How did this show last eight seasons.....

Belushi gets a bad rap but he is funny... in his own way. I can see how its lasted this long.

I bailed on this show soon after it started, so I haven't seen any episodes after that. My impression at the time was, "This show just isn't funny." I don't know whether it improved after I quit watching, but I've heard that it did not.

But with the fragmentation of the mass market today, and with so many choices out there, perhaps it's not surprising that it maintained a loyal audience large enough to keep it from being cancelled early on. I grew up in the '50s-'60s, and I remember sitcoms that ran a long time, but that I didn't find funny at all, not even as a kid. E.g., I thought "Leave it to Beaver" was a very good, funny show; but I found "The Donna Reed Show" to be forced and boring--not very funny at all.

Same thing with "The Life and Loves of Dobie Gillis" and "Gilligan's Island," the latter of which just seemed silly and full of broad, slapstick humor (although Ginger and Mary Ann were hot). But "Gilligan's Island" was one of my maternal grandmother's favorite shows, and it had a pretty good run--it also did well in syndication. Another example: I thought "Hee Haw" was atrocious, but it had a loyal following, especially in the Midwest. And I'm sure there are many other examples.

So it's true that "there's no accounting for taste." And in today's market, with lots of channels and other media outlets, there will probably always be shows that limp along because of a loyal market segment that's large enough to keep them alive.

According to Jim: 8 years, 182 episodes.

Pushing Daisies: <2 years, 22 episodes.

thats whats wrong. wrong with TV and wrong with America.

I can understand where people hate it, the wife isn't the typical ethereal, wise woman who knows the answers to every problem. She is just as bitter and vindictive as Jim in many episodes. That's what made me enjoy the show, even the lackluster episodes. Cheryl wasn't perfect and the show managed to examine this aspect while keeping Jim on the level with her. Sure he had his idiot moments, but so did his wife. It wasn't the typical relationship shown (idiot husband is a buttt monkey to his more intelligent more benevolent wife).



"One gay beer for my friend, because he's gay, and one normal beer for me, because I'm normal."

one of the worst THINGS i've ever seen in my life. seriously, i mean every piece of "work" like poems, novels, photographs, paintings, sculptures, music, theatre, feature films, short films, tv series, stand-up shows...

it survived so long thanks to some luck and coincidence. before its final cancellation it already got close to be cancelled.

i'm glad i dont have family members and friends like all in this piece of crap. i'd prefer to live in a single-room house than living there with those absolutely stupid people.

AtJ is supposed to be funny, right? congragulations to those who managed to laugh

I'm not surprised at all that it lasted eight seasons, most episodes I have seen are pretty darn funny. Not one of the best sitcoms of all time or anything, but it definitely was a quality tv show. The chemistry between Jim and Andy was great, they were both hilarious.

Seems to be a lot of haters on here when it comes to ATJ. Glad that TBS airs the show daily.

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Who knows? It should have never been made. Utter gutter trash.