The Anders

The Anders is an ABC sitcom that premiered on September 28, 2011, and has aired 202 episodes across nine seasons. The series stars Melissa McCarthy and Paul Rudd as Julia and Shawn Anders, parents of four (later five) who are the only middle-class family in a neighborhood of upper middle-class people.
== Premise ==
Julia and Shawn Anders move their family of six to New Harmon Beach, California, a city full of upper middle-class snobs. The Anders move in with Shawn's mother Valerie, a retired higher-income doctor, though now the Anders are the only middle-class family in the neighborhood, with their teenagers Kelli and Isaiah, and younger children Nick and GiGi.
== Cast ==
*Melissa McCarthy as Julia Anders
*Paul Rudd as Shawn Anders
*Hunter King as Kelli Anders
*Kevin Quinn as Isaiah Anders
*David Mazouz as Nick Anders
*Lizzy Greene as GiGi Anders
*Katey Sagal as Valerie Anders
*Tika Sumpter as Sarah Williams
*Alan Thicke as Ed Anders
*Israel Broussard as Benny Price
*Peyton List as Felicia Harding
*Aidan and Austin Cohen as Zach Anders
*Riele Downs as Carly Williams
==Production==
Each season for the first six years, Katey Sagal was contracted for twenty episodes, before bumping it up to twenty-two for the final four seasons. When Alan Thicke joined the main cast, he agreed to eighteen episodes per year for his six seasons on the series. Once the child actors began growing up, they also renegotiated their contracts. Hunter King and Kevin Quinn lowered their contracts to twenty episodes per season beginning with the seventh season, while David Mazouz and Lizzy Greene agreed to twenty-two episodes for seasons seven and eight, and then twenty for the final two seasons. For the final year, Tika Sumpter and Riele Downs each agreed to only thirteen episodes.
During production of the ninth season, the coronavirus outbreak forced the series to end filming before the twenty-fourth episode, and finale, was filmed, forcing them to turn the written episode into the premiere for the tenth season.
== Reception ==
=== Ratings ===
Season	Episodes	Timeslot 	Premiere 	Premiere 	Finale 	Finale
Season	Episodes	Timeslot 	Date 	Viewers (millions)	Date 	Viewers (millions)
1 	22 	Wednesday 8:30 pm 	September 28, 2011	8.34 (3.4) 	May 23, 2012	6.85 (2.2)
2 	22 	Wednesday 8:30 pm 	October 3, 2012 	7.84 (2.4) 	May 22, 2013	6.67 (2.1)
3 	22 	Wednesday 8:30 pm 	September 25, 2013	8.15 (2.2) 	May 14, 2014	7.43 (1.9)
4 	24 	Tuesday 8:00 pm 	September 30, 2014	6.61 (1.7) 	May 12, 2015	7.09 (1.5)
5 	24 	Tuesday 8:30 pm (1-10)Tuesday 8:00 pm (11-24)	September 22, 2015	8.19 (1.6) 	May 24, 2016	7.04 (1.5)
6 	23 	Tuesday 9:00 pm 	October 11, 2016 	6.62 (1.4) 	May 16, 2017	6.27 (1.2)
7 	24 	Tuesday 9:00 pm 	October 3, 2017 	6.14 (1.3) 	May 15, 2018	7.03 (1.8)
8 	24 	Tuesday 9:00 pm 	October 16, 2018 	6.18 (1.5) 	May 21, 2019	4.20 (1.0)
9 	23 	Tuesday 9:00 pm 	September 24, 2019	4.25 (1.0) 	TBA 	TBD
===Critical reception===
The Anders has received critical acclaim over the course of its run, often being considered "underrated" airing underneath the shadow of Modern Family. The series won numerous awards over the years, beating Modern Family in several categories later in its run.
Year	Ceremony 	Category 	Nominee 	Result
2012	64th Primetime Emmys	Outstanding Comedy Series 	The Anders 	Nominated
 	 	Outstanding Lead Actor 	Paul Rudd 	Nominated
 	 	Outstanding Lead Actress 	Melissa McCarthy	Won
 	 	Outstanding Supporting Actress 	Katey Sagal 	Nominated
 	69th Golden Globes 	Best Musical or Comedy Series 	The Anders 	Nominated
 	 	Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy 	Paul Rudd 	Won
 	 	Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy 	Melissa McCarthy	Won
 	 	Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film	Katey Sagal 	Won
2013	65th Primetime Emmys	 	 	
 	70th Golden Globes 	 	 	
2014	66th Primetime Emmys	 	 	
 	71st Golden Globes 	 	 	
2015	67th Primetime Emmys	 	 	
 	72nd Golden Globes 	 	 	
2016	68th Primetime Emmys	 	 	
 	73rd Golden Globes 	 	 	
2017	69th Primetime Emmys	 	 	
 	74th Golden Globes 	 	 	
2018	70th Primetime Emmys	 	 	
 	75th Golden Globes 	 	 	
2019	71st Primetime Emmys	 	 	
 	76th Golden Globes 	 	 	
==Spin-off==
In January 2016, talks began at ABC to develop a spin-off of The Anders entitled Teachers, following the lives of the teachers at Hamilton Memorial Junior High. However, a pilot was passed in May of the same year. ABC redeveloped the idea in the fall and officially ordered it to series in May 2017. , , and were cast to reprise their roles from the original series, along with the casting of  and  as new characters.