Home Improvement, the ’90s sitcom that followed a handyman with three mischievous children, may be getting a reboot. The show’s star, Tim Allen, recently told The Messenger that he is interested in dusting off his toolbelt for a new spinoff of the beloved TV series. He also revealed that his former co-star, Richard Karn, is in talks to rejoin the cast.
Home Improvement ran on ABC for eight seasons from 1991 to 1999. It starred Allen as Tim Taylor, a TV repairman with a skewed sense of humor and an accident-prone lifestyle. The show followed him and his three mischievous boys, Brad (Zachery Ty Bryan), Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) and Mark (Taran Noah Smith).
Throughout its run, the program would leave the confines of its soundstage on The Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, Calif., to shoot on location in the real world, where production found actual half-built structures to use as backdrops for scenes in which Tim Taylor was surveying or advising on construction projects. The show also had a number of high-profile celebrity cameos, with notable appearances by the Beach Boys, legendary NFL quarterback John Elway, boxer George Foreman and others.
While a new spinoff starring Allen and his kids is in the works, there’s no guarantee that Richardson will come on board. She previously claimed that a Home Improvement revival was never in the cards, because Allen and she were unable to reach an agreement on her salary.