Surviving Jack

65
Metascore
2014-2014
1 season
20th Century Fox Television
Comedy
TV-14

A boy becomes a man, and a man becomes a father, in a time before coming of age was something you could Google.

65
Metascore
2014-2014
1 season
20th Century Fox Television
Comedy
TV-14

A boy becomes a man, and a man becomes a father, in a time before coming of age was something you could Google.

Fox Boss Talks Revamping Idol, Glee's Final Season, New Year-Round Programming Strategy

American Idol will look a little different when it returns for Season 14, according to Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly. Acknowledging that Idol is not the ratings juggernaut that it was in its heyday (the performance show has routinely been topped by Survivor this season), Reilly said on a conference call Monday that the reality competition show will get a reduced order when it returns in 2015, going from 50-plus hours of programming to about 37.

Mon, May 12, 2014

Fox Boss Talks Revamping Idol, Glee's Final Season, New Year-Round Programming Strategy

Ask Matt: Cancellations, Mindy, Superheroes, Scandal, Person of Interest, CSI, More

Send questions and comments to askmatt@tvguidemagazine.com and follow me on Twitter! Want more TV news and reviews? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! Question: I heard that Fox canceled its freshmen sitcoms Dads, Enlisted and Surviving Jack! While I never watched and didn't care for Dads, I did watch (and loved!) both Enlisted and Surviving Jack. What puzzles me about the cancellations of all of these shows were that their ratings performed with the same numbers that Fox's other sitcoms New Girl, The Mindy Project and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, yet those shows all got renewed for another season! Why is it that The Powers That Be at Fox would cancel three shows that had the same low (or modest) ratings as the other three shows that got picked up for another year? It doesn't really make sense with me! - Chris

Mon, May 12, 2014

Ask Matt: Cancellations, Mindy, Superheroes, Scandal, Person of Interest, CSI, More

Fox Cancels Dads, Enlisted, Surviving Jack and Rake

Freshman comedies Dads, Enlisted and Surviving Jack will not be returning for another tour of duty. Fox has canceled the three series, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Additionally, first-year legal drama Rake has been canceled, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Dads, from executive producer Seth MacFarlane, was maligned by critics and...

Wed, May 7, 2014

Fox Cancels Dads, Enlisted, Surviving Jack and Rake

Ratings: Scandal Hits Finale High; Community, Parenthood Up

No one died in the explosion, but Scandal went out with a huge bang Thursday. The Season 3 finale drew 10.5 million viewers and a 3.4 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, making it the show's most-watched and highest-rated season-ender yet. Scandal finished Season 3 up 39 percent in viewership and 43 percent in the demo. The episode followed Grey's Anatomy (8.1 million, 2.5), which was down a tenth. Scandal: Who didn't survive the finale? Four other finales didn't fare as well. The Crazy Ones (5.8 million, 1.5) and ...

Fri, Apr 18, 2014

Ratings: Scandal Hits Finale High; Community, Parenthood Up

Thursday TV: Meloni Tackles Comedy as Jack

I've barely adjusted to The Goldbergs mining the 1980s for comic nostalgia — seems not that long ago that Geraldo Rivera opened Al Capone's empty vault, and that's a subplot in an early April episode — and now comes Fox's Surviving Jack (Thursday, 9:30/8:30c), a coming-of-age family sitcom set in the not-so-distant past of the 1990s. (Can't wait for the arc about Y2K anxiety.)

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

Thursday TV: Meloni Tackles Comedy as Jack

Christopher Meloni on Surviving Jack's Tough Father Figure: "He's Not a Mean-Spirited Guy"

He may act like a tough dad and sound like a tough dad, but Surviving Jack star Christopher Meloni wants to make it very clear: his character's bark is far worse than his bite. "Jack is never mean. He's not a mean-spirited guy," Meloni tells TVGuide.com of his new TV alter ego, husband and strict father of two Jack Dunlevy. "Everyone's antenna is ...

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

Christopher Meloni on Surviving Jack's Tough Father Figure: "He's Not a Mean-Spirited Guy"

Fox Sets Finale, Summer Premiere Dates; Bumps Enlisted

Fox has announced the spring and summer premiere dates for So You Think You Can Dance, Kitchen Nightmares and more. The dance competition debuts it's 11th season on Wednesday, May 28 at 8/7c.Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares returns Friday, April 11 at 9/8c when it checks back in on Amy's Baking Company. Ramsay's other reality shows, MasterChef andHotel Hell, will premiere Monday, May 19 at 8/7c and Monday, July 21 at 9/8c, respectively.

Wed, Mar 26, 2014

Fox Sets Finale, Summer Premiere Dates; Bumps Enlisted

Chris Meloni on Returning to TV After SVU: "I Couldn't Do That Schedule Again"

When it came to looking for his next TV project after logging 12 seasons on Law & Order: SVU, Christopher Meloni had one simple mandate. "No grim circumstances for 22 one-hour episodes. I just couldn't do that schedule again. So I could be grim for 13 episodes," Meloni told reporters Monday at Fox's Television Critics Association winter previews about his new show Surviving Jack. "Then this pilot plopped on my desk and...

Tue, Jan 14, 2014

Chris Meloni on Returning to TV After SVU: "I Couldn't Do That Schedule Again"

Fox Sets Premieres for 24: Live Another Day, Gang Related, Surviving Jack

Fox has set premiere dates for 24: Live Another Day, Gang Related and Surviving Jack. The Kiefer Sutherland-fronted event series, which recently added Dexter and Chuck alum Yvonne Strahovski to its cast, will debut with a special two-hour premiere on Monday, May 5 at 8/7c. Live Another Day will make its timeslot debut the following week on Monday, May 12 at 9/8c.

Mon, Jan 13, 2014

Fox Sets Premieres for 24: Live Another Day, Gang Related, Surviving Jack

Rachael Harris Replaces Alex Kapp Horner in Fox's Surviving Jack

Rachael Harris has joined the cast of Fox's Surviving Jack, TVGuide.com has confirmed.   Based on the book I Suck At Girls, the comedy follows...

Wed, Aug 7, 2013

Rachael Harris Replaces Alex Kapp Horner in Fox's Surviving Jack