<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Tim Allen's former co-stars rule out 'Home Improvement' reunion"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. And that’s how Patricia Richardson feels about revisiting one of her most famous roles.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Richardson, who starred opposite <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/12/07/tim-allen-casey-wilson-the-santa-clause-comments/71835906007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Tim Allen</a> on the ‘90s sitcom “Home Improvement,” opened up about doing a reboot of the series during an interview on the <a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-213-home-improvement-with-patricia-richardson/id1429283949?i=1000650707147" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">“Back to the Best”</a> podcast published Thursday.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The actress, who played Allen’s TV wife Jill Taylor, reflected that it was “so weird” to see news that her former co-star was discussing plans to revive the show.</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img gnt_em_img__inset"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:374px" fetchpriority="high" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/03/31/USAT/73163114007-e-taylor-housewives-01.JPG?width=300&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/03/31/USAT/73163114007-e-taylor-housewives-01.JPG?width=600&height=748&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt=""Home Improvement" star Patricia Richardson, top, is opening up about why she isn't interested in doing a reboot of the '90s sitcom starring Tim Allen."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"I would hear (Tim) was coming out publicly and saying this stuff about how everyone was on board to do a ‘Home Improvement’ reunion. But he never asked me, and he never asked Jonathan (Taylor Thomas), who I talk to,” Richardson recalled. “So, I called Jonathan one day and said, 'Has he asked you about this? And he went, ‘No, and why's he going around telling everybody that we're all on board when he hasn’t talked to you or me?'"</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">'Worst experience':</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/12/07/tim-allen-casey-wilson-the-santa-clause-comments/71835906007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:7|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Tim Allen slammed for being rude on 'The Santa Clauses' set</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">In 2023, Allen reportedly revealed in an interview with The Messenger that he’d been brainstorming a “Home Improvement” spinoff with co-star <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/02/23/tim-allen-richard-karn-new-building-competition-show/4494435001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Richard Karn</a> (Al Borland), as well as his TV sons Thomas (Randy Taylor), <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/03/27/home-improvement-actor-zachery-ty-bryan-felony-dui/73116085007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Zachery Ty Bryan</a> (Brad Taylor) and Taran Noah Smith (Mark Taylor).</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"One of the conversations we've had recently is how weird it would be if ‘Home Improvement’ would be about the kids' kids," Allen told the outlet, per <a target="_blank" href="https://ew.com/tim-allen-talks-potential-home-improvement-spinoff-reboot-8404128" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Entertainment Weekly</a>. "Like,...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/03/31/patricia-richardson-home-improvement-reboot-tim-allen-jonathan-taylor-thomas/73163103007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
