Home Improvement: Show Creators Reunite for New ABC Sitcom

[R.jsheedy]

The three creators of ABC’s very popular Home Improvement sitcom are back at work for the alphabet network.

Matt Williams, Carmen Finestra, and David McFadzean created Home Improvement back in 1991, based on the stand-up comedy of Tim Allen. The family sitcom ran for 204 episodes and stars Allen, Patricia Richardson, Zachery Ty Bryan, Taran Noah Smith, Richard Karn, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and Earl Hindman.

During the successful eight season run of Home Improvement, Williams, Finestra and McFadzean and the show were nominated for Emmys three times.

The trio now has a new project with ABC. A family sitcom, the show revolves around a sports psychologist who’s also the father of three kids. The Dad runs his office out of his home (ala Jason Seaver from Growing Pains) and has to find a way to balance his job with the obligations of being an involved parent.

The network has only committed to a script thus far. Casting on the project would be premature at this stage but, would you like to see Tim Allen in the role?

http://tvseriesfinale.com/articles/home-improvementem-show-creators-reunite-for-new-abc-sitcom/

[DSfan]

Sounds like a good show but if they would even try Tim Allen, all we would think of is how Home Improvement was better.

[JulieSomoski]

Sounds like a good show but if they would even try Tim Allen, all we would think of is how Home Improvement was better.

I wouldn't mind seeing Tim Allen try another sitcom, but not this one - for one, it's from the same people he worked with for 8 years, and it's too similar of the role he played before. This show still sounds pretty good, though. ABC is on the ball with sitcoms this season.

[DSfan]

They are pretty much restructuring Jill's character into, specifically, a sports psychologist and making the character a male instead. I don't know, sitcoms just don't really work anymore.

Although, there's no doubt I'd love to see a sitcom the quality of HI on tv again!