It's always Jim
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Again and again Jim ( RTL II ) Jim is always right! ( ORF 1 ) |
| Original title | According to Jim |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2001-2009 |
| length | 22 minutes |
| Episodes | 182 in 8 seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Sitcom |
| idea | Tracy Newman Jonathan Stark |
| music |
James Belushi Glen Clark |
| camera |
George Mooradian Tony Askins |
| First broadcast | October 3, 2001 on ABC |
| German-language first broadcast |
December 22nd, 2004 on Disney Channel |
| main actor | |
| supporting cast | |
Always again Jim (in Austria Jim is always right!, Original title According to Jim ) is an American sitcom that is tailored to the main actor James Belushi and was broadcast on the US television network ABC from 2001 to 2009 .
action
Jim is married, has three children (Ruby, Gracie and Kyle) (five children from the end of season 7, plus Jonathan and Gordon) and tries to get his life under control with a lot of humor. In addition to his wife Cheryl and his children, his sister-in-law Dana, her husband Ryan and his single brother-in-law Andy, who is also his work colleague, also play an important role.
The action takes place in a suburb of Chicago. Jim and Cheryl live in a house at 412 Maple Street. Jim is a huge fan of the Bears , Blackhawks , Bulls and Cubs, and he hates the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago White Sox .
In most of the episodes Jim gets into a precarious situation, mostly through his own fault. He then tries to cheat his way out and cover up his own mistakes, which he could if his wife Cheryl didn't always find out. In the end, however, one can often see his honest and warm-hearted character.
Charisma
According to Jim , it aired weekly primetime in the US. In late December 2008, Larry Joe Campbell announced that the sitcom had ended and the entire set had been dismantled; there was no 9th season.
The German-language first broadcast of the first season took place on December 22, 2004 on the pay-TV station Disney Channel . The German-language free TV premiere took place on October 14, 2005 under the title Jim is always right! on weekdays in the Austrian afternoon program on ORF 1 . On German free TV, the German-language dubbed version was broadcast on weekdays by RTL II under the title Immer wieder Jim .
The last broadcast on June 2, 2009 in the United States watched 4.10 million people.
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main characters
| actor | figure | Voice actor | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Belushi | James "Jim" Orenthal (family name unknown) | Joachim Tennstedt | Season 1–8 |
| Courtney Thorne-Smith | Cheryl Mabel (family name unknown) | Claudia Kleiber | Season 1–8 |
| Larry Joe Campbell | Andrew "Andy" (family name unknown) | Tobias Lelle | Season 1–8 |
| Kimberly Williams-Paisley | Dana (from season 4: Dana Gibson) |
Ulrike Stürzbecher | Seasons 1–7 (guest appearance in season 8) |
| Taylor Atelian | Ruby | Miriam Mnakri | Season 1–8 |
| Billi Bruno | Gracie | Eva Prauser | Season 1–8 |
| Connor and Garret Sullivan | Kyle | Season 1–3 | |
| Conner Rayburn | Sandro Iannotta | Season 4–8 | |
| Mitch Rouse | Dr. Ryan Gibson | Claus-Peter Damitz | Seasons 4–6 (guest appearance in season 8) |
Supporting characters
| actor | figure | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Aykroyd | Danny Michalski | Thomas Danneberg |
| Chris Elliott | Reverend Gaylord Pierson | Hans-Georg Panczak |
| Tim Bagley | Tim Devlin | Philipp Brammer |
| Cynthia Stevenson | Cindy Devlin | Natascha Geisler |
| Jennifer Coolidge | Roxanne | Rita Engelmann |
| Robert Belushi | Adult Kyle | Patrick Schröder |
Guest appearances
- Many of James Belushi's former colleagues, e.g. B. from his time on Saturday Night Live , have guest appearances on the sitcom. Dan Aykroyd z. B. in four episodes of the series as Danny Michalski , police officer and friend of Jim on.
- James Belushi's son, Robert Belushi, played the adult Kyle a few times and also had small guest appearances as a pizza boy, waiter or as a husband who took advice from Jim.
- James Belushi's daughter Jamison also has several guest appearances on the series. She usually plays a cheeky girl on the edge of the story.
- The founder of Playboy , Hugh Hefner , who plays himself , also had a guest appearance . The blues musician Bo Diddley and Mike Ditka , who led the Chicago Bears to victory in Super Bowl XX in 1986, and the Bears player Brian Urlacher also had short appearances. Catwoman actress Julie Newmar played neighbor Julie in one episode . In this episode there were some references to the Batman series of the 60s . Nicole Sullivan made a guest appearance as Ruby's piano teacher.
- Jane Lynch plays Jim's neighbor's wife in Season 3.
- Lee Majors made a guest appearance as God in the episodes Heaven or Hell (8.18) and God's Work and Jim's contribution (7.01) .
- Erik Estrada also appeared as the devil in the last episode (8.18) and as himself in season 5 (5.15).
- Dylan and Cole Sprouse made a brief guest appearance at the end of the episode "The Tribunal" (7.13).
- Berglind Ólafsdóttir made a brief appearance as a Swedish stewardess in the episode “Bad Role Models” (2.06).
- Kevin Sorbo had a guest appearance in which he played Jim's old school friend Daryl Buckner (2.19).
- Steve Guttenberg made a guest appearance as the acting partner of Jim's twins in season 8.
- Cindy Crawford makes a guest appearance as a manager of a car dealership (2.02, "Cars and Women").
- Soleil Borda , best known from the sitcom Still Standing , has made several guest appearances as the friend of Ruby and Gracie.
- Jackie Debatin made several guest appearances as Andy's girlfriend and Ruby's piano teacher Mandy , episodes 173, 174, 176, 181, 182 (season 8, episodes 9, 10, 12, 17 and 18).
- Ray Romano had a short guest appearance in the episode "Das Familiengrab" (4.7).
Episode list
→ Main article: Again and again Jim / Episode list
DVD release
- United States
- Season 1 was released on October 21, 2008
- Season 2 was released on May 4, 2010
- Season 3 was released on May 3, 2011
- Season 4 was released on July 5, 2011
- Season 5 was released on October 4, 2011
- Germany
- Season 1 was released on May 2, 2013
- Season 2 was released on August 8, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to Jim: ABC Sitcom Ending After Eight Years, No Season Nine , article on tvseriesfinale.com (English) ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 1, 2009
- ↑ Broadcast dates on fernsehserien.de
- ↑ Tuesday Ratings: NBC Wins Again Lead By Law & Order: SVU Finale, Obama Special , tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com, accessed January 11, 2012
Web links
- According to Jim in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Again and again Jim in the online film database
- Episode guide on fernsehserien.de
- News about the series and episode guide at Serienjunkies.de
- Again and again Jim in the German dubbing file