DETROIT — There's no "Home Improvement" reboot happening anytime soon, according to Tim Allen.

The Metro Detroit-raised actor told Us Weekly this week that any potential reboot of the '90s sitcom is "stuck" because of issues with the cast, particularly the actors who played Allen's sons in the series.

"They keep talking about how it could move forward, but they get stuck (because) there are some personality problems right now with the boys," Allen told the magazine. "They've got their own issues. I always thought it would be cool if it was a story about them. That's a little challenging right now, to put it mildly."

To wit, Zachery Ty Bryan, who played Brad on the series, was sentenced to 16 months in jail in February following his sixth arrest in five years, stemming from DUI and domestic violence charges.

Former teen heartthrob Jonathan Taylor Thomas, who played Randy in "Home Improvement," is not currently pursuing acting roles; his last onscreen appearance was in 2015 on Allen's "Last Man Standing." And Taran Noah Smith, who played Mark on the series, hasn't acted since 1999.

Meanwhile, Earl Hindman, who played the family's neighbor Wilson, died in 2003.

"Home Improvement" ran for eight seasons on ABC, airing from 1991 to 1999. It starred Allen as TV repairman Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor and followed his professional and his home life. Patricia Richardson starred as his wife, Jill, and Richard Karn was his co-host, Al. The series took place in Metro Detroit.

On a 2024 podcast appearance, Richardson — who was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series four times while on the show — downplayed any potential for a "Home Improvement" reboot.

"I've never even been asked to do another 'Home Improvement' reunion thing, (and) I wouldn't want to," Richardson said on the "Back to the Best" podcast. "I mean, Zach is now a felon, Taran hasn't acted since he left the show; he's not an actor anymore. And Jonathan's not really interested in acting, he wants to direct and write. And we don't have Wilson.

"It's not going to be the show at all, and people think we can just magically go right back to who we were 30 years ago and do a show that was 30 years ago," she said. "We've all changed quite a bit, I think, since then, and the show would just be very weird."

Richardson said the show ended at the right time.

"I think we did it, we did it well, we quit at the right time before it got really bad, and it should just stay like it is."

Allen is currently starring on the ABC sitcom "Shifting Gears," which returns for its third season in the fall.

He also once again voices Buzz Lightyear in "Toy Story 5," which hits theaters June 19.

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