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Home ImprovementSeason 1

Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor hosts a DIY show while navigating mishaps at home, often causing more chaos than fixes.

Episodes

  • E01 Pilot

    7.7

    Sep 17, 1991 · 24m

    Tim decides to rewire the dishwasher against Jill's wishes and ends up blowing more than her fuse.

  • E02 Mow Better Blues

    7.8

    Sep 26, 1991 · 24m

    After breaking one of Tim's tools that has been in the family for twenty years, Mark fears that he will be traded in after Brad and Randy make up a story about ""Peter"", their former brother that was traded in after he broke one of Tim's flashlights.

  • E03 Off Sides

    7.5

    Oct 1, 1991 · 24m

    When she can't find a babysitter, Jill has a magician watch the kids while she and Tim go on their romantic dinner. However, Tim is too distracted by a football game to pay attention to her. Meanwhile, the kids accidentally lock the magician in a trunk.

  • E04 Satellite on a Hot Tim's Roof

    6.4

    Oct 8, 1991 · 24m

    Tim becomes green with envy while putting up a new satellite dish on the roof when Jill's teacher visits.

  • E05 Wild Kingdom

    7.2

    Oct 15, 1991 · 24m

    While working in the basement, Tim hears some strange noises. Is it a mouse or is it a creepy crawly snake?

  • E06 Adventures in Fine Dining

    7.6

    Oct 22, 1991 · 24m

    Tim bets Jill that he can teach the boys some table manners.

  • E07 Nothing More than Feelings

    7.0

    Oct 29, 1991 · 24m

    After Jill drove while her oil light was on, Tim shares this with the Tool Time audience and the other guys say their wives don't respect their tools.

  • E08 Flying Sauces

    7.6

    Nov 5, 1991 · 24m

    Tim cooks up a plan for Mark to get even with his brothers, and offers "Tool Time" viewers nutrition tips.

  • E09 Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

    7.3

    Nov 19, 1991 · 24m

    Tim decides to put in another sink in the bathroom so his shaving junk won't be in Jill's way, but the project takes longer than he expects.

  • E10 Reach Out and Teach Someone

    7.4

    Nov 26, 1991 · 24m

    Tim decides to do a Tool Time special for women to teach plumbing. After being called an idiot by Randy, Brad worries that he will do bad on a test. Tim starts his hotrod.

  • E11 Look Who's Not Talking

    7.8

    Dec 10, 1991 · 24m

    Jill gets stage fright when she has to deliver a speech in front of women at the Library Association. Tim and Mark dress up as women to help her get over her fear.

  • E12 Yule Better Watch Out

    7.5

    Dec 17, 1991 · 24m

    Tim competes in the neighborhood Christmas light competition. Mark writes his Christmas list to Santa, but Brad and Randy tell him Santa is dead.

  • E13 Up Your Alley

    8.0

    Jan 7, 1992 · 24m

    Tim and Jill have a bowling match against eachother and try no to make it competitive, until the K&B Construction guys show up. The boys get in trouble at an arcade.

  • E14 For Whom the Belch Tolls

    8.0

    Jan 14, 1992 · 24m

    Jill doesn't want Stu Cutler, Tim's old college friend, in the house. So Tim tries to keep him away but when he gives in and Stu comes to the house, he insults Tim and Jill and belches with the boys.

  • E15 Forever Jung

    7.6

    Jan 21, 1992 · 24m

    Karen visits and Tim must stand up to her. Jennifer invites Brad to her parents' anniversary, so Jill teaches him how to dance.

  • E16 Jill's Birthday

    7.5

    Feb 4, 1992 · 24m

    Tim gets Jill a lifetime membership to a health care club, until she says she will never exercise again. Brad and Randy spend all of their money on a baseball card, so they make Mark give them a "brother tax" to get Jill a present.

  • E17 What About Bob?

    8.2

    Feb 11, 1992 · 24m

    Tim cheats to beat Tool Time guest Bob Vila at a trivia game. Randy pulls a prank on Curtis, a geek at school.

  • E18 Baby, It's Cold Outside

    8.3

    Feb 18, 1992 · 24m

    Mr. Binford ruins Tim and Jill's romantically planned weekend by making them go camping to present Binford's new line of winter camping gear.

  • E19 Unchained Malady

    7.2

    Feb 25, 1992 · 24m

    Tim gets bad luck after throwing a chain letter from Al out. Randy wrecks his new bike after being dared to do a trick.

  • E20 Birds of a Feather Flock to Taylor

    8.8

    Mar 3, 1992 · 24m

    Jill tells Tim that he is a bad listener when he doesn't remember her mentioning the opera fundraiser. Brad and Randy try to get Mark to eat a worm while working on a birdhouse.

  • E21 A Battle of Wheels

    7.8

    Mar 17, 1992 · 24m

    Jill invades man's sacred space--the garage--with her pottery wheel; and Al takes a turn at hosting Tool Time, and finds it isn't as easy as it looks.

  • E22 Luck Be a Taylor Tonight

    7.8

    Apr 7, 1992 · 24m

    Jill's sister's marital problems disrupt Tim's poker game.

  • E23 Al's Fair in Love and War

    7.5

    Apr 28, 1992 · 24m

    Tim advises Al about a new woman in Al's life.

  • E24 Stereo-Typical

    7.8

    May 5, 1992 · 24m

    Tim goes to buy new speakers and ends up with an entertainment center; Tool Time welcomes tool musicians, led by saw player Janeen Rae Heller.

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