
Jim is a couch-potato dad and husband trying to achieve picket-fence ideals while keeping a firm hold on his manliness. His beautiful wife tolerates his childish antics because of his tireless loyalty to her and their three kids. Jim's penchant for taking the easy route in everything frequently backfires, landing him in comical situations.

Jim's pizza delivery boy moves in with him and Cheryl after the boy's father kicks him out of the house because of his dream of doing standup comedy.

Jim wants his own space because Cheryl's stuff is taking over the house.

Jim's behavior at a Bears game is a bad influence on the children, but Cheryl sets a bad example too.

Jim advises Dana not to be herself when she's picked for the TV reality series, "The Bachelor."