‘Grandfathered’ Starring John Stamos Gets a Full Season One Order

John Stamos, Josh Peck in Grandfathered
Jimmy (John Stamos) and Gerald (Josh Peck) in ‘Grandfathered’ (Photo by Erica Parise © 2015 Fox Broadcasting Co)

Fox’s new half hour comedy series Grandfathered has been a ratings winner, increasing the network’s number of viewers on Tuesday nights at 8pm by 70% over last year’s ratings. The ratings are high enough that Fox has decided to stick with the show for a full first season. Daniel Chun created the series and John Stamos and Josh Peck star in the comedy executive produced by Chun, Stamos, director Chris Koch, and Dan Fogelman.


Grandfathered had the Herculean task of self-starting on what is an incredibly competitive Tuesday night, and the series has proven itself up to the challenge,” said David Madden, President, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. “Since the very beginning, we knew this show would be that rare commodity – a genuinely original family comedy. The remarkable John Stamos, Josh Peck, Paget Brewster and the entire cast have sparkling chemistry, and the show’s creative team has delivered fantastic scripts that keep these great characters moving. We know fans are going to love the surprises in store for the rest of the season.”

The Plot: Successful restaurateur and man-about-town JIMMY MARTINO (Stamos) is used to being the most suave, most handsome and most single person in the room. All that changes with the surprise appearance of Jimmy’s adult son, GERALD (Peck), and his baby daughter, EDIE. Now Jimmy has to unlearn a lifetime of blissful selfishness and grapple with the fact that he went straight from single to grandfather in six seconds flat.

Keeping tabs on Jimmy is Gerald’s mother and Jimmy’s former girlfriend, rocker chick-turned-mother SARA (Paget Brewster). Equally concerned about how Jimmy will manage these new developments is Jimmy’s restaurant family, especially assistant manager ANNELISE (Kelly Jenrette) and chef RAVI (Ravi Patel).

Can Jimmy teach Gerald to be a little more like him in order to win the affection of Edie’s hot mess of a mom, VANESSA (Christina Milian)? Will Jimmy and Sara fall for each other all over again, even though she’s the one thing he never dates – a woman his own age? And who’s higher maintenance, Jimmy or the baby?