Surviving Jack 2014 | TV Show Watchlist

An emotionally distant father takes more of an active role in the lives of his two teenage kids when his wife goes back to law school in this comedy set in the 1990s.

Premiered: March 27, 2014

Rating: None

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Metacritic Score: 65 Based on 24 critics

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Enlisted Executive Producer Mike Royce on Surviving the Sting of Cancellation

May 29, 2014 7:00 AM EDT

May can be the harshest month for TV fans, as the networks make their annual series orders and renewals for fall. One show that didn't make the cut: Fox's Enlisted. Fox chief operating officer Joe Earley admits to TV Guide Magazine that the network d… Read more

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Surviving Jack Trailer

00:23 — SURVIVING JACK is a new single-camera comedy based on best-selling author Justin Halpern's autobiographical book, “I Suck at Girls.” Set in the 1990s, (more…)

Writer's Room: Sunny Or Die

02:01 — From sex slaves to sodomy, Christopher Meloni pitches some idea that don't fly in the Surviving Jack writer's room.

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First Look: Surviving Jack

02:06 — Set in the 1990s, FOX's newest comedy is about a man becoming a dad, as his son is becoming a man.

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Fox Sets Enlisted Return Date

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Premiered: March 27, 2014
Rating: None
Premise: An emotionally distant father takes more of an active role in the lives of his two teenage kids when his wife goes back to law school in this comedy set in the 1990s. (more)