"Shifting Gears" is starting off Season 2 by giving Tim Allen fans what they've wanted for years: a "Home Improvement" reunion. Richard Karn, Debbe Dunning and Patricia Richardson will all appear in the first episode of the ABC show when it returns on Oct.

Tim Allen has had a prolific sitcom presence with Home Improvement and Last Man Standing so it only makes sense that his former costars appear on his new show, Shifting Gears. Allen got his start as a comedian in the '70s.

Shifting Gears was a family sitcom that's as much about repairing relationships as repairing cars! It debuted on ABC in January 2025, with Tim Allen as widowed mechanic Matt Parker, whose peaceful lif