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13% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Sitcom Theme music composer Tomandandy First episode date 1 May 2013 | 5.5/10 IMDb 7.2/10 TV Developed by Bobby Bowman Composer(s) Dan Radlauer Final episode date 10 July 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Based on White Van Man (U.K TV series)
by Adrian Poynton Starring Danielle Nicolet
Edi Gathegi
J.K. Simmons
Johnny Pemberton
Kyle Bornheimer
Leah Remini Network American Broadcasting Company Cast Leah Remini, Kyle Bornheimer, J K Simmons, Danielle Nicolet, Edi Gathegi Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Family Tools is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from May 1 to July 10, 2013, and aired on Wednesdays at 8:30 pm ET. The series, created by Bobby Bowman, is produced by Mark Gordon, ABC Studios and ITV Studios America. It is based on the British sitcom White Van Man aired on the now defunct BBC 3 and produced by ITV Studios America's parent company, ITV Studios, and whose creator, Adrian Poynton, is also a co-creator and producer of the American version.
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Thirteen episodes were ordered on May 11, 2012, for the first season. It was later reported on November 10, 2012, that ABC cut their order from 13 episodes to 10 because of scheduling conflicts. Family Tools was canceled on May 10, 2013, after only two episodes have aired. However, the remaining episodes aired over the summer.
Premise
The series follows a man who's had a streak of bad luck with everything from enlisting in the army to flunking out of seminary three times. When he returns home, he finds himself in the unlikely position of taking over his father's hardware-handyman business because his father was recently diagnosed with a heart condition. However, this transition is not as easy as expected as he tries to maintain the success of the business that his father built, especially with his father keeping a watchful eye.
Cast
