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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 7 · 25 episodes

  • Sep 23, 1997 25 min

    The Taylors vacation at a Lake Michigan resort... while Tim tries to give MORE POWER to the BBQ concept, Randy meets with Lauren and Brad breaks up with Angela. Mark's changing, but is it for the better? Tim is seriously considering quitting Tool Time and moving permanently to this country resort.

  • Sep 30, 1997 25 min

    Tim and Randy disagree on Binford's environmental policies. Jill gets an internship counseling families.

  • Oct 7, 1997 25 min

    Jill wants Tim to build her an office in the attic, and then changes her mind at the last minute; Tim makes a big deal about it.

  • Oct 14, 1997 25 min

    Tim pushes Brad after he gets a soccer scholarship. Randy and Lauren, his girlfriend, want to go on another date, but not a double date with two of their friends. The guys from K&B Construction guest on Tool Time.

  • Oct 28, 1997 25 min

    It's Halloween at the Taylor's house. Mark decides to do a horror video for his class using different scenes from old horror shows and movies, but Jill and Tim don't like the idea when they sneak a preview at Mark's video.

  • Nov 4, 1997 25 min

    Willow, Wilson's niece, comes to stay which makes it so that Wilson has no time to spend with Tim.

  • Nov 11, 1997 25 min

    Ian, a man Jill met at the YMCA gym, asks her out mistaking Tim for her brother. That night Jill has a dream about him, but after talking to Patty, a friend, and Tim she straightens it out.

  • Nov 18, 1997 25 min

    Randy questions his religion. Tim breaks a valuable piece of church equipment.

  • Nov 25, 1997 25 min

    The Taylors go to a football game in a box seat for Thanksgiving, but Tim manages to black out all the lights.

  • Dec 9, 1997 25 min

    Tim takes Al to a club to meet women after they find out Ilene is engaged.

  • Dec 16, 1997 25 min

    Tim does the ultimate Christmas decorating display job. Jill is worried when she finds out her mother is dating.

  • Jan 6, 1998 25 min

    Tim realizes his friends are boring, so he starts hanging out with students half his age.

  • Jan 20, 1998 25 min

    Brad's getting MARRIED... well, maybe not after Tim and Jill get through with him. The Taylor parents try to make Brad realize that he's not ready for the commitment of marriage to a college girl he just recently met at a party.

  • Feb 3, 1998 25 min

    Al rents a house from Tim and Tim takes advantage of him as his landlord. Meanwhile, Randy and Brad buy the same shirt.

  • Feb 10, 1998 25 min

    Tim begins to want to have more children after Marty asks him to babysit one of the twins. After some discussions about his vasectomy with Jill and some words of wisdom from Wilson, he decides that being able to return the twins after playing with them is the best idea. Mark is still wearing black, but with an added touch (of lipstick) for this episode.

  • Feb 24, 1998 25 min

    On Tool Time, Tim and Al show viewers how to prepare for a severe winter storm. When Tim falls through the gazebo he discovers a small bag of marijuana taped to the underside of the swing. Jill and Tim stake out their backyard from Wilson's to catch the culprit... to everyone's surprise, Brad is caught red-handed with the goods.

  • Mar 3, 1998 25 min

    The Taylors do a kitchen remodel, but a surprise is in store when Tim and Jill find out who the installer is.

  • Mar 10, 1998 25 min

    Tim becomes suspicious that Heidi and Al are having a hot affair when he finds out she has separated from her husband; he sets out to find out exactly how much of an affair they are having. On Tool Time, Tim adds a little MORE POWER to his golf swing when golf-pro Payne Stewart guests.

  • Mar 17, 1998 25 min

    While staying over at the Taylors, Willow doesn't return home from a club one night... Jill fears the worst and sends the whole family out searching for her. It's Saint Patrick's day on Tool Time, and who better to celebrate with than the boys from K&B Construction.

  • Mar 31, 1998 25 min

    On Tool Time, Tim manages to throw himself out a window while doing renovation work. Jill tries to get Tim to help prepare for a tax audit. Brad and Randy become rivals when Brad's article "Hey Yo!" takes the spotlight away from Randy's "Genetic Mutations in the Second Half of the 20th Century."

  • Apr 21, 1998 25 min

    It's Jill's turn to worry about needing glasses as she reaches middle age. Tim worries that his mother is going to lose money on another of his brother Jeff's business schemes.

  • Apr 28, 1998 25 min

    On Tool Time, "Men's Convenience Week" features a visit by Grant Hill of the Detroit Pistons. Wilson becomes upset with Tim after Tim tells everyone about Wilson's encounter with an alien, something Wilson would rather Tim had kept to himself.

  • May 5, 1998 25 min

    Randy's driving, get off the sidewalk! ... Randy doesn't feel that he's being treated fairly when his driving privileges differ from those Brad had when he first got his license. On Tool Time, "Judy's Rat" pulls cable through hard to reach spaces.

  • May 12, 1998 25 min

    Tool Time is revisited by Astronauts Ken Bowersox and Steve Hawley, who announce that a Binford tool will be used on their next shuttle mission. Will Tim or Al win the competition to be the one to use the tool in space? Back on Earth, Mark tries to impress a girl by making a dramatic change to his appearance.

  • May 19, 1998 25 min

    Jill makes some embarrassing remarks about Tim on a talk show while he watches it from Harry's Hardware with all his friends.

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