Shifting Gears

This is a typical Tim Allen showcase with plenty of scope to turn into a decent show. Granted its only the first episode but so far i'm not a big fan. Canned laughter is killing it for me, it happens way to much and when things arn't even that funny. Lose it completely and maybe it will go the distance but in the format its in i can see it getting cancelled after one season which is a pity, i'm a big tim allen fan and love kat dennings. Cant beleive that the trial screening didnt point this out. Its maybe worth watching up to 3rd or 4th episode to see if it improves but if it dosnt then its a big miss for me.

Really wanted to like this. Both Tim Allen and Kat Dennings are great comedy actors, but the show is just trying too hard. It's also great to see Sean William Scott back in a role, but it's just very 2 dimensional. Their performances feel stiff and unnatural and there is no chemistry there. Also the over-use of canned laughter is ridiculous, it's constant and it feels like you are being forced into laughing because you are obviously not capable of understanding where the comedy is without it. The fact is that a lot of what they are playing the canned laughter at really isn't funny but then this takes the shine off the few genuinely funny parts. A show with great potential but a real disappointment.

End of Season 1 and I agree with what many of the other reviewers have stated.

I really enjoy Tim Allen. Yes it is a close redo of previous characters but that's ok. He plays it well and the setting is enough of a difference that it is fresh but still has a comfortable feel to it. I like the addition of Elfman. I can see her playing opposite Allen really well and am interested in where it goes.

The supporting characters that work in the garage I like. They are beginning to establish their own identity and can see them being an integral part of the show. The kids? Not so much. Maybe they'll grow as actors approaching Season 2.

However, Kay Denning's voice and acting are terrible. She acts like she is reading cue cards off camera and her voice.... her voice is just grating! And PLEASE.... LOSE THE LAUGH TRACK!!

Will I tune in Season 2? Yes. Hopefully the powers that be with this show will take the advice of so many reviews and lose the laugh track and somehow, someway deal with "the voice."

We are trying to give this show a chance, but the canned laughter is awful. The lines aren't that funny to have constant laughter multiple times in a sentence breaking up the dialog. We aren't stupid. We know how to laugh if something is truly funny. The whole plot is kind of sad, from his daughter being a single mom, to him losing his wife, to the kids struggling with their issues, which makes it even more inappropriate to laugh all the way through it. I hope they read these reviews and treat the audience with more respect. We need more shows that are lighthearted and lift us up instead of dragging us down with endless vulgarity and violence, so I hope they improve the dialog and cut way back on the fake laughter.

Here I was thinking Tim Allen and Kat Denning, 2 actors I actually like, were going to blow it out of the park. 2 episodes in and all I can think is how long till they cancel this. Tim is the exact same character hes always been but theres no spring in his step. Its a stiff performance. Maybe he's trying to adapt to the character and hasnt nailed it yet.

Kat for the most part is phoning it in. Shes acting like shes in 2 Broke Girls but without the clever sexual innuendos. She was much better in Thor and Wandavision.

This just seems flat to me. I'll watch it for now, but I think this one wont get any legs to it. Its just not funny and the canned laughter is over done.