"It's surreal to work with him," the actress says of her costar on the new ABC sitcom Kat Dennings and Tim Allen are a father-daughter match made in TV heaven! Over the course of her decades-long career,

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.

Michelle Nader tells TheWrap how "Shifting Gears" hopes to modernize sitcoms without losing "the parts that we love"

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.

Tim Allen and Kat Dennings star as a father and his estranged daughter butting heads in the uneven ABC sitcom.

Shifting Gears' stars Tim Allen, Kat Dennings talk on set fun and fab cars. The new sitcom premieres Wednesday at 8p|7c on ABC.

Kat Dennings said stepping onto the set with Tim Allen and the cast to make the new ABC sitcom Shifting Gears “was like a ’90s Mount Rushmore.” The show also stars Seann William Scott, 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 About You.

Shifting Gears star Kat Dennings opens up about working with Tim Allen as their father-daughter duo brings humor and heart to ABC’s newest sitcom.