Series synopsis
Home Improvement is an American comedy television series that premiered on ABC on September 17, 1991. It ended on May 25, 1999. It was created by Carmen Finestra, Matt Williams, David McFadzean. It stars Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Earl Hindman and Richard Karn.
The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.
Premise
The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Tim Allen as Tim Taylor
- Patricia Richardson as Jill Taylor
- Earl Hindman as Wilson Wilson Jr.
- Richard Karn as Al Borland
- Zachery Ty Bryan as Brad Taylor
- Taran Noah Smith as Mark Taylor
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Randy Taylor
Guest cast
- Debbe Dunning as Heidi
- Dion Anderson as Hank
- Vicki Lewis as Maureen Binford
- Albert Sacco as Albert Sacco
- James Read as Captain Jenkins
- Janeane Garofalo as Tina
- Byrne Piven as Rolf
- Dan Aykroyd as Mike Weber
- Justin Shenkarow as Matt
- Teller as Teller
- Peter Michael Goetz as Dr. Hanover
- Eric Christmas as Sir Larry Houdini
Episodes
This series spans 9 seasons with 213 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 10 | May 4, 2003 | May 4, 2003 |
| Season 1 | 24 | September 17, 1991 | May 5, 1992 |
| Season 2 | 25 | September 16, 1992 | May 19, 1993 |
| Season 3 | 25 | September 15, 1993 | May 25, 1994 |
| Season 4 | 26 | September 20, 1994 | May 23, 1995 |
| Season 5 | 26 | September 19, 1995 | May 21, 1996 |
| Season 6 | 25 | September 17, 1996 | May 20, 1997 |
| Season 7 | 25 | September 23, 1997 | May 19, 1998 |
| Season 8 | 27 | September 22, 1998 | May 25, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement The User's Guide to Watching Home Improvement featured Tim Allen with appearances by Richard Karn (Al), and Debbe Dunning (Heidi). Tim presented his own favorite clips from the show, insider's tips, personal reflections and a question and answer session with the live audience! |
May 4, 2003 |
| 2 |
Loose Screws - Season 1 Bloopers & Hilarious Moments Outtakes and funniest moments from Season 1. |
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| 3 |
Loose Screws II - Season 2 Bloopers & Hilarious Moments Outtakes and funniest moments from Season 2. |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot Tim decides to rewire the dishwasher against Jill's wishes and ends up blowing more than her fuse. |
September 17, 1991 |
| 2 |
Mow Better Blues After breaking one of Tim's tools that has been in the family for twenty years, Mark fears that he will be traded in after Brad and Randy make up a story about ""Peter"", their former brother that was traded in after he broke one of Tim's flashlights. |
September 26, 1991 |
| 3 |
Off Sides When she can't find a babysitter, Jill has a magician watch the kids while she and Tim go on their romantic dinner. However, Tim is too distracted by a football game to pay attention to her. Meanwhile, the kids accidentally lock the magician in a trunk. |
October 1, 1991 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Read My Hips Jill has planned a romantic surprise dinner for Tim, who is at Big Mike's with Al and the guys from K&B Construction. He phones home and she flirts with him, and he doesn't notice and comes home two hours late. Jill is upset and accuses him of not picking up all the signals she sends. Tim thinks that signals should be clear and dresses up as Fred the phone repairman so he can fix the problem. Brad is wondering whether Jennifer pounding him is a sign that she wants to kiss him. |
September 16, 1992 |
| 2 |
Rites and Wrongs of Passage Tim still lets Brad off the hook and go to the planned truck rally after he pulls a prank at school, until he throws rocks at a greenhouse. |
September 23, 1992 |
| 3 |
Overactive Glance Jill and Karen thinks that Tim will look at a woman in a restaurant, after he checks out a woman on Tool Time. Randy has trouble playing football. |
September 30, 1992 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Maybe, Baby Jill's sister Carol is having a baby girl. When they talk about the baby's name and Jill is going through the boys' baby toys, she wishes she could have a baby girl. Tim tells Randy and Brad that Jill always wanted a girl so they tell Mark that Jill wished he had been a girl. This upsets Mark and when Jill wants to bake a cake with him, he doesn't want to. When she finds out the truth, she tells Mark that what Randy and Brad told him isn't true. Tim is also upset because he doesn't want another child. But he feels alright again when Jill tells him that they don't have the time for another child. |
