“Shifting Gears” stood as ABC’s strongest series debut in over six years – since 10/16/18 with “The Conners,” and marks the most-watched ABC series premiere on streaming to date, based on views in its first seven days on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.

Following its series debut last January, ABC announced that Tim Allen‘s newest comedy show Shifting Gears has officially set a new audience record. 2 Broke Girls vet Kat Dennings also leads the sitcom.

The "Abbott Elementary" and "It's Alway Sunny in Philadelphia" crossover also marked a series high with more than 8 million viewers

T he premiere episode of Tim Allen's new ABC sitcom, Shifting Gears, broke viewership records despite its lackluster reviews. The show now stands as the most-watched ABC streaming

Tim Allen’s new ABC sitcom “Shifting Gears” is revving its ratings engine. According to ABC, the series now stands as the most-watched ABC series premiere on streaming to date, via first seven days of views on both Hulu and the Hulu portion of Disney+.

In the seven days since it debuted on January 8, the first episode has amassed nearly 17M multi-platform viewers across ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and digital platforms, Disney says. That’s a 173% lift over the episode’s already fairly impressive same-day audience of 6.2M.

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Shifting Gears, Season 1 Episode 1, “Restoration.”]

Tim Allen's new sitcom Shifting Gears marks a record-setting viewership for ABC, surpassing a previous record for The Conners viewership in 2018.