| Nominated for 9 Golden Globes and 34 Emmys, | | | | Home Improvement (Season 1) DVD: |
| including 2 for Outstanding Comedy Series, | | | | |
| Home Improvement was the number one | | | | Episode 1 (Pilot) Air Date: 09-17-1991 |
| family-friendly comedy for most of the 1990's | | | | |
| decade. Created by three writers who worked | | | | Episode 2 (Mow Better Blues) Air Date: |
| on wide range of sitcoms, such as The Cosby | | | | 09-26-1991 |
| Show (1984) and Roseanne (1988), Home | | | | |
| Improvement is one of a number of 1990's | | | | Episode 3 (Off Sides) Air Date: 10-01-1991 |
| smash hit sitcoms built around a lead | | | | |
| character who stars as a stand-up comic in | | | | Episode 4 (Satellite on a Hot Tim's Roof) Air |
| real life. Some of the other series include | | | | Date: 10-08-1991 |
| Seinfeld (1990), The Drew Carey Show (1995), | | | | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), and King Of | | | | Episode 5 (Wild Kingdom) Air Date: 10-15-1991 |
| Queens (1998) among others. One of the | | | | |
| trailblazers in this area, Home Improvement | | | | Episode 6 (Adventures in Fine Dining) Air |
| ranked in the Top 10 among Nielsen-rated | | | | Date: 10-22-1991 |
| shows for seven of its eight seasons (it | | | | |
| ranked #11 in Season 7). One notable tidbit | | | | Episode 7 (Nothing More Than Feelings) Air |
| of trivia is that Sears was approached to | | | | Date: 10-29-1991 |
| sponsor the show which would've put Craftsman | | | | |
| tools in the hands of Tim "The Toolman" | | | | Episode 8 (Flying Sauces) Air Date: |
| Taylor (as opposed to the fictional "Binford" | | | | 11-05-1991 |
| brand), but Sears rejected the offer because | | | | |
| they feared Tim Allen's prior conviction on a | | | | Episode 9 (Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble) |
| drug charge might be interpreted as | | | | Air Date: 11-19-1991 |
| unfriendly to families (funny, since Home | | | | |
| Improvement later fell under the moniker of | | | | Episode 10 (Reach Out and Teach Someone) Air |
| the Walt Disney Company)... | | | | Date: 11-26-1991 |
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| The Home Improvement DVD features a number of | | | | Episode 11 (Look Who's Not Talking) Air Date: |
| hilarious episodes including the series | | | | 12-10-1991 |
| premiere in which Jill goes to a job | | | | |
| interview after telling Tim not to mess with | | | | Episode 12 (Yule Better Watch Out) Air Date: |
| the dishwasher. But Tim inevitably ruins the | | | | 12-17-1991 |
| dishwasher when his attempt to super-charge | | | | |
| it goes awry. When the job interviewers pass | | | | Episode 13 (Up Your Alley) Air Date: |
| her over, Jill returns home dejected, and Tim | | | | 01-07-1992 |
| only makes things worse - leaving room for a | | | | |
| bit of Wilson advice to save the day for | | | | Episode 14 (For Whom the Belch Tolls) Air |
| Tim... Other notable episodes from Season 1 | | | | Date: 01-14-1992 |
| include "Flying Sauces" in which the K&B | | | | |
| Construction guys show off their jobsite | | | | Episode 15 (Forever Jung) Air Date: |
| cooking skills on Tool Time while Tim and | | | | 02-04-1992 |
| Jill plot revenge on their eldest boys, and | | | | |
| "What About Bob?" in which Tim cheats in a | | | | Episode 16 (Jill's Birthday) Air Date: |
| Tool Time trivia contest in order to beat | | | | 02-04-1992 |
| guest Bob Vila... | | | | |
| | | | Episode 17 (What About Bob? |
| Below is a list of episodes included on the | | | | |