of the future--and for various his fictional son Kyle. Likewise, daughter Jamison appeared in three episodes as different characters.
** Mark Beltzman appeared in "The Packer Ball" as a man in a sports store, before his recurring role as band member Beltzman.
** Bruce Jarchow appeared in several episodes, usually playing a {{Jerkass}} or ObstructiveBureaucrat.
** Jim's old [[Series/SaturdayNightLive SNL]] cast mate Tim Kazurinsky appeared in "The Toilet" and "Stalking Santa" as different characters.
** Charlie Hartsok played a number of minor roles in addition to his role as Charlie.
** Willie Amayke had a recurring role as one of Jim's employees, [[TheDanza Willie]] but also appeared in
other random roles throughout the series, including a waiter and a lonely guy at the bar--was Jim Belushi's real son.in different episodes.
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* RealLifeRelative: Jim's real-life son Robert Belushi appeared in about eleven episodes - sometimes as [[CastingGag an older version of Kyle]]. His daughter would also make occasional appearances as a random girl who'd snark at some form of misfortune a member of the cast might be experiencing.

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* RealLifeRelative: Jim's real-life son Robert Belushi appeared in about eleven episodes - sometimes as [[CastingGag an older version of Kyle]]. His daughter would also make occasional appearances as a random girl who'd snark at some form of misfortune a member of the cast might be experiencing.experiencing.
* YouLookFamiliar: The same guest actor to play Jim's son in {{Imagine Spot}}s of the future--and for various other random roles throughout the series, including a waiter and a lonely guy at the bar--was Jim Belushi's real son.
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* TheDanza: Jim Belushi as Jim.
* RealLifeRelative: Jim's real-life son Robert Belushi appeared in about eleven episodes - sometimes as [[CastingGag an older version of Kyle]]. His daughter would also make occasional appearances as a random girl who'd snark at some form of misfortune a member of the cast might be experiencing.

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