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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+.

The Tim Allen and Kat Dennings father-daughter sitcom, Shifting Gears, scores a new record for ABC streaming audiences in just 7 days.

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.

Tim Allen comedies are still a big draw, apparently, because the premiere of his latest series Shifting Gears has set an audience record for ABC. In the seven days since it debuted on January 8, the first episode has amassed nearly 17M multi-platform viewers across ABC,

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