{"id":24145,"date":"2026-08-01T11:23:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T06:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24145"},"modified":"2026-08-01T11:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T06:23:54","slug":"home-improvements-patricia-richardson-reunites-with-tv-sons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24145","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Home Improvement&#8217;s Patricia Richardson Reunites With TV Sons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAlthough any hopes of an onscreen reunion might be pointless, the cast of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/home-improvement\/\" id=\"auto-tag_home-improvement\" data-tag=\"home-improvement\">Home Improvement<\/a><\/em> appears to be keeping close in real life. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/patricia-richardson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_patricia-richardson\" data-tag=\"patricia-richardson\">Patricia Richardson<\/a>, who starred as matriarch Jill Taylor in the ABC sitcom for its eight-season run from 1991 to 1999, reunited with her onscreen sons <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jonathan-taylor-thomas\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jonathan-taylor-thomas\" data-tag=\"jonathan-taylor-thomas\">Jonathan Taylor Thomas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/taran-noah-smith\/\" id=\"auto-tag_taran-noah-smith\" data-tag=\"taran-noah-smith\">Taran Noah Smith<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cMy other boys,\u201d Richardson captioned a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbZehWiJJLb\/?hl=en\">selfie<\/a> with Thomas and Smith, who played sons Randy and Mark, alongside Zachery Ty Bryan as oldest boy Brad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe reunion comes after their former TV dad Tim Allen said a potential reboot is stuck due to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/06\/tim-allen-home-improvement-reboot-stuck-1236953136\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">personality problems<\/a>\u201d with the actors who starred as the sons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThey keep talking about how it could move forward, but they get stuck [because] there are some personality problems right now with the boys,\u201d Allen told <em>Us Weekly<\/em> in June. \u201cThey\u2019ve got their own issues. I always thought it would be cool if it was a story about them. That\u2019s a little challenging right now, to put it mildly.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhile Richardson has noted that Thomas and Smith <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/03\/home-improvement-reboot-not-for-patricia-richardson-1235872269\/\">no longer act<\/a>, Bryan is currently serving 16 months in a California prison, due to several probation violations, following multiple DUIs and a domestic violence charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRichardson said \u201cit was so weird\u201d hearing Allen say in the press that the cast was all onboard for the reboot, despite him never coming to her, noting she \u201cwould not want to\u201d return regardless.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although any hopes of an onscreen reunion might be pointless, the cast of Home Improvement appears to be keeping close in real life. 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