There's A New Taylor In Town When 'Home Improvement's 'Tim 'The Tool Man' Taylor And His Family Join TV Land Beginning January 4th

There's A New Taylor In Town When 'Home Improvement's 'Tim 'The Tool Man' Taylor And His Family Join TV Land Beginning January 4th

Network Celebrates Launch With Week-Long Marathon of Hilarious Episodes From Series

NEW YORK, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- "Does everybody know what time it is?" "TOOL TIME!" Make some room Sheriff Andy Taylor, there are new Taylors in town when the hilarious comedy "Home Improvement" joins TV Land beginning Monday, January 4, 2010 at 8:00PM ET/PT. The series kicks off with a week-long marathon featuring the accident-prone "Tim Taylor" (Tim Allen) as he amusingly tries to balance the drama and chaos of his life as a husband, father and his fix-it television show "Tool Time." Beginning January 11th, "Home Improvement" can be seen weeknights at 9:00PM ET/PT on TV Land.

"TV Land is thrilled to add another hugely popular and much-loved television family to our network," states Larry W. Jones, president of TV Land. "Men and women alike love to watch with Tim Allen's lovingly know-it-all character on the show because they either know someone just like him ... or they are married to him."

"Home Improvement" was a smashing success on ABC where it ran for eight seasons and received numerous awards and nominations including seven Emmys and a Golden Globe win for Tim Allen in 1995 for "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical." Audiences fell in love with the hysterical and often-times relatable family dynamic between "Tim," his wife, "Jill" (Patricia Richardson) and sons "Brad" (Zachary Ty Bryan), "Randy" (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) and "Mark" (Taran Noah Smith) -- making the Taylors one of the most popular television families. Tim's partner and best friend "Al" (Richard Karn) added an additional comedic layer to the show, as did the Taylors' neighbor, "Wilson" (Earl Hindman), and the gorgeous "Tool Time" assistant, "The Tool Time Girl" (Pamela Anderson and later Debbe Dunning).

The "Home Improvement" week-long launch event schedule is as follows (all times listed are ET/PT):

   Monday, January 4, 2010   -----------------------   8:00PM  #001 - Pilot   8:30PM  #004 - Wild Kingdom   9:00PM  #007 - Nothing More Than Feelings   9:30PM  #006 Satellite On A Hot Tim's Roof   10:00PM  #11 - Bubble, Bubble Toil & Trouble   10:30PM  #019 - Baby It's Cold Outside       Tuesday, January 5, 2010   ------------------------   8:00PM  #021 - Birds Of A Feather Flock To Taylor   8:30PM  #022 - A Battle Of The Wheels   9:00PM  #025 - Read My Hips   9:30PM  #037 - Bell Bottom Blues   10:00PM  #042 - Bye Bye Birdie   10:30PM  #047 - Birth Of A Hot Rod       Wednesday, January 6, 2010   --------------------------   8:00PM  #049 - To Build Or Not To Build   8:30PM  #054 - This Joke's For You   9:00PM  #058 - A Frozen moment   9:30PM  #062 - Twas The Night Before Christmas   10:00PM  #067 - The Eve Of Construction   10:30PM #071 - What You See Is What You Get       Thursday, January 7, 2010   -------------------------   8:00PM  #072 - Swing Time   8:30PM  #077 - He Ain't heavy...   9:00PM  #086 - Some Like It Hot Rod   9:30PM  #088 - Twas The Night Before Chaos   10:00PM  #091 - It's My Party   10:30PM  #092 - Super Bowl Fever       Friday, January 8, 2010   -----------------------   8:00PM  #109 - Room Without A View   8:30PM  #114 - Oh, Brother       Saturday, January 9, 2010   -------------------------   8:00PM  #115 - High School Confidential   8:30PM  #124 - Mr. Wilson's Opus   9:00PM  #125 - Alarmed By Burglars   9:30PM  #154 - Room At The Top   10:00PM  #159 - Jill's Passion   10:30PM  #163 - Bright Christmas       Sunday, January 10, 2010   ------------------------   8:00PM  #168 - Taking Jill For Granite   8:30PM  #176 - From Top To Bottom   9:00PM  #191 - Knee Deep   9:30PM  #193 - Young At Heart   10:00PM  #194 - Love's Labor Lost pt. 1   10:30PM  #195 - Love's Labor Lost pt. 2     

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