Richard Karn (L) and Tim Allen reunite to host Assembly Required. Photo courtesy of History Channel
Richard Karn (L) and Tim Allen try out flamethrowers on Assembly Required. Photo courtesy of History Channel
Tim Allen hosts Assembly Required on the History Channel. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 (UPI) Tim Allen and Richard Karn, who played co-hosts of fictional show
Tool Time on
Assembly Required as much the same characters. This is an expansion of that relationship, Allen said on a recent Television Critics Association Zoom panel ahead of Tuesday s premiere. We re very similar to the characters we play in that show.
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If Tim Allen and Richard Karn reuniting for a reality building competition reminds you of their classic sitcom Home Improvement, that s the point.
History Channel s Assembly Required (premiering Tuesday, 10 EST/PST) lets the pair be exactly like we were in Tool Time, the DIY show-within-a-show in ABC s former hit sitcom Home Improvement, Allen told a Television Critics Association panel last week.
Joined by DIY woodworking expert and YouTube star April Wilkerson, Allen and Karn will oversee a competition between makers across the country as they build a variety of contraptions from a dual, all-season ice-melter/leaf blower and all-in-one riding comfort mower to a do-it-yourself jacuzzi and BBQ bicycle, the network says.
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A selective critical checklist of notable Tuesday TV:
Assembly Required (10/9c, The History Channel): Can it really be 30 years ago this fall that
Home Improvement exploded on the sitcom scene? Best not to dwell on such things and just enjoy the camaraderie of former
Tool Time pals Tim Allen (aka Tim Taylor) and Richard Karn (Al Borland) as they banter their way through their hosting duties on a new competition series all about building cool stuff. “Yeah baby!” Allen regularly shouts as he and Karn watch three builders go to work, remotely, in their workshops. First is a “Make or Break” challenge where they have 90 minutes to construct an item from materials delivered in a mystery box. (First project: a fire extinguisher.) The two who score highest on quality, design and functionality move on to a five-day “Run With It” challenge, where inventing something new say, a combination l
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Reunited and it feels so good!
Over two decades after
Home Improvement aired its final episode in 1999, stars Tim Allen and Richard Karn have reunited for a new reality competition series called
Assembly Required. The show, premiering Tuesday on History, highlights the best builders from across the country in their home workshops as they compete to revamp household items. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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Allen and Karn, who both star in the series and serve as executive producers, will also discuss the items histories, techniques used, and original crafters in every episode.
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The entertainment world has seen a number of comebacks over the past several years, and this has definitely been the case on the small screen. Actors are finding various ways to revamp and revive famous properties, reuniting with former co-stars in the process. One of the latest stars to do this is
Tim Allen and Richard Karn are headlining Historyâs
Assembly Required, a 10-part reality competition series that sees makers from across the country compete in at-home building competitions. On the surface, the show seems very reminiscent of Tool Time, the show-within-a-show that Allen and Karnâs Home Improvement characters hosted. And as Tim Allen recently explained to ET, it was this connection that made him want to reunite with Karn: