Fans of Daryl Mitchell, who have seen him in 'Fear the Walking Dead' and now 'Shifting Gears,' are wondering why he is in a wheelchair.

The sitcom world got a boost with Shifting Gears, starring Kat Dennings and Tim Allen. The premiere set records as ABC’s most-watched streaming debut and its strongest opening since The Conners.

The series also stars Seann William Scott, Daryl Mitchell, Maxwell Simkins and Barrett Margolis. Jenna Elfman will be a recurring guest star.

Allen’s Matt is a beleaguered widower, lonely after his wife’s recent passing. He runs an auto shop that fixes up old cars (the man can never be too far from a tool chest), which he keeps pristinely clean and organized, just like his home.

Yep, it's another story of a conservative father and a somewhat more liberal daughter having to end a lengthy estrangement.

ABC's latest sitcom unites "Home Improvement" actor Tim Allen with "2 Broke Girls" star Kat Dennings as an estranged father-daughter duo.

Kat Dennings said stepping onto the set with ... who played Stifler in 1999’s American Pie, and Daryl “Chill” Mitchell, who played English teacher Mr. Morgan in 1999’s 10 Things I Hate ...

Kat Dennings may have taken a hard right turn, but Tim Allen hasn’t budged. In “Shifting Gears,” he’s the same character we discovered in “Home Improvement” and “Last Man Standing.”

“Shifting Gears” stars Daryl "Chill" Mitchell as Stitch, Seann William Scott as Gabriel, Maxwell Simkins as Carter, Barrett Margolis as Georgia, Tim Allen as Matt, and Kat Dennings as Riley.

Following its series debut last January, ABC announced that Tim Allen‘s newest comedy show Shifting Gears has officially set a new audience record. 2 Broke Girls vet Kat Dennings also leads the sitcom.

Mitchell is well known for his roles as Wendell in Fear the Walking Dead and Mr. Morgan in 10 Things I Hate About You.

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.