Tim Allen as Tim laughing at Patricia Richardson's Jill in Home Improvement
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Actor Patricia Richardson candidly explains why Home Improvement really ended after eight seasons. Premiering in 1991, the sitcom starred Tim Allen as Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor, a home improvement television show host. Richardson starred as Jill, his loving wife and mom to three mischievous boys, Brad, Randy, and Mark .
But with just a couple of months left on the production, Richardson said, a surprise offer arrived: $1 million per episode for her and $2 million per episode for Allen to return for a 25-episode ninth season. Per Richardson, Allen jumped at the offer, but she held firm. "I knew that Disney would in no way pay me that much. That was my way to say 'no' and was a little bit of a flip-off to Disney. I’d been there all this time, and they never even paid me a third of what Tim was making, and I was working my ass off. I was a big reason why women were watching. I was mad at Tim because he was leaving me alone being the only person saying no, which made me feel terrible and like the bad guy, and he was upset with me for leaving.
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