What is Home Improvement about?
The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.
Home Improvement (1991)
A wholesome handyman navigates family life and home repair, delivering broad laughs with a cozy, measured pace.
Wholesome humor. A comfort watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Home Improvement parents guide
Nothing past what a TV-PG promises: mild language and nothing scary.
Our estimate: fine from about 7. Rated TV-PG.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- No real violence
- Sex and nudity
- None noted
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Cast and crew
Created byCarmen Finestra, Matt Williams, David McFadzean
StarringTim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Earl Hindman, Richard Karn, Debbe Dunning, Zachery Ty Bryan
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