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