Scripted series · ABC
Home Improvement
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Tim Allen
Tim Taylor
203 eps
Patricia Richardson
Jill Taylor
203 eps
Earl Hindman
Wilson Wilson Jr.
203 eps
Richard Karn
Al Borland
203 eps
Zachery Ty Bryan
Brad Taylor
203 eps
Taran Noah Smith
Mark Taylor
203 eps
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Randy Taylor
179 eps
Debbe Dunning
Heidi
136 eps
Vicki Lewis
Maureen Binford
3 eps
Peter Michael Goetz
Dr. Hanover
2 eps
David Haskell
Smitty
2 eps
Dick O'Neill
Art Leonard
3 eps
Mickey Jones
Pete
13 eps
Tom Wopat
Ian
2 eps
Bob Vila
Bob Vila
3 eps
Polly Holliday
Lillian Patterson
5 eps
Betsy Randle
Karen Kelly
7 eps
M. Emmet Walsh
Colonel
2 eps
Robert Picardo
Joe Morton
2 eps
Al Fann
Felix
6 eps
Michael Andretti
Michael Andretti
3 eps
Ken Bowersox
Ken Bowersox
3 eps
China Kantner
Willow
5 eps
Courtney Peldon
Lauren
7 eps
Jay Leno
Jay
2 eps
Leigh Ann Orsi
Ashley
3 eps
Anndi McAfee
Beth
3 eps
Jarrad Paul
Jason
4 eps
Vasili Bogazianos
Antonio
6 eps
Tudi Roche
Carrie
5 eps
Gretchen German
June Palmer
3 eps
Tammy Lauren
Patty
7 eps
Jessica Wesson
Jennifer Sudarsky
7 eps
Tom Poston
Ned
3 eps
Jensen Daggett
Nancy
4 eps
Mariangela Pino
Marie Morton
8 eps
Lowell Sanders
Buzz
3 eps
Sherry Hursey
Ilene Markham
16 eps
Kristen Clayton
Angela
5 eps
Pamela Anderson
Lisa
23 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Home Improvement actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Home Improvement reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
8 seasons · 203 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200310 episodes
Featuring outtakes and bloopers from all 8 season, plus the "Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to 'Home Improvement'" live reunion.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
199124 episodes
7.6IMDbTim “The Tool Man” Taylor hosts a DIY show while navigating mishaps at home, often causing more chaos than fixes.
Best episode · S01E20 Birds of a Feather Flock to Taylor
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
199225 episodes
7.8IMDbTim’s ego and love for tools grow, clashing hilariously with family life, neighbors, and the elusive wisdom of Wilson.
Best episode · S02E02 Rites and Wrongs of Passage
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
199325 episodes
7.8IMDbMore power means more problems as Tim juggles parenting teens, TV stardom, and DIY disasters.
Best episode · S03E22 Swing Time
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
199426 episodes
7.8IMDbTim faces midlife questions, Jill returns to school, and the boys start growing up—bringing new family challenges.
Best episode · S04E12 'Twas the Night Before Chaos
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
199526 episodes
8.0IMDbAs Brad becomes a teenager, the Taylors face growing pains, career changes, and more explosive projects.
Best episode · S05E07 The Look
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
199625 episodes
7.7IMDbTim and Al’s TV show gets a boost, but family life demands more attention as the boys mature and Jill finds success.
Best episode · S06E20 My Son, the Driver
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
199725 episodes
8.0IMDbWith Brad preparing for college and the family evolving, Tim wrestles with change—and plenty of power tools.
Best episode · S07E09 Thanksgiving
Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
199827 episodes
7.6IMDbIn the final season, Tim must choose between fame and family as “Tool Time” reaches new heights and home becomes more important than ever.
Best episode · S08E02 Adios
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E20
Birds of a Feather Flock to Taylor
Jill tells Tim that he is a bad listener when he doesn't remember her mentioning the opera fundraiser. Brad and Randy try to get Mark to eat a worm while working on a birdhouse.
- Directed by John Pasquin
S03E06
Crazy For You
It's halloween and as usually Tim is up to his old tricks, however Jill plans a prank of her own. Tim gets flowers from a fan named Rose but soon strange things start happpening. She keeps calling him, Wilson thinks she is obesseed with him, Tim tries to hide but it's no use.
- Written by Bob Bendetson
S03E09
Dollars And Sense
The boys buy a remote controlled car with stock bonds from their grandmother.
- Written by Bob Bendetson
S01E11
Look Who's Not Talking
Jill gets stage fright when she has to deliver a speech in front of women at the Library Association. Tim and Mark dress up as women to help her get over her fear.
S01E02
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.
- Written by Elliot Stern
S01E01
Pilot
Tim decides to rewire the dishwasher against Jill's wishes and ends up blowing more than her fuse.
- Directed by John Pasquin
- Written by David McFadzean, Matt Williams
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E01
Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement
S00E10
Backstage Pass
S08E27
The Long and Winding Road (3)
- Directed by John Pasquin
- Written by Lloyd Garver
S08E25
The Long and Winding Road (1)
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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David McFadzean
Creator
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Matt Williams
Creator
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Carmen Finestra
Showrunner
Bob Bendetson
Executive producer
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Elliot Shoenman
Executive producer
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Jennifer Celotta
Writer
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Thad Mumford
Writer
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Marley Sims
Writer
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Maxine Lapiduss
Writer
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David Maples
Writer
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Eric Horsted
Writer
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Lloyd Garver
Writer
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Charlie Hauck
Writer
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Tracy Gamble
Writer
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Elliot Stern
Writer
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Susan Estelle Jansen
Writer
Peter Tolan
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Billy RibackProducer
- Bob BendetsonExecutive Producer
- John PasquinProducer
- Howard J. MorrisProducer
- Gayle MaffeoProducer
- Bruce FerberProducer
Writing
- Jennifer CelottaWriter
- Bob BendetsonWriter
- Thad MumfordWriter
- Marley SimsWriter
- Maxine LapidussWriter
- David McFadzeanWriter
Direction
- John PasquinDirector
- Peter BonerzDirector
- Richard ComptonDirector
- Albert AlarrDirector
- Andy CadiffDirector
- Tim AllenDirector
Cinematography
- Donald A. MorganDirector of Photography
Music
- Dan FoliartOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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