Grounded for Life(2001)

series - first aired/released 2001-01-10 - audience 6.8

Family, Comedy

Directed by Brian Levant, Craig Zisk, Dennie Gordon, Gary Halvorson, John Blanchard, John Putch, John Whitesell, Ken Kwapis, Kenny Ortega, Linda Mendoza, Paul Lazarus, Peter Lauer, Peter Werner, Terry Hughes

Right out of high school, Sean Finnerty got his girlfriend Claudia pregnant. Now she’s his wife, and at just 32, he’s somehow found himself with 14-year-old daughter Lily, two little boys, and a constant struggle between his need to be responsible and his desperate desire to be irresponsible. His judgmental father Walt and devil-may-care brother Eddie are no help at all. When they all get together, stories always start to fly. Of course, Sean’s family will never let him finish a story; they interrupt, they debate, they derail, they defend themselves; just like any good family would.