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?
This was my favorite new comedy. Please bring this back.
I love this show – please give it more time!
Give it another chance!
This is crazy! This is one of the best sit coms on tv. Why are these good shows never given a chance. There are many shows that took a while to get an audience but the stations kept them on long enough to do that. Canceling this show is a bad decision and is why so many people don’t even want to try new shows as they get canceled too soon. grrrr!
Great show! Give it another chance.
I loved it! Can’t someone give it another chance!?!
cancelled???? Are you kidding me!!!
The Grinder is smart and funny. It is my favorite new show. I am so disappointed that it isn’t being given a chance. It was refreshing to see a new concept rather than a repeat or reworking of the same old thing. It is fresh, interesting, well written and well acted.
This is a great show. Cleverly written and well acted! Should not have been canceled!!! I will miss it!
My favorite of the new shows. So disappointed that it’s cancelled!
Fantastic show. Needs to be renewed!
Unbelievably funny show..family chemistry worked..needs to be renewed!
I agree about Last Man On Earth. I can’t stand it. Please bring back The Grinder. Grandfathered was growing on me, too, but The Grinder was superior from Episode 1.
This was a great show and the chemistry between the brothers was pretty incredible and the wife and kids were perfect in their roles.
Unbelievable! This show was hilarious! Our whole family loved it. Cannot believe this is cancelled when you have shows like Last Man on Earth (yawn yawn) still on. Let me guess, these are the same people who cancelled The Crazy Ones. They have no idea what they’re doing and obviously have no idea what’s brilliant comedy. I guess because there is overt crudeness or sex they don’t want it on the air.