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Home Improvement

1991–1999 · Ended · 8 seasons

Family Comedy
First aired
Sep 17, 1991
Last aired
May 25, 1999
IMDb rating
7.2 / 10 52,722 votes

Overview

Home Improvement is a family sitcom about Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor, the host of a local cable home improvement show called "Tool Time." Home Improvement looks at Tim at work, and at home, as the husband of Jill and the father to three teenage boys. Having been married for almost 20 years, Tim and Jill have had their share of fights, but with the help of their wise, mysterious neighbor Wilson W. Wilson, Jr., things often turn out all right.

Won 7 Primetime Emmys. 45 wins & 75 nominations total

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Episodes

Season 6 · 25 episodes

  • E1 At Sea
    Sep 17, 1996 25 min

    Jill finds Brad making out with his girlfriend in his room. When Jill asks Tim to have a man-to-man talk with Brad, Tim is a little reluctant to do it. Not because he doesn't feel Brad needs it, but because it's something he's never done before with a kid. Tool Time goes to sea in another on-location shoot, with Tim, Al and Heidi boarding the USS Constellation aircraft carrier as part of their salute to engines.

  • Sep 24, 1996 25 min

    Tim and Jill both reminisce about their senior years.

  • Oct 1, 1996 25 min

    When Bud gets divorced, Tim and Jill go to a couples therapy workshop.

  • Oct 8, 1996 25 min

    Tim tells Randy to go for Lauren, who likes cars, but he finds out she is dating Jason, Brad's friend.

  • Oct 15, 1996 25 min

    When Al is the producer of a video, he selects Tim to direct, until Tim gets too bossy. Jill gets a computer.

  • Oct 22, 1996 25 min

    Jill buys a foreign sports car with money from an inheritance and forbids Tim to drive it.

  • Oct 29, 1996 25 min

    It's a battle of Halloween pranks. First Tim scares Al, then Brad and Randy scare Jill, then a strange man shows up at the door asking to see the basement. Jill, Tim and Wilson tell the boys that years ago a man named Clifford Warren was accused of killing his brother, but because of his mental problems he was put in an insane hospital. Little do the boys know that it's a Halloween prank. They invite Al to help them pull a prank on their own, but Al and Wilson pull a prank on the Taylors.

  • Nov 12, 1996 25 min

    Jill's wild sisters visit to plan their parents' 50th anniversary.

  • Nov 19, 1996 25 min

    Heidi goes into labor en route to the Classic Car Man of the Year awards and Tim and Jill help deliver the baby, while receiving instructions from Wilson on the phone.

  • Nov 26, 1996 25 min

    Benny isn't allowed on the guest list for the Thanksgiving dinner party at the Taylor house and Tim gets into the spirit of giving.

  • Dec 10, 1996 25 min

    Brad gets a part-time job at a sporting goods store and work soon becomes his top priority.

  • Dec 17, 1996 25 min

    Tim's brothers help move their mother out of the family home, but Tim takes an immediate dislike to the new owners' plans for the place.

  • Jan 7, 1997 25 min

    Jill wonders if flirting with a possible boss will get her employed.

  • Jan 14, 1997 25 min

    Everything goes well when Mark uses karate to save Randy from a bully, until the school newspaper gets hold of it. Wilson's cousins, the Beach Boys, come to visit.

  • Jan 28, 1997 25 min

    Swedish buyers consider buying Tool Time for Europe.

  • Feb 11, 1997 25 min

    Tim forgets where he hid Jill's Valentine's Day present. A singer talks about her relationship with Tim's father.

  • Feb 18, 1997 25 min

    Wilson decides to act more like others after a newspaper critic gives his performance a bad review.

  • Feb 25, 1997 25 min

    Before Al and Ilene's wedding, Al tells the guys a secret.

  • Mar 11, 1997 25 min

    When the boys are using the phone too much, Tim has Dennis, Harry's son, install a second line.

  • Apr 1, 1997 25 min

    Jill's worst fears come true when she predicts something bad will happen on the night Brad is first driving. He gets into a small accident, but little do they know the accident is a lot more serious than he admits.

  • Apr 15, 1997 25 min

    Tim ignores his separated shoulder to break a Bob Vila record on Tool Time with a steamroller.

  • Apr 29, 1997 25 min

    Jill wants to spend quality time with the family, but the guys take her to the hardware expo.

  • May 6, 1997 25 min

    Jill makes Tim act like an equal partner once she finds that Brad's girlfriend does whatever he tell her to. Tool Time does a 3D show.

  • E24 Taps
    May 13, 1997 25 min

    To keep her father away because of the pressure she's under, Jill fakes an illness only to find out that he died shortly after she lied to him.

  • May 20, 1997 25 min

    Lisa, the old Tool Time girl, returns and Tim gives her her old job back without consulting Heidi, the current Tool Time girl.

Cast 9

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