the same reason "lost" and 10,000,000,000 crime/forensic shows are. because they make the shows for the lowest commmon denominator, and you are smarter than those viewers. so you have to SUFFER with shows like father of the pride and according to jim and hope & faith.
Lumping According to Jim and Father of the Pride with Lost is bull****. Lost is a show where you wathc, try to figure out what's going on, etc. Sit coms like Jim and Pride are stupid, but they are what they are.