Shifting Gears: Season 1

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ABC | Season Premiere Date: January 8, 2025

Summary: Matt's (Tim Allen) life as a widower running his classic car restoration shop is disrupted by his daughter Riley (Kat Dennings) moving in with her two kids in the comedy series created by Mike Scully and Julie Thacker Scully.

Genre(s): Comedy

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Hope Sloop

Feb 5, 2025

ABC’s new sitcom, Shifting Gears, is pretty damn good. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Cristina Escobar

Jan 8, 2025

“Shifting Gears” works because Allen and Dennings are believable as an estranged father-daughter pair trying to work it out. There’s humor there, but there’s also real emotion. Read full review

Rob Owen

Jan 7, 2025

Allen is in “Last Man Standing” mode as a conservative crank but what makes “Gears” work is his sparring with Dennings, who holds her own against the sitcom veteran and gives as good as she gets. Read full review

Alison Herman

Jan 8, 2025

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

Bruce Miller

Jan 10, 2025

“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

Lisa Weidenfeld

Jan 9, 2025

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

The Daily Beast Jesse Hassenger

Jan 8, 2025

The show is not merely unfunny; it features punchlines that should embarrass anyone who’s ever had a quick scroll of Facebook. .... The only surprises Shifting Gears can offer early on are a few non-comic moments where Allen and Dennings inhabit the genuine moments of dumbstruck grief they feel over losing a wife and mother, respectively. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 1, 2025
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 8, 2025
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