Should you watch Home Improvement?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Home Improvement
Series · 1991
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.
The sides of Home Improvement
- A clumsy TV handyman
- A house with three boys
- A neighbour whose face you never see over the fence
Home Improvement is good for you if…
- you like Tim and Jill raising three boys with lots of noise.
- you laugh at Tim's power tools blowing up on Tool Time.
- you want a gentle family sitcom with a lesson at the fence.
Home Improvement is bad for you if…
- eight seasons is too much for you.
- you find early 1990s sitcoms dated.
About: fatherhood · marriage · masculinity
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