Switching gears: Everything you need to know about Tim Allen’s new ABC sitcom
ABC relies on sitcom icons Tim Allen And Kat Dennings in their upcoming series To change gear.
Allen and Dennings will star in the upcoming series, which received a pilot order in March 2024. To change gear revolves around the owner of a car restoration shop who gets the chance to reconnect with his estranged daughter and his grandchildren.
The ABC series comes three years after Allen’s previous sitcom Last man standing concluded its nine-season run. For Last man standingAllen was known for his role as Tim “The Toolman” Taylor on the ABC sitcom Home improvementwhich ran from 1991 to 1999.
‘The word that keeps me alive is ‘grateful’. I love what I do. I get far more pleasure from entertaining people than from any money,” Allen said exclusively We weekly in 2020.. “I love the live audience we have. I tell them every night, ‘This is old-fashioned stuff, where television and broadcasting started.’ I don’t know the future, but this [show] is rare.”
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He added: “We did the same as with Home improvement. It’s all about the relationships; we do not delve into current affairs. But 1734141822I only have girls, so you see how a man’s perspective differs when he has so many strong women around him. We never have fun [of each other]. It is a warm-hearted family. I like that we celebrate marriage, institution, children, babies and people and have fun at the same time. But in the same way we honor it. We are not so sarcastic about it.”
Dennings, meanwhile, has a history with network TV playing Max on the CBS sitcom 2 broken girls from 2011 to 2017.
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Who stars in ‘Shifting Gears’?
Allen and Dennings play Matt and his estranged daughter Riley, respectively. Seann William Scott, Daryl ‘Chill’ Mitchell, Maxwell Simkins And Barrett Margolis round out the cast. Brenda Song is also expected to appear on the show. Jenna Elfman was also cast in a recurring role prior to the premiere.
What is ‘switching’ about?
Shifting Gears follows Matt, a stubborn and widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. His life is turned upside down when his estranged daughter Riley moves in with her teenage children. Matt’s son, Nick, is also involved as he puts his life on hold to help his father at the store.
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When will ‘Shifting Gears’ premiere?
The series was ordered by ABC in July 2024 and the pilot was executive produced by Mike Scully And Julie Thacker-Scully. The duo were originally intended to be showrunners, but TVLine confirmed that someone else will take over that role.
Allen also serves as executive producer Last man standing‘s executive producers Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Richard Baker, Rick Messina and pilot director Johannes Pasquin.
The show will premiere on January 8, 2025.
