Tim Allen plays a widowed father to his estranged daughter played by Kat Dennings and the pair suddenly find themselves living together and working to repair their relationship.

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,

Kat Dennings and Tim Allen are a father-daughter match made in TV heaven!

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.

Yep, it's another story of a conservative father and a somewhat more liberal daughter having to end a lengthy estrangement.

NEW YORK -- First came "Home Improvement," then "Last Man Standing," and now Tim Allen ... father to his estranged daughter played by Kat Dennings. The pair suddenly find themselves living ...

Home Improvement's success made Binford Tools something of a household name, and the fictional brand has continued to appear in other projects ever since.

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,

Shifting Gears is ushering in a new era of Tim Allen as a TV dad, and while it’s a role that his costar Kat Dennings isn’t unfamiliar with over her years in television and film either, there’s something that sets him apart from the others.

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,

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

This comedy series about a family with political differences is nothing new but it's nice to see Allen back in action.