Tim Allen To Headline ABC Comedy Pilot From Mike Scully & Julie Thacker Scully
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Tim Allen, star of Home Improvement and Last Man Standing, is returning to ABC with a new multi-camera sitcom.
The network has handed a pilot order to a family comedy headlined by the veteran actor-comedian. Tentatively titled Shifting Gears, the project comes from Duncanville co-creators Mike Scully and Julie Thacker Sully who executive produce with Last Man Standing executive producers Allen, Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Richard Baker and Rick Messina and the series’ studio, 20th Television.
Written by the Scullys, Shifting Gears centers on Matt (Allen), a stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop.
When Matt’s estranged daughter and her teenage kids move into his house, the real restoration begins. Allen is currently in the Disney family as star and executive producer of the Disney+ series The Santa Clauses, which returned for a second season in November.
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