Blended image of Tim Allen, Kat Dennings, and Maxwell Simkins in the Shifting Gears pilot
Shifting Gears premiered January 8 on ABC and will drop new episodes every Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET. The show is led and executive produced by sitcom legend, Tim Allen, who plays the"stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop." However, the official synopsis teases that"when Matt’s estranged daughter and her kids move into his house, the real restoration begins."
Dennings' History With Nader Helped Shape Her Shifting Gears Character "I know her voice, and so I could plug into something and have a shorthand for it going in." ScreenRant: Since you came on board after the pilot was written, what drew you to Shifting Gears? Michelle Nader: Yeah, I think so. I think that I know what Kat is great at, which is a lot of stuff. Anybody could write for Kat because she's so good. But I think that I know her voice, and so I could plug into something and have a shorthand for it going in, even though I hadn't done the pilot. I think that helped us in terms of just speeding to a place where we were dialed into the character sooner than it takes a lot of first-season shows.
The premise of the show is based around a loss, and there are some heavy moments. I thought you did a wonderful job balancing that with the comedic aspect, so in the process of finding the perfect formula, were there times when you thought,"We're not addressing their grief enough," or"We're leaning too heavily into it"?
Michelle Nader: That's one of the scenes that I saw that made me know that this was something that I wanted to be a part of because their chemistry was so good, and it felt so real. What I'm told is that that was real. There were real tears there. I've said this to Tim—that was the north star for me going forward, which is,"Let us be able to get to those moments." Not every show, but that it's possible that we could go there and be that real and that emotional.
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