One of many greatest surprises of the 12 months up to now, no less than when it comes to the 2025 TV schedule, was the extremely enviable viewership numbers earned by Tim Allen and Kat Dennings’ newest community sitcom Shifting Gears. The short success sparked ABC to order up a Season 2 renewal pretty shortly, regardless of some rumors indicating in any other case, and it seems like co-star Seann William Scott locked up a large wage enhance, which was unexpectedly unveiled by a divorce-related courtroom submitting.
Although every thing associated to his small-screen gig could also be on the up and up, Scott is at present nonetheless enmeshed in settling some post-divorce divorce particulars with ex Olivia Korenberg. Although their break up was formally finalized in Could 2024 following the February 2024 submitting, Korenberg requested the courtroom in Could 2025 to amend the kid custody and assist settlement, claiming that he was making an attempt to kick her and their daughter out of a house he allegedly agreed to allow them to dwell in.
As a counter to her claims, in line with InTouch, Seann William Scott filed his personal movement to take away sure allegations made by Korenberg that have been seen as rumour, and it’s by this submitting made on Could 28 that the actor’s enhance in Shifting Gears pay was revealed.
How A lot Seann William Scott’s Season 2 Pay Elevate Quantities To For Shifting Gears
In February 2025, Seann William Scott advised the courtroom that his work all through Season 1 of Shifting Gears introduced in $900,000, which averages out to proper round $90,000 for the ten episodes produced. However the actor up to date his month-to-month earnings particulars and his bills, which pointed to the truth that his pay will likely be greater than doubled going into Season 2.
With out commissions concerned, Scott is about to make round $250,000 per episode for Season 2. So if ABC retains the sophomore season at ten episodes, Scott will likely be making a cool $2.5 million, which is kind of a hefty enhance over $900,000. (Not that I would balk on the lesser payday, however that is irrelevant.) And if ABC decides to go along with a full season of 18-23 episodes, the Deadly Weapon vet could have much more to have fun.
Not dangerous for somebody whose breakout function as American Pie’s Stiffler solely earned him a meager $8,000, amirite?
One key request made within the newest submitting includes Olivia Korenberg’s declare that Scott is making an attempt to kick them out of his Malibu property that she and their daughter have been staying in and updating since April 2024, with the understanding being that they might be dwelling there for years. She claims that in November 2024, she advised Scott about her new boyfriend and talked about introducing him to the daughter, and fewer than a month later, Korenberg claims Scott reversed course and voiced his plans to promote the home. She claims he stated they’d must be out of the home by June 30, and that she and her daughter haven’t any different housing choices to show to.
Olivia Korenberg can also be requesting the courtroom to make it in order that Scott will increase his little one assist funds to greater than the present $6,000/month he is at present paying. As effectively, she’s additionally searching for an extra $75,000 to pay for her authorized charges, with one other $50,000 to deal with accounting charges.
Following a failed try at mediation on Could 27, a listening to has been scheduled for June 2025.
In his personal paperwork modification, Sean William Scott indicated that filming for Season 2 of Shifting Gears will start in August 2025, so hopefully we’ll have solutions quickly for what is going on down with Matt and Jenna Elfman’s Eve after that stunning Season 1 finale.