Shifting Gears
ABC | Release Date: January 8, 2025
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
7
Negative:
3

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydJan 8, 2025
Season 1 Review: Allen and Dennings do quickly strike a satisfying mix of antagonism and affection. Both know their way around a filmed-before-a-live-audience sitcom. .... The second episode — only two were available to watch — feels less focused. That there is nothing new to see here is not in the series’ disfavor. .... Formulas are formulas because they give consistent, reliable, unsurprising results. Read full review
58
TVLineDave NemetzJan 8, 2025
Season 1 Review: Tim Allen and Kat Dennings make an entertainingly feisty duo as father and daughter in ABC’s new family sitcom Shifting Gears. Read full review
50
Screen RantAna DumaraogAug 28, 2025
Season 1 Review: Currently, Shifting Gears lives and dies with Allen. This means that its success is directly tied to how much the audience loves the actor and the role he is known for. Read full review
40
Sioux City JournalBruce MillerJan 10, 2025
Season 1 Review: “Shifting Gears” plays into the hands of audiences who loved its two stars. Neither goes too far afield from the personalities they helped create. While Dennings often seems like she’s on an uphill climb, Allen seems to be idling. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeLisa WeidenfeldJan 9, 2025
Season 1 Review: Allen’s show seems structured to let him spout off about hot button issues. If only his monologues were funnier. Instead, they seem designed to hit a checklist of things someone like Allen’s character would be annoyed about. Read full review
40
VarietyAlison HermanJan 8, 2025
Season 1 Review: Lack of subtlety extends to obvious attempts at intergenerational humor. .... “Shifting Gears” is about a family stitching itself back together. Perhaps it’s fitting that it doesn’t yet feel like a cohesive whole. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergJan 8, 2025
Season 1 Review: In lieu of detail or nuance, Shifting Gears is counting on the redoubtable charm of its leads to cover for the elements that either make no sense or, more frequently, just aren’t interesting. Read full review
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