Tim Allen's new sitcom, 'Shifting Gears,' is all about fixing cars and healing families. For the star, it hits close to home.

 In the case of something needs fixing, Tim Allen's your person — yet ensure you have a fall back.

"I'm great at diagnosing," Allen told Hurray Diversion. "I generally eff it up before I fix it." A valid example: He as of late destroyed his little girl's paddling machine to investigate an issue, just to understand all it required was the press of a button.

That blend of well meaning goals and advancing as he goes is Allen's mark, and it established him as perhaps of television's most darling father. From the instrument using Tim Taylor on Home Improvement to the leg-pulling Mike Baxter on Sole survivor, he's constructed a tradition of engaging mentors known for being both convenient and humorously misinformed.

Presently, Allen is back in Changing Gears, another sitcom debuting Jan. 8 on ABC. Just this time, the situation look somewhat changed.

Not at all like his previous sitcom jobs, Allen's Matt Parker is a blunt single man whose alienated girl, played by Kat Dennings (2 Broke Young ladies), moves in with her two children close behind. Together, the family faces the difficulties of exploring sadness, revamping their connections and mending injuries from way back.

A plot hits up close and personal for Allen, who lost his dad in a fender bender as a youngster.

"My father was a practitioner," Allen said. "He generally buckled down, and we would do stuff with him, whether it's planting or chipping away at his vehicle. Thus, I've generally valued men that know how to do stuff."

"It seems like we've been doing this for quite a while," she told Yippee Diversion. "Everybody was truly eager to see Tim doing this once more."

Dennings' personality Riley is as obstinate areas of strength for and as her dad. Riley is philosophically moderate, while Matt inclines more moderate. Notwithstanding their continuous conflicts, they share a receptiveness to gaining from one another.

"Their conviction frameworks are totally different, yet she is his little girl," Dennings made sense of, adding that the minutes where their disparities reach a crucial stage are a portion of her top picks.

A little on-set humor likewise makes a difference. Alluding to Allen as a "father joke enthusiast," Dennings said she and the group are frequently at the less than desirable finish of his viable jokes — like when he regularly claims to run into walls to make them giggle.