Tim Allen & Kat Dennings return to their sitcom roots in new series, Shifting Gears. Watch an exclusive sneak peek featuring Seann William Scott now.

Allen’s Matt is a beleaguered widower, lonely after his wife’s recent passing. He runs an auto shop that fixes up old cars (the man can never be too far from a tool chest), which he keeps pristinely clean and organized, just like his home.

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

Kat Dennings may have taken a hard right turn, but Tim Allen hasn’t budged. In “Shifting Gears,” he’s the same character we discovered in “Home Improvement” and “Last Man Standing.”

Shifting Gears' stars Tim Allen, Kat Dennings talk on set fun and fab cars. The new sitcom premieres Wednesday at 8p|7c on ABC.

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 ...

(Kat Dennings’ first onscreen appearance ... much to the amusement or chagrin of employees including Gabe (Seann William Scott) and Stitch (Daryl Mitchell) — and possibly one woman who has ...