$#*! My Dad Says (pronounced "Bleep My Dad Says") is an American television sitcom produced by Warner Bros. Television that aired on CBS. It was based on the Twitter feed Shit My Dad Says, created by Justin Halpern and consisting of quotations from his father, Sam.^[1]

The show originally ran from September 23, 2010, to February 17, 2011, and aired on Thursdays at 8:30 pm/7:30 pm Central.^[2] After 18 episodes aired, the series was replaced in mid-season by Rules of Engagement, which had moved to Thursdays from Mondays.

On May 15, 2011, CBS canceled the series after one season.^[3]

Ed is a very opinionated 72-year-old who has been divorced three times. His two adult sons, Henry and Vince, are accustomed to his unsolicited and often politically incorrect rants. When Henry, a struggling writer and blogger, can no longer afford his rent, he is forced to move back in with Ed, which creates new problems in their tricky father–son relationship. As weeks go by Henry is unable to find a job as a writer, mostly due to the lack of good material. He finally lands a job, when during his interview Ed interrupts with an irrational phone call that sparks the interest of the eccentric editor conducting the interview. Henry is ultimately hired, but is forced to continue living with Ed in order to have readily available material via his father's unsolicited rants, hence the title $#*! My Dad Says.

• William Shatner as Dr. Edison Milford "Ed" Goodson III
• Jonathan Sadowski as Henry Goodson
• Will Sasso as Vincent "Vince" Goodson
• Nicole Sullivan as Bonnie Goodson
• Tim Bagley as Tim

In November 2009, CBS announced that it was developing a television pilot based on the Twitter feed, which would be written by Halpern and Patrick Schumacker.^[4][5] William Shatner landed the lead role in late February 2010, which triggered a green-light to produce the pilot.^[6][7] Nicole Sullivan and Ryan Devlin came on board in early March.^[8][9] Casting was completed with the addition of Will Sasso as Vince and Stephanie Lemelin as Sam later that month.^[10] Both Sasso and Sullivan had previously been cast-mates on the series Mad TV.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

The series was picked up by CBS in May 2010,^[11] with reports saying that the role of Henry (played by Ryan Devlin in the pilot) would be recast.^[12][13] In July, Jonathan Sadowski was cast in the role.^[14] The character Sam (Stephanie Lemelin) was eliminated, never appearing in the broadcast pilot or subsequent episodes.^[15]

$#*! My Dad Says received negative reviews, with Metacritic assigning it a score of 28/100.^[34] On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has a score of 0% based on 26 critic reviews. The website's consensus reads: "$#*! My Dad Says features childish jokes, abysmal writing, and the half-baked stunt casting of William Shatner."^[35] Over 12 million viewers watched the premiere,^[36] although the next two episodes lost nearly 20% of that audience.^[37] The fourth and fifth episodes improved in ratings, being 10.16 million and 10.91 million respectively.^[38][39] The show won the award for Favorite New TV Comedy at the 37th People's Choice Awards on January 5, 2011.^[40]

• Surviving Jack, a second series surrounding the blog posts by Justin Halpern