该电视剧由Linwood Boomer执导，弗朗基·穆尼兹、布莱恩·科兰斯顿、贾斯汀·贝菲尔德、克里斯托弗·马斯特森、简·卡兹玛拉克等主演，于2002年上映。在22分钟的叙事中，《马尔科姆的一家第四季》（又名：内详）An offbeat, laugh track-lacking sitcom about a bizarrely dysfunctional family, the center of which is Malcolm, the middle of the two brothers who still live at home. His eldest (and favorite) sibling, Francis, boards at military school because his parents believe it will reform him and keep him out of trouble. Malcolm often has a hard time coping with his family life, but he has more troubles to contend with when he starts receiving special treatment at school after being diagnosed as an intellectually advanced genius.