Network: FOX
Episodes: 22 (half-hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: September 29, 2015 — May 10, 2016
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Rob Lowe, Fred Savage, William Devane, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Natalie Morales, Hana Hayes, and Connor Kalopsis.
TV show description:
This is legal/family comedy follows a fictional superstar lawyer who transitions from small screen to small town.
Hollywood icon Dean Sanderson, Jr. (Rob Lowe) returns to his hometown after his TV show is suddenly cancelled. He receives a hero’s welcome from his family, especially from his number one fan and father Dean Sanderson, Sr. (William Devane). Head of the family’s real life law firm, he’s infinitely proud of his handsome and successful actor son.
Slightly less impressed is Dean’s younger brother and real life attorney Stewart Sanderson (Fred Savage) who’s now married to Debbie (Mary Elizabeth Ellis), Dean’s high school sweetheart.
Feeling that the time is right for a life of normalcy and value, Dean decides his next move should be to help out at his family’s firm. With no formal legal training (though having a played a successful lawyer on one of television’s most watched shows for eight seasons), he believes he is more than qualified to practice.
His uncompromising and intense character on The Grinder is a far cry from the real life courtrooms where his brother has worked tirelessly for so long. Oblivious to his brother’s concerns and real life due process, clients are delighted to have the supposedly legendary lawyer represent them.
Episode #22 —
Dean Sr.’s malpractice trial is finally at hand and it will come to a surprising conclusion when Stewart gets sidelined, leaving it to the rest of the Sanderson & Yao team to save the firm and find out who has been the secret mastermind behind Cory Manler and Dean Sr.’s case. Stewart is concerned that Dean’s instincts and Grinder-isms won’t be enough to win the day, and Dean is offended by his own brother’s lack of faith.
First aired: May 10, 2016.
What do you think? Do you like The Grinder TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a second season?
Bring the Grinder back. It was the funniest new show of the season. give it time to build an audience.
This show did not get the promotion it deserved and needed to succeed! I stumbled across it by accident while flipping channels, but was instantly hooked by the great writing and comedic timing and chemistry of the incredible cast. Please bring it back!!!
Cancelled???? But what if it wasn’t?!!!
I hope it isn’t so.
The Grinder was an outstanding, well-written comedy, with an extremely talented cast. It should be given another chance to make its mark. Perhaps it wasn’t given adequate support with advertising and promotion. Please reconsider and bring it back!
With hope,
A faithful viewer
Show was hilarious and the comedic timing of the actors was on point. Renew it for a second season.
Why would a hit show be cancelled?? Hopefully not because it was funny and witty.
I loved this show!! So sorry they cancelled the show. How disappointing in FOX.
So sorry to hear they cancelled this show! Great show and great cast! Please bring it back!
Oh no! It was a great show, not the standard mindless dribble that’s out there. I didn’t miss an episode. Good shows are hard to find. Fox pulled the plug too soon. Perhaps they should have tried a different time slot rather than cancel it. Or maybe done some work to promote the show. Whenever I told someone about the show, they had never heard of it. If the PR people were doing their job, this great show would still be on the air!
I agree no one had EVER heard about it when I mentioned how funny this show was!!!! I started getting people to give it a chance and I feel if given more time people would have fallen in love with this show.
loved this show! sorry it was cancelled
Sorry this show was cancelled
Loved it
Shocked that it was cancelled. LOVED this original comedy. How disappointing. I was sad to see the season finale only to be saddened even more to hear it was cancelled. Why do all the good shows get cancelled? Loved Grandfathered as well! Thanks for nothing Fox!
Surprised to see it was cancelled
So was I.
I loved this sitcom, and was surprised it was cancelled
This show was completely awesome! Original plot, great acting and you loved the family. What is wrong with the idiots canceling this?