"I was trying to act cool and I think I succeeded until now, because now he can see that I was not playing it cool at all," Dennings said of meeting the former child star

The actress said on 'The View' that despite auditioning, she had never seen the series since she was young and without HBO

Until she met her husband, the 'Two Broke Girls' star followed Whoopi Goldberg's philosophy on relationships

The new series, which serves as Allen's return to sitcoms, premieres Jan. 8 on ABC

In 'Shifting Gears,' which premieres Wednesday, Jan. 8, Dennings and Allen play a widowed father and his estranged daughter who find themselves living together and working to repair their relationship