The "Home Improvement" pilot was in crisis. As rehearsals got underway on the would-be ABC sitcom in 1991, it became apparent that the central tension between Tim Allen and Frances Fisher, who had ...

Home Improvement was built on the flimsiest of jokes, quite literally a series of grunts, but the ABC sitcom emerged as one of the '90s most-watched shows. Tim Allen, best known at the time for his ...