Tim Allen's hit ABC sitcom Shifting Gears has allowed him to bring in numerous former cast members from Home Improvement. Before playing a widower on Shifting Gears, Allen got his sitcom start on the latter show, which ran from 1991 to 1999 and also starred Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Patricia Richardson, Taran Noah Smith, Zachery Ty Bryan, Richard Karn and Debbe Dunning. Allen continued to find success playing Mike Baxter in Last Man Standing from 2011 to 2021 before returning to TV alongside onscreen daughter Kat Dennings.