‘The Jim Gaffigan Show’ Ends: The Dad Brand Is Strong With Him

Last updated on: August 22, 2016 at 5:53 pm by Kate O'Hare

‘The Jim Gaffigan Show’ Ends: The Dad Brand Is Strong With Him 2016-08-22T17:53:32-08:00 Kate O'Hare

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Jim Gaffigan is a comedian, a writer, an actor and a producer.

He’s also a Catholic husband and father of five.

In the end — for both Gaffigan and his wife and writing/producing partner, Jeannie Gaffigan — family won out.

Appropriate for a man who’s been doing these TV ads for Chrysler:

https://youtu.be/-1gyHVVvp2Q?list=PLVCNuSyxRxgjWDX7C1tbrSYIPhidYcQqZ

After two seasons, Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan’s comedy for TV Land, “The Jim Gaffigan Show” — in which Jim played a somewhat fictionalized version of himself, and Ashley Williams played a version of Jeannie — is coming to a close. The season-two finale, which aired Aug. 21, will be the last episode.

On his Facebook page, Gaffigan explained why:

Here’s the full text:

A Message About The Jim Gaffigan Show

After months of discussion Jeannie and I have decided to make season 2 of The Jim Gaffigan Show the final season. We realize this may surprise some and we don’t make this decision lightly. It is hard to say goodbye to this highly personal passion project, which we have nurtured and poured our hearts into for over five years.

Jeannie and I are grateful that TVLand allowed us to do this show about our lives the way we wanted. It was empowering, exhilarating and exhausting. As many of you know all the episodes this season were written by Jeannie and me. Jeannie was the showrunner and I acted in virtually every scene. In one way it was a perfect scenario. We worked with an amazing cast and crew, learned tons and laughed so much. However the time commitment to make the quality of show we wanted was taking us away from our most important project, our five children.

We are truly grateful for all the support friends on social media and television critics have given The Jim Gaffigan Show. Jeannie and I are excited to move forward with other creative pursuits.

Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan

Courtesy of Variety, here’s what TVLand had to say:

“We are really proud of ‘The Jim Gaffigan Show’ and the amazing comedy that Jim, Jeannie, the cast, the creative team and JAX Media have made for us. After two great seasons, we have mutually agreed to not move forward with Season 3 of the series. We have an incredible amount of respect for everyone involved, and are grateful to them for bringing their passion and dedication to ‘The Jim Gaffigan Show.’”

Of course, we’ll still have the real Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan — and real Jim is a lot more of a serious Catholic than fictional Jim — but it’s a little sad that a show about a big, boisterous, but loving, Catholic family won’t still be on the air.

But if that helps the real big, boisterous Catholic family, I can’t imagine God is anything but pleased.

Image: Courtesy TVLand

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