Home Improvement and Last Man Standing star Tim Allen made his highly-anticipated return to network TV in the 2025 TV schedule with Shifting Gears. Also starring Two Broke Girls‘ Kat Dennings, the show was a breakout hit from the very start… but then the future seemed less bright, with recent rumors suggesting that it could be cancelled in the same season that ABC loses The Conners. Now, fans can count on a bright future for Shifting Gears.
Shifting Gears has officially been renewed for Season 2, with Deadline reporting an order of ten episodes to match the total for Season 1. The freshman sitcom was part of the network’s renewal spree, which also includes more seasons of Grey’s Anatomy, 9-1-1, The Rookie, and Will Trent. Comedy Abbott Elementary and Kaitlin Olson’s High Potential were both already renewed earlier this year, with NCIS: LA alum Chris O’Donnell’s 9-1-1: Nashville also scoring a primetime slot.
The uncertainty about Shifting Gears‘ future largely lay in the fact that its exceptionally strong audience for the pilot, at 17 million viewers across platforms after the first week, wasn’t sustained by the new sitcom. (The show is currently available streaming with a Hulu subscription.) The decline by 40% in linear viewing and 50% in the valuable 18-49 age demographic might have been enough to lead to a cancellation.