September 15, 1993 |
| 2 |
Aisle See You In My Dreams At Al's 35th birthday, he wants a wife and kids, so Jill fixes him up with Ilene Markham. Al finds out that Ilene wants kids too, so he proposes to her on Tool Time. Randy and Brad write a letter to Mark pretending to be Isaiah Thomas, so Tim and Jill tell Mark to get revenge. |
September 22, 1993 |
| 3 |
This Joke's For You Tim stops telling jokes and screwing up on Tool Time after he installs an intercom and hears Randy call him a screw up. Brad wants to read ""David Copperfield"" so he can talk to it to Jennifer, but he finds out it's not about the magician and Jennifer breaks up with him. |
September 29, 1993 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Back In The Saddle Shoes Again Jill is laid off and decides to go back to college, causing Tim to become afraid that he will lose Jill to more intelligent men. |
September 20, 1994 |
| 2 |
Don't Tell Momma Jill dents the car, so Tim decides to fix it but he accidently drops a three ton beam on it and tries to hide it from Jill. Meanwhile, Brad and Randy are kicked off of the school bus for gluing Vinnie McGurn's, a bully's, butt. |
September 27, 1994 |
| 3 |
Death Begins At Forty Tim begins concerned about his health when his 40th birthday nears and Harry, the owner of Harry's Hardware, has a heart attack. |
October 4, 1994 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Taylor Runs Through It At Jill's cousin's wedding, Tim tries to squeeze in sports for him in the boys. After Jill gets tired of writing her speech for the wedding, she decides to go water skiing with the boys and gets injured. |
September 19, 1995 |
| 2 |
The First Temptation of Tim Bud Harper, Tim's new boss, wants to replace Al because younger viewers don't like him. Meanwhile, Brad gets detention on the first day of school and additional detention for misbehaving during detention. |
September 26, 1995 |
| 3 |
Her Cheatin' Mind After Tim becomes threatened by one of Jill's classmates, he joins her book club. |
October 3, 1995 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
At Sea Jill finds Brad making out with his girlfriend in his room. When Jill asks Tim to have a man-to-man talk with Brad, Tim is a little reluctant to do it. Not because he doesn't feel Brad needs it, but because it's something he's never done before with a kid. Tool Time goes to sea in another on-location shoot, with Tim, Al and Heidi boarding the USS Constellation aircraft carrier as part of their salute to engines. |
September 17, 1996 |
| 2 |
Future Shock Tim and Jill both reminisce about their senior years. |
September 24, 1996 |
| 3 |
Workshop 'Til You Drop When Bud gets divorced, Tim and Jill go to a couples therapy workshop. |
October 1, 1996 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Quest for Fire While on holiday in northern Michigan, Tim informs the family that he wants to move there permanently. |
September 23, 1997 |
| 2 |
Clash of the Taylors Tim and Randy disagree on Binford's environmental policies. Jill gets an internship counseling families. |
September 30, 1997 |
| 3 |
Room at the Top Jill wants Tim to build her an office in the attic, and then changes her mind at the last minute; Tim makes a big deal about it. |
October 7, 1997 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Whitewater Jill surprises Tim with a river-rafting trip for his birthday, sinking his plan to attend a NASCAR event. |
September 22, 1998 |
| 2 |
Adios Randy is selected to go to Costa Rica for a year to study the rain forest, and Jill's worried. So Tim decides to "fix things." |
September 29, 1998 |
| 3 |
All In The Family Tim and Jill's plans to spend some time together are interupted when Tim's brother and Jill's sister anounce that they are an item. |
October 6, 1998 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 17, 1991 |
| Last aired | May 25, 1999 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Friday at 20:00:00 |