In January 2025, another comedy will joinAbbott ElementarywhenShifting Gearspremiereson ABC on Wednesday, January 8. The series stars2 Broke Girls’Kat DenningsandLast Man Standing’sTim Allen. InShifting Gears, Allen stars as “Matt, the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. When Matt’s estranged daughter Riley and her kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.” ABC released a trailer that finds Riley moving in with her father, but their shared past and the unfolding present cause comic conflict.
The video below begins with Riley’s arrival at her dad’s place. She drives a red GTO that Matt recognizes instantly. He claims it was stolen fifteen years prior. “There’s the thief,” he says as Riley hops out. Riley is accompanied by Matt’s grandchildren, Carter (Maxwell Simkins) and Georgia (Barrett Margolis). “I’m crawling home because I’m broke,” Riley reveals why she visits and stays. She needs a place to stay before she figures out what to do. The past is not behind them as they rehash memories from Riley’s teenage years, when she flipped her dad off. “I was 18. The double bird is how I ended all our conversations,” she says.
Who Is Behind ‘Shifting Gears?’
Allen is best known for his work on projects likeHome Improvement,Toy Story, and, recently,The Santa Clauses.Shifting Gearsmarks his return to ABC after the network canceledLast Man Standing, forcing the show to move to Fox. Around the same time in 2011, Dennings starred in2 Broke Girlson CBS as Max for seven seasons. Multi-camera sitcoms are making a comeback, andShifting Gearsis the first time both actors have worked in this format in a while. Allen serves as an executive producer, while Dennings is a producer on the show.
The pilot episode was directed byJohn Pasquin, who also serves as executive producer alongsideMichelle Nader,Marty Adelstein,Becky Clements,Richard Baker,Rick Messina,Jim Patterson,Bob Daily, andJohn Amodeo.Shifting Gearspremieres on ABC on Wednesday, June 19, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET. Later, the much anticipatedAbbott ElementaryandIt’s Always Sunny in Philadelphiacrossover premieres as the shows settle on this schedule for the rest of the season. Other ABC shows likeThe RookieSeason 7,Will TrentSeason 3, andThe Conners’final season also got premiere dates and time slots.
Tune in to ABC on Wednesday from 8 P.M. for the comedy hour. In the meantime, streamLast Man Standingon Hulu.
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