Tim Allen comedies are still a big draw, apparently, because the premiere of his latest series Shifting Gears has set an audience record for ABC.
In the seven days since it debuted on January 8, the first episode has amassed nearly 17M multi-platform viewers across ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and digital platforms, Disney says. That’s a 173% lift over the episode’s already fairly impressive same-day audience of 6.2M.
It is now ABC’s strongest series debut since The Conners in 2018 as well as the broadcaster’s most-watched streaming debut to date (based on streaming-only numbers across Hulu and Disney+).
That 17M figure encapsulates linear encores, without which the episode is sitting around 12.5M viewers — still up 101% from the same-day audience.
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The sitcom stars Allen as Matt, the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop.
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