Tim’s Allen’s discovered a method that works for him, and he’s sticking with it. The House Enchancment star is returning to his roots with upcoming ABC collection Shifting Gears, which is able to have a good time 33 years of Allen taking part in a grouchy dad.
Within the incoming collection, Allen performs Matt, the “cussed, widowed proprietor of a basic automotive restoration store.” After struggling by a contentious relationship together with his daughter for years, the younger Riley — performed by Kat Dennings — married the boyfriend he hated and moved away. Greater than a decade later, Riley is divorced, and compelled to return dwelling to her dad with two teenage youngsters in tow. Because the movie’s official logline states, “When Matt’s estranged daughter and her teenage youngsters transfer into his home, the actual restoration begins,” which is so hilariously near Allen’s earlier initiatives that it should be good.
Say what you’ll in regards to the 70-year-old star, however he is aware of easy methods to make a household sitcom shine. Each House Enchancment and Final Man Standing — a pair of exhibits that share a large quantity of actual property with the incoming Shifting Gears — had been totally in style amongst audiences, and likelihood is good that Shifting Gears will show simply as profitable.
Do we all know when Shifting Gears is releasing?
Dennings solely just lately signed onto Shifting Gears, and the collection remains to be in pre-production, which implies had been nonetheless an excellent whereas out from it touchdown on ABC. The staff behind the contemporary launch appear to be working laborious and quick, nonetheless, as a number of shops are reporting a Fall 2024 launch date. It’ll be a dash for them to totally develop the collection in such a brief period of time, however the present was already delayed as soon as — attributable to 2023’s twin strikes — so it should probably keep away from one other delay in any respect prices.
Ought to the present handle to get by pre-production and all the best way to launch by Fall of 2024, we may have Shifting Gears on our screens as quickly as September. Ought to it want a number of extra months to iron out the various steps concerned in making a televised collection, nonetheless, it could see one other minor delay that pushes its launch again to the winter months of 2024 and even spring of 2025.