Shifting Gears (2025)
Season 2 Premiere:
TVPG
Sitcom
Matt is a stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop; when Matt’s estranged daughter and her kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.
Cast & Crew
Tim Allen Matt
Kat Dennings Riley
Seann William Scott Gabriel
Daryl "Chill" Mitchell Stitch
Maxwell Simkins Carter
Barrett Margolis Georgia
Tim Allen Executive Producer
Michelle Nader Executive Producer
Marty Adelstein Executive Producer
John Amodeo Executive Producer
Richard Baker Executive Producer
Becky Clements Executive Producer
Bob Daily Executive Producer
Rick Messina Executive Producer
John Pasquin Executive Producer
Jim Patterson Executive Producer
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Wednesday, October 1
Secret New
Season 2 • Episode 1
Matt wrestles with his feelings for Eve, and Charlotte convinces him to go to a grief group.
Wednesday, October 8
Date New
Season 2 • Episode 2
Matt and Eve go on their first date but have different ideas of what it should entail.
Wednesday, October 15
Passion New
Season 2 • Episode 3
When Carter's job pays more than Riley's, she decides to find her forever career.
Matt Roush says...
Tim Allen’s comeback sitcom shifts into nostalgia mode when widower Matt (Allen) reluctantly joins fellow widow Charlotte (his former Last Man Standing costar Nancy Travis) to a meeting of a grief support group. Who should he encounter but familiar faces from his breakthrough hit, Home Improvement, with cameos by Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, and Debbe Dunning. But the bulk of the Season 2 premiere coasts along in romcom style when Matt reunites with Eve (Jenna Elfman) after three months, and his daughter Riley (Kat Dennings) confronts her feelings for Gabriel (Seann William Scott). Followed by the Season 5 premiere of Abbott Elementary (8:30/7:30c), where a collapsing roof in the teachers’ lounge does nothing to dampen Janine’s (Quinta Brunson) enthusiasm for the annual Development Day.
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