Tim Allen stars as a curmudgeonly father and Kat Dennings as his estranged daughter in this ABC multicam sitcom that features some sociopolitical humor.

Tim Allen and Kat Dennings star in father/daughter sitcom "Shifting Gears" on ABC. It's not good, but it's not terrible.

Tim Allen is putting his tool belt back on for his return to TV in Shifting Gears, a new sitcom premiering on ABC. Allen stars as Matt, a stubborn widower who owns a classic-car restoration shop. "He is confronted with his most unexpected and challenging project yet when his estranged daughter,

Playing the owner of a classic car shop, the "Home Improvement" and "Last Man Standing" star shouts plenty of half-baked opinions at his only daughter (Kat Dennings) when she has to move back in with her well-off yet easily irritated papa.

If Tim Allen wasn't playing a grumpy dad on TV, it wouldn't be America in the 1990s. Or the 2010s. Or, now, the 2020s, as the actor and comedian begins his latest series, "Shifting Gears," which airs Wednesdays on ABC.

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

As the United States enters 2025 feeling more divided than ever, there are a few schools of thought in terms of how (or whether) to address those divisions in mainstream entertainment. Some feel that what the world needs now is an escape from daily rancor,