After bringing a bunch of well-known faces into the fold as visitor stars for its first season, Shifting Gears’ showrunner Michelle Nader sees no cause to chop again on the basic TV custom going into Season 2. We already know Tim Allen will reunite with some Residence Enchancment vets, with Lilly Singh set to befriend and bewitch RIley, and Nader has teased extra throwback easter eggs on the way in which paying tribute to Allen and others’ careers. And sure, she undoubtedly has different concepts in thoughts.
Talking to US Weekly, the sequence head honcho excitedly confirmed that different thriller celebrities are being tapped to point out up later within the season, and that she additionally has her personal sidelist of preferrred visitor stars to ship invitations to, with one being a reasonably distinguished Emmy-winning veteran of HBO’s The White Lotus. In Nader’s phrases:
A few individuals are telling us [that they want to join the show]. I can’t say who and we’re pondering of how you can get the best position. However we even have our folks that we need to see. I need to get Jennifer Coolidge within the present. I need to get a few of these individuals to return round. We’ve got so much up our sleeve.
Let’s first converse to probably the most particular element that was shared. It might be an absolute hoot to get Jennifer Coolidge into the Shifting Gears combine. So far as I can keep in mind, she hasn’t instantly co-starred reverse Tim Allen in something, however she actually did spend years on the small display reverse Kat Dennings as 2 Broke Women‘ Sophie Kaczynsky, who moved into the condominium above Max and Caroline in the course of Season 1. Givne that Michelle Nader was a writer-turned-showrunner for 2 Broke Women, this looks as if it must be a simple get, assuming Coolidge is down.
Whereas their previous sitcom work makes probably the most sense to attach Collidge to Shifting Gears, US Weekly frames the visitor star feedback as if Nader was requested about White Lotus stars making visitor spots on the ABC comedy. I am undecided if that is truly the case or not, however there are undoubtedly a slew of fascinating A-listers to select from if that present’s lineup is up for competition.
How wild would it not be if Nader & Co. landed Jon Gries to look in the identical episode as Coolidge? Gries portrayed the latter’s seemingly devious husband within the HBO sequence.) Or if Natasha Rothwell, who performed White Lotus‘ Brenda, would signal on. I understand that there is no assure that another visitor stars would for positive co-star in the identical episode as Coolidge, however I see no cause to dream small right here.
Past any White Lotus alums, I am hoping that a few of the celebs that Michelle Nader referred to have been different comedy greats that she’s labored with in her previous. As an example, I would like to see Jenna Elfman’s Dharma & Greg counterpart Thomas Gibson present as much as elevate hassle for Matt and Eve.
Or, since she additionally labored on the wonderful Spin Metropolis throughout its run, bringing in Richard Type, Alan Ruck, or Connie Britton can be genius. (Not that others can be unwelcome.) On condition that Nader wrote a pair of episodes for the most effective new comedies to hit the 2025 TV schedule, Deli Boys, I would like to additionally see Saagar Shaikh or Asif Ali present up in a method or one other.
Take a look at the primary take a look at Season 2, which performs up the approaching visitor spots from Patricia Richardson, Debbe Dunning and Richard Karn.
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Shifting Gears Season 2 will kick off on ABC on Wednesday, October 1, at 8:00 p.m. ET, with new episodes streaming the subsequent day by way of Hulu subscription.