Kat Dennings is set to star in the pilot of Shifting Gears, a comedy programme on ABC that features Tim Allen in the main role, according to a Deadline report. Shifting Gears stars Allen as Matt, the owner of a store that restores classic cars, and Dennings will play his estranged daughter named Riley.

Mike and Julie Scully are writing and executive producing the programme from the studio 20th Television. Dennings is also part of the production team, with Allen serving as one of the executive producers.

According its official logline, "When Matt’s estranged daughter (Dennings) and her teenage kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.”

The logline further describes Riley as “Matt’s daughter who butted heads with her father growing up and left to marry the boyfriend he hated. Now divorced, Riley’s forced to move back home with two kids, hoping she and her dad can make it work this time.”

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