Per Deadline, actress Brenda Song (Blue Eye Samurai, Amphibia) will guest star on the upcoming ABC comedy series Shifting Gears, marking an on-screen reunion with her former Dollface co-star Kat Dennings (WandaVision, What If…?). The project will also reunite her with showrunner and executive producer Michelle Nader (B Positive, I Mom So Hard), who served as showrunner on Dollface, which aired for two seasons on Hulu.

Shifting Gears stars Tim Allen (Last Man Standing, Assembly Required) as Matt, the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. The real restoration begins when Matt’s estranged daughter Riley, played by Dennings, and her kids move into his house. Song will guest star as Caitlyn, a former high school classmate of Riley’s who is now the assistant principal of the school. The series also stars Seann William Scott (Welcome to Flatch, Lethal Weapon) as Gabriel, Daryl “Chill” Mitchell (Fear the Walking Dead, F is for Family) as Stitch, Maxwell Simkins (Superkitties, The Chicken Squad) as Carter and newcomer Barrett Margolis as Georgia. 

20th Television, a subdivision of Disney Television Studios, produces Shifting Gears. Allen executive produces alongside Nader, Marty Adelstein (One Piece, Ten Year Old Tom), Becky Clements (Snowpiercer, Physical), Richard Baker (The Santa Clauses, The Drew Carey Show), Rick Messina (Burning Hollywood, Patrice O’Neal Live!), John Pasquin (Roseanne, Cristela), who also directed the pilot episode, Jim Patterson (Call Me Kat, The Ranch), Bob Daily (Frasier, The Wonder Years) and John Amodeo (United We Fall, The Cool Kids). Mike Scully (Duncanville, The Simpsons) and Julie Thacker-Scully (Fuller House, Dads) are executive producers on the pilot episode. Dennings is a producer. 

Shifting Gears will premiere Wednesday, January 8, at 8 pm on ABC and streams the next day on Hulu.

Song can currently be seen starring in Gia Coppola’s (Love Advent) film The Last Showgirl, opposite Pamela Anderson (Sur-Vie, Package Deal), Jamie Lee Curtis (The Bear, Archer), Kiernan Shipka (The Other Two, Riverdale) and Dave Bautista (Little Demon, See). The film is set for limited release on Friday, Dec. 13, ahead of its wide release on Friday, Jan. 10. 

She’ll also be seen opposite Kate Hudson (Truth Be Told, Barely Famous) in Mindy Kaling’s (Velma, The Morning Show) basketball comedy series Running Point, set for premiere in 2025 on Netflix. In addition to Dollface, Song’s other credits include Netflix’s Secret Obsession, The Suite Life franchise and portraying the titular character in Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior. She is represented by CAA, Brookside Artist Management and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan LLP.