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  • ABC
  • Sep 17, 1991
  • ABC
  • Sep 17, 1991
Home Improvement

Summary Home Improvement is a sitcom about Tim Taylor, the accident prone host of a Detroit, Michigan television program about tools, who raises his dysfunctional family. Main Characters: Dr. Timothy "Tim" 'The Tool Man' Taylor is the accident prone host of Tool Time who teases his co-host Al. Jillian "Jill" Taylor is Tim's wife who wants to be...

Created By: Matt Williams

  • ABC
  • Sep 17, 1991
  • ABC
  • Sep 17, 1991
Home Improvement
Season 1
8 Seasons
Season Premiere: Sep 17, 1991
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
64
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
7.8
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Summary Home Improvement is a sitcom about Tim Taylor, the accident prone host of a Detroit, Michigan television program about tools, who raises his dysfunctional family. Main Characters: Dr. Timothy "Tim" 'The Tool Man' Taylor is the accident prone host of Tool Time who teases his co-host Al. Jillian "Jill" Taylor is Tim's wife who wants to be...

Created By: Matt Williams

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Episode 1 • Sep 17, 1991 • 30 m
Pilot
Tim makes the dishwasher more powerful. Jill has a job interview.
Episode 2 • Sep 24, 1991 • 30 m
Mow Better Blues
Episode 3 • Oct 1, 1991 • 30 m
Off Sides
Episode 4 • Oct 8, 1991 • 30 m
Satellite on a Hot Tim's Roof
Episode 5 • Oct 15, 1991 • 30 m
Wild Kingdom
Mark is bringing his Cub Scout pals for a visit. Tim has to re-light the pilot light of the furnace and he decides to show Randy and Brad how to do it. While in the basement, they discover something moving down there.
Episode 6 • Oct 22, 1991 • 30 m
Adventures in Fine Dining
Episode 7 • Oct 29, 1991 • 30 m
Nothing More Than Feelings
Episode 8 • Nov 5, 1991 • 30 m
Flying Sauces
Episode 9 • Nov 19, 1991 • 30 m
Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble
Episode 10 • Nov 26, 1991 • 30 m
Reach Out and Teach Someone
Episode 11 • Dec 10, 1991 • 30 m
Look Who's Not Talking
Episode 12 • Dec 17, 1991 • 30 m
Yule Better Watch Out
Episode 13 • Jan 7, 1992 • 24 m
Up Your Alley
Episode 14 • Jan 14, 1992 • 30 m
For Whom the Belch Tolls
Episode 15 • Jan 21, 1992 • 30 m
Forever Jung
Episode 16 • Feb 4, 1992 • 30 m
Jill's Birthday
Episode 17 • Feb 11, 1992 • 24 m
What About Bob?
Episode 18 • Feb 18, 1992 • 30 m
Baby, It's Cold Outside
Tim plans to take Jill on a romantic Valentine's Day getaway.
Episode 19 • Feb 25, 1992 • 30 m
Unchained Malady
Episode 20 • Mar 3, 1992 • 30 m
Birds of a Feather Flock to Taylor
Tim and Jill get into an argument after she insists that she told him repeatedly about an upcoming reception, but he is sure she never mentioned it.
Episode 21 • Mar 17, 1992 • 30 m
A Battle of Wheels
On Tool Time, Al thinks he does the work and Tim has it easy. Tim lets Al be host to see what it is like. Jill takes up pottery, and Tim does not like that she keeps it in the garage. He breaks something, and Jill thinks it is on purpose.
Episode 22 • Apr 7, 1992 • 30 m
Luck Be a Taylor Tonight
Episode 23 • Apr 28, 1992 • 30 m
Al's Fair in Love and War
Greta is in the audience, and Al wants to ask her out. He is self-conscious and messes up on the show and asking Greta out. Jill suggests a double date with Tim & Jill, Al & Greta. Tim finds Jill's old diary and wants to read it.
Episode 24 • May 5, 1992 • 24 m
Stereo-typical
8 Seasons

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
64
50% Positive
9 Reviews
28% Mixed
5 Reviews
22% Negative
4 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
64
50% Positive
9 Reviews
28% Mixed
5 Reviews
22% Negative
4 Reviews

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Jun 21, 2013
Home Improvement isn't groundbreaking TV or even the most original new show of the year (that would be Eerie, Indiana), but it's the most perfectly realized: an idea whose time has come - the ripe-for-ribbing men's movement - combined with sharp writing and once-in-a-blue-moon cast chemistry. [17 Sep 1991]
By Greg Dawson FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 21, 2013
A very funny show. [8 Sep 1991]
By Eric Mink FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 21, 2013
There are several hearty laughs in "Home Improvement" - the best you can ask of any TV comedy. [12 Sep 1991]
By Monica Collins FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 21, 2013
Mr. Allen's sitcom may well work, although by the second episode it already shows uneasy signs of cuteness bloat. [17 Sep 1991]
By John J. O'Connor FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 2, 2013
There are some amusing gibes at power-tool macho... but dubious prospects for long-term fun.
By Richard Zoglin FULL REVIEW
37
Jun 21, 2013
TV comedy at its most conventional and least interesting. [17 Sep 1991]
By Robert P. Laurence FULL REVIEW
10
Jun 21, 2013
Yes, a lot of Taylor goes an awfully little way, "Home Improvement" being a genuinely unfunny transmission devoid of anything much akin to what might remotely be categorized as humor. [17 Sep 1991]
By Miles Beller FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
7.8
76% Positive
13 Ratings
24% Mixed
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76% Positive
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24% Mixed
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0% Negative
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