List of Home Improvement episodes
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The following is an episode list for the American television sitcom Home Improvement. The series aired on ABC
from September 17, 1991 to May 25, 1999, with 204 episodes produced spanning 8 seasons.
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from September 17, 1991 to May 25, 1999, with 204 episodes produced spanning 8 seasons.
Series overview
| Seasons | |Episodes | | Originally aired | | DVD release date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | ||||
| 1 | 24 | September 17, 1991 – May 5, 1992 | November 23, 2004 | June 27, 2005 | June 28, 2005 | |
| 2 | 25 | September 16, 1992 – May 19, 1993 | June 7, 2005 | August 1, 2005 | July 20, 2005 | |
| 3 | 25 | September 15, 1993 – May 25, 1994 | November 22, 2005 | January 9, 2006 | January 16, 2006 | |
| 4 | 26 | September 20, 1994 – May 23, 1995 | June 6, 2006 | December 6, 2007 (Germany) September 1, 2008 (UK) |
December 5, 2007 | |
| 5 | 26 | September 19, 1995 – May 21, 1996 | November 14, 2006 | March 6, 2008 (Germany) | April 2, 2008 | |
| 6 | 25 | September 17, 1996 – May 20, 1997 | May 15, 2007 | November 13, 2008 (Germany) | December 3, 2008 | |
| 7 | 25 | September 23, 1997 – May 19, 1998 | August 7, 2007 | March 18, 2009 | ||
| 8 | 28 | September 22, 1998 – May 25, 1999 | June 10, 2008 | August 13, 2009 | December 2, 2009 |
Season 1: 1991–1992
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Season 2: 1992–1993
- Zachery Ty BryanZachery Ty BryanZachery Ty Bryan is an American actor and producer best known for his role as Brad Taylor on the American sitcom Home Improvement.-Personal life:...
(Brad Taylor) was absent for 1 episode. - Richard KarnRichard KarnRichard Karn is an American actor and game show host. He is most well known for his co-starring role as Al Borland in the 1990s sitcom Home Improvement and his tenure as the host of Family Feud during the 2000s.-Early life:...
(Al Borland) who was already a regular cast member in the previous season, is now featured in the opening credits.Series # Season # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
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Season 3: 1993–1994
- This is the most successful season of the series. The season marked the series' entrance at #2 in the seasonal Nielsen ratingsNielsen RatingsNielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
. The series' star, Tim AllenTim AllenTim Allen is an American comedian, actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer, known for his role in the sitcom Home Improvement...
had also the #1 movie of the Christmas season (The Santa ClauseThe Santa ClauseThe Santa Clause is a 1994 American fantasy-dramedy film directed by John Pasquin, it is distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. and starring Tim Allen. In the film, Allen plays Scott Calvin, an ordinary man who accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall from his roof on Christmas Eve...
) and the #1 book, "Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man".
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Season 4: 1994–1995
- The opening credits of Season 4 changed from previous seasons, with the addition of "video game" scenes featuring the three boys from the show.
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Season 5: 1995–1996
- Jonathan Taylor ThomasJonathan Taylor ThomasJonathan Taylor Thomas is an American actor, voice actor, former child star, and teen idol...
(Randy Taylor) was absent for 2 episodes.
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Season 6: 1996–1997
- Tim AllenTim AllenTim Allen is an American comedian, actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer, known for his role in the sitcom Home Improvement...
became one of the show's executive producers and continued in that role until the end of the series in 1999.
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Season 7: 1997–1998
- The opening credits are different this season, with the introduction of the revised theme.
- In Nick at NiteNick at NiteNick at Nite is the nighttime Cable network that broadcasts over the channel space of Nickelodeon on Sundays from 8.p.m.-7.am., Monday through Fridays from 9 p.m.-7 a.m. and Saturdays from 10 p.m.-6 a.m. . Though it shares channel space with Nickelodeon, A.C. Nielsen Co...
and TV LandTV LandTV Land is an American cable television network launched on April 29, 1996. It is owned by MTV Networks, a division of Viacom, which also owns Paramount Pictures, and networks such as MTV and Nickelodeon...
airings, only Tim AllenTim AllenTim Allen is an American comedian, actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer, known for his role in the sitcom Home Improvement...
(Tim Taylor), Patricia RichardsonPatricia RichardsonPatricia Castle Richardson is an American television and film actress best known for her portrayal of Jill Taylor on the sitcom Home Improvement.-Early life and education:...
(Jill Taylor), Earl HindmanEarl HindmanEarl John Hindman was an American actor, best-known for his role as the kindly neighbor Wilson W. Wilson Jr...
(Wilson Wilson, Jr.), Richard KarnRichard KarnRichard Karn is an American actor and game show host. He is most well known for his co-starring role as Al Borland in the 1990s sitcom Home Improvement and his tenure as the host of Family Feud during the 2000s.-Early life:...
(Al Borland) and Debbe DunningDebbe DunningDebbe Dunning, sometimes credited as Debra Dunning, is an American actress. A native of Burbank, California, she graduated from John Burroughs High School, the same school her parents graduated from exactly twenty years earlier. She was a cheerleader and her school's Homecoming Queen, also winning...
(Heidi Keppert) are credited in the opening titles, with the video headshots of Zachery Ty BryanZachery Ty BryanZachery Ty Bryan is an American actor and producer best known for his role as Brad Taylor on the American sitcom Home Improvement.-Personal life:...
(Brad Taylor), Taran Noah SmithTaran Noah SmithTaran Noah Smith is an American actor. He is most notably known for his portrayal of youngest son, Marcus "Mark" Jason Taylor, on the sitcom Home Improvement.-Personal life:...
(Mark Taylor, credited as "Taran Smith" starting with this season) and Jonathan Taylor ThomasJonathan Taylor ThomasJonathan Taylor Thomas is an American actor, voice actor, former child star, and teen idol...
(Randy Taylor) replaced with a still of the main title logo, and the producers and creators' names omitted from the end of the sequence.
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Season 8: 1998–1999
- Starting with the episode "All in the Family", Jonathan Taylor ThomasJonathan Taylor ThomasJonathan Taylor Thomas is an American actor, voice actor, former child star, and teen idol...
(Randy Taylor) is no longer a series regular; he is also removed from the opening credits effective with that episode, with the exception of "Home for the Holidays", which he reprises his character as a guest star. - Zachery Ty BryanZachery Ty BryanZachery Ty Bryan is an American actor and producer best known for his role as Brad Taylor on the American sitcom Home Improvement.-Personal life:...
(Brad Taylor) is absent for 1 episode. - Taran Noah SmithTaran Noah SmithTaran Noah Smith is an American actor. He is most notably known for his portrayal of youngest son, Marcus "Mark" Jason Taylor, on the sitcom Home Improvement.-Personal life:...
(Mark Taylor) is absent for 3 episodes.
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External links
- List of Home Improvement episodes at TV.comTV.comTV.com is a website owned by CBS Interactive. The site covers television and focuses on English-language shows made or broadcast in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Japan...
- This is the most successful season of the series. The season marked the series' entrance at #2 in the seasonal Nielsen ratings