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Three different, but related, families face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.

A pair of star news anchors work together at a local TV station.

Disgraced television news anchor Chuck Darling is forced to return to his old television station in Pittsburgh, where he discovers that he and his co-anchor had a child together.

Anchor Chuck is now convinced that Kelly Carr's daughter Gracie is his and wants to step up as her father, but Kelly refuses him any access. Failing to care properly for the goldfish that the station gave "big fish in a small pond" Chuck makes him look irresponsible, so he demands that servile "boss" Ryan replace it. Meanwhile, the professional bumbling and "collegial" abuse continues, in Gary's case extremely painful in every sense.

Chuck gets a chance to have dinner with his daughter, Montana is upset over a breakup, and Marsh helps Gary audition for a news position.

Chuck wants to get the top story in the newscast because he wants to impress his old friends who are in town for a convention, but Kelly doesn't want to give it up.

Chuck's plans for a night of fun and romance are thrown for a loop when Ryan asks him to join him for dinner, and the staff's carpooling plans create a series of conflicts.

Gracie's class visits the TV station. Ryan sees a younger version of himself in chubby nerd Brian, but gravely underestimates that kid. When classmate Xander Tucker seems to bully Gracie, Kelly first forbids Chuck to intervene 'too macho', then grossly abuses the knave herself, which causes well-deserved trouble, while the kids' story proves quite innocent. Gary wins a bet and learns about Marsh's soft spot, a poet reminding him of his dad. Stutterer Montana is professionally outclassed by a schoolgirl.

Marsh throws a surprise party for Chuck, even though it's not really his birthday. Kelly is worried that a picture on Marsh's wall may expose the secret that Chuck is Gracie's father.

Kelly has agreed to tell Gracie that Chuck is her father, but she continues to put it off. Gary tries to make nice with the building security guard, who apparently doesn't like him.

Kelly's revelation to Gracie that Chuck is her father makes things uncomfortable for all three, and the night of Gracie's conception is detailed.

The new station manager asks Ryan to fire Montana, based on a comment that Chuck and Kelly made during a meeting with the new boss.

Just as Chuck and Kelly are ready to tell the office that Chuck is Gracie's father, the station kicks off a Chuck and Kelly advertising campaign that is ripe with sexual innuendo.

Chuck acts pretty jealous when Kelly accepts to date his handsome professional rival Craig St. Claire. Worse, he's accidentally forced to take ghastly make-up girl Margaret, an avid fan, to the same restaurant. Yet once there, Chuck proves charming company, while Craig walks out because Kelly can't keep her eyes off Chuck.

Chuck attempts to buy his first house in order to impress the attractive real estate agent, Colette, and to prove to Kelly that he was growing up and taking responsibility for his life. However, the technology-advanced house seems to have other ideas about Chuck moving in!

On a very slow news day Ryan decides to pad the broadcast with human interest stories much to chuck's annoyance. During the argument Ryan receives a call about a bank robbery in progress and that the robber has taken hostages and wants Chuck to negotiate. Kelly reminds Chuck that he is a father now and doesn't want him to go but Chuck reminds her that he is a news man and will be OK. Gary covers the scene from the outside and Chuck goes inside the bank to talk to the hostage taker and eventually hits upon a very novel solution to the crisis.

Kelly's carefully laid plans for Gracie's birthday party fall apart when Montana offers to give the girls makeovers and Chuck insists on buying Gracie's cake.

Kelly is asked to deliver the eulogy for an old colleague, but she doesn't know that it's because people thought they were sleeping together. During the funeral, Chuck babysits Gracie with mixed results.

An attractive young anchor from a rival station asks Kelly out on a date. Chuck immediately jumps to the conclusion that he is only trying to steal her from the station and that he couldn't possibly be serious about her.

Jay must adapt to his young new wife, Gloria and her son. Meanwhile, Claire deals with her own family. Mitchell and Cam decide to adopt a baby.

After buying a new bike for his son, Phil ends up lying when it gets stolen. Jay tries bonding with Manny. Cam and Mitchell begin daycare classes for Lily.

Jay takes Phil on a model-airplane excursion with disastrous results. While Manny is at their house, Claire must get used to the fact they are actually siblings.

Claire and Phil have mixed feelings regarding the first day of school for the kids. Jay and Gloria argue about an outfit for Manny, and a minor problem with Lily gets blown out of proportion by Mitchell and Cameron.

Claire and Mitchell's mother Dede drops in for a surprise visit, determined to make amends with everyone she offended during what has been deemed "the incident" at Jay and Gloria's wedding.

Cameron breaks out his favorite clown costume to make Luke's birthday party a hit. However, a series of accidents causes the party to break into chaos and leads to an unfortunate injury.