Tim Allen Says 3 Sons' Issues Stall Home Improvement Reboot
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Updated · Variety · Jun 10
Tim Allen Says 3 Sons' Issues Stall Home Improvement Reboot
3 articles · Updated · Variety · Jun 10
Summary
Tim Allen said a "Home Improvement" reboot is effectively stuck because of "personality problems" involving the actors who played the Taylor sons.
Zachery Ty Bryan's legal troubles are a central obstacle: he has been arrested multiple times, most recently on a 2025 second-degree domestic violence charge, after earlier assault and robbery charges in Oregon.
Jonathan Taylor Thomas is no longer interested in acting, according to Patricia Richardson, while Taran Noah Smith has not logged an acting credit since a 1999 voice role.
"Home Improvement" ran for 8 seasons from 1991 to 1999, and Allen said he had hoped a revival could center on the sons' lives, an idea he now called challenging "to put it mildly."