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Tim Allen’s new ABC sitcom “Shifting Gears” is revving its ratings engine. According to ABC, the series now stands as the most-watched ABC series premiere on streaming to date, via first seven days of views on both Hulu and the Hulu portion of Disney+.

In the seven days since it debuted on January 8, the first episode has amassed nearly 17M multi-platform viewers across ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and digital platforms, Disney says. That’s a 173% lift over the episode’s already fairly impressive same-day audience of 6.2M.

Shifting Gears is ushering in a new era of Tim Allen as a TV dad, and while it’s a role that his costar Kat Dennings isn’t unfamiliar with over her years in television and film either, there’s something that sets him apart from the others.

Shifting Gears follows Matt, a "stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop" but when his estranged daughter Riley and her two kids move back into his home, "the real restoration begins," per the show's logline.

Kat Dennings gushes about her bond with Tim Allen and their on-screen dynamic on the ABC sitcom Shifting Gears. Read on to know what the 2 Broke Girls actress said.

Tim Allen's new sitcom Shifting Gears marks a record-setting viewership for ABC, surpassing a previous record for The Conners viewership in 2018.