As far as the profession goes, Shifting Gears' having Tim Allen working with cars and tools almost feels like the last piece of a triangle of ruggedness that the man has embodied over decades of TV. Previously, Home Improvement had Allen play Tim “The Toolman” Taylor, while Last Man Standing’s Mike Baxter was a sporting goods mogul.

"It's surreal to work with him," the actress says of her costar on the new ABC sitcom Kat Dennings and Tim Allen are a father-daughter match made in TV heaven! Over the course of her decades-long career,

Tim Allen exclusively told Us Weekly whether his former 'Home Improvement' costar Jonathan Taylor Thomas will make an appearance on ABC's 'Shifting Gears'

ABC's latest sitcom unites "Home Improvement" actor Tim Allen with "2 Broke Girls" star Kat Dennings as an estranged father-daughter duo.

Kat Dennings said stepping onto the set with Tim Allen and the cast to make the new ABC sitcom Shifting Gears “was like a ’90s Mount Rushmore.” The show also stars Seann William Scott, who played Stifler in 1999’s American Pie, and Daryl “Chill” Mitchell, who played English teacher Mr. Morgan in 1999’s 10 Things I Hate About You.

Sitcom vets Tim Allen and Kat Dennings have done it again. The two have united to co-star in an all-new sitcom for ABC, and the result has set an impressive record for the network. Per Deadline, Allen and Dennings' new series,

Since getting her start on the WB sitcom “Raising Dad” 24 years ago, Kat Dennings has seen it all. In a recent conversation with People, Dennings discussed casting directors who were “very cruel” to her even at a young age.

Kat Dennings revealed that casting directors said awful things to her, but her parents instilled a confident mindset into her.

Dennings looked back on her career and the Hollywood beauty standards she came up auditioning as a 12-year-old kid.

While Dennings chatted about Hollywood Dads with People -- seeing as Carell played her step-father in The 4o-Year-Old Virgin and Tim Allen plays her father in her new sitcom on the 2025 TV schedule called Shifting Gears -- she had the following to say about Steve Carell and his "anxious energy" on set:

Funnyman Tim Allen has played a lot of dads over his long career — from Home Improvement’s Tim Taylor and Last Man Standing’s Mike Baxter to Scott Calvin of The Santa Clauses. This month, Tim returned to TV on Shifting Gears as Matt,