The title and premise of Shifting Gears seem to be about, well, shifting gears in your life and your attitude, but the two episodes sent to critics suggest little interest in giving viewers anything other than exactly what they want and expect.

Yep, it's another story of a conservative father and a somewhat more liberal daughter having to end a lengthy estrangement.

Michelle Nader tells TheWrap how "Shifting Gears" hopes to modernize sitcoms without losing "the parts that we love"