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A new look at Shifting Gears proves that it is Tim Allen‘ road — or the highway.
In Us Weeklyin an exclusive first look at the ABC sitcom, Allen’s character, Matt, tries to find common ground with his on-screen daughter, Riley, played by Kat Dennings. Matt finds himself living with his estranged daughter again, and it’s not all smooth sailing.
“I’m broke and I need a place to stay until I figure out what the rest of my life looks like,” Riley tells Matt, who says, “So a couple of days.”
The sneak peek clip shows Matt explaining that he has a “certain way of doing things,” which Riley notes is justified. his way or no way. Riley scores some advice from family friend Gabriel (Old William Scott), who works at Matt’s classic car restoration shop.
“Your father loves you – and cars. You and cars,” notes Gabriel. “The order is not important.”
According to the promo, Matt and Riley are in for a wild ride as “the wheels come off” in the middle of their tense reunion. The synopsis of the show revealed that Riley’s children with her ex will also play a big part on it Shifting Gears. In addition to Allen, Dennings and Scott, the main cast includes Daryl “Chill” Mitchell, Maxwell Simkins, Barrett Margolis a Jenna Elfman in a recurring role.
Allen, 71, has his fair share of experience in the sitcom world having played Tim “The Toolman” Taylor on ABC’s Housing Improvement from 1991 to 1999. He later appeared as Mike Baxter on The Last Man Standingwhich ended in 2021 after a nine-season run.
“The word that keeps me alive is ‘grateful.’ I love what I do. I get a lot more enjoyment out of entertaining people than anything financial,” Allen said alone Us in 2020. “I love the live audience we have. I tell them every night, ‘This is old school stuff, what television and broadcasting started with.’ I don’t know the future, but this (show) is rare.”
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Allen reflected on the elements that make successful show, adding, “We did the same thing as we did with Home Improvement. It’s about the relationships—we don’t get into topical stuff. But (now), I have women, so you see how a man is different in his perspective when he has so many strong women around him.”
He continued: “We never make fun (of each other). It is a loving family. I like the fact that we honor and make fun – at the same time – marriage, organization, children, babies, people. But in the same way, we honor him. We’re not being snarky about it.”
Dennings, 38, too it has a history with network television, playing Max on the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Women from 2011 to 2017. Shifting Gears marks Scott’s third series regular role after he starred Welcome to Flatch a A Deadly Weapon.
Shifting Gears premieres on ABC Wednesday, January 8, at 8 pm ET before streaming the next day on Hulu.
