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  • 1991
  • TV-14
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  • 1991
  • TV-14
  • ABC
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

  • 1991
  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • 1991
  • TV-14
  • ABC

Home Improvement

8 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 17, 1991
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
66
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 58 User Ratings
7.7
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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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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
66
56% Positive
14 Reviews
28% Mixed
7 Reviews
16% Negative
4 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
66
56% Positive
14 Reviews
28% Mixed
7 Reviews
16% Negative
4 Reviews

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100
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
83
Jun 10, 2013
Home Improvement isn't the best family sitcom — Roseanne still goes further and deeper — but Improvement may be the most comforting.
By Ken Tucker FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 25, 2013
Allen is one of the fall's freshest finds. But all the best punch lines in the hilarious pilot came right out of his "Men Are Pigs" stand-up routine. With the writers out on their own, the humor seems to be thinning out.
By David Hiltbrand FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 21, 2013
It may be formula, but one where all the elements reliably click. [16 Sep 1992]
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 21, 2013
In more exciting times, "Home Improvement" might barely pass muster as tolerable froth. But in a new TV season low on innovation and lean on potential hits, the happy competence of "Home Improvement" seems almost spectacular. [17 Sep 1991]
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 21, 2013
There's a certain sensitivity behind Allen's swagger - he's a mouse in macho duds - but just how many home appliances are there for him to destroy? [17 Sep 1991]
By Rick Kogan 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 58 User Ratings
7.7
71% Positive
41 Ratings
29% Mixed
17 Ratings
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 58 User Ratings
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29% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company:
  • Wind Dancer Productions
Initial Release Date: Sep 17, 1991
Number of seasons: 8 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 9 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 7 Wins & 34 Nominations
Young Artist Awards
• 8 Wins & 18 Nominations

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