ABC couldn’t have made a worse decision in canceling Tim Allen’s “Last Man Standing” last year. Not only was it a bad business move to cancel a show bringing in millions of viewers, but it was also a move that fans could only see as political.
While not an explicitly political show, it does contain conservative themes (just as how most sitcoms aren’t political but have a liberal atmosphere). Allen has also revealed that he’ll identify as an Asian woman in a new episode, mocking the kind of optional reality that social justice warriors engage in and that there will be another episode which features a favorable view on guns (but nothing too “in your face”).
Allen is a conservative (but unlike every Hollywood liberal, isn’t annoyingly vocal about it), plays one on his popular TV show, and yet the show was canceled despite stellar ratings? Something seemed fishy there, but Fox was ready to capitalize on the opportunity and host the show for its 7th season. The first episode at their new home debuted on Friday to the stellar ratings many expected.
According to the Daily Caller, “Last Man Standing debuted its seventh season on Friday night and brought in a 1.8 rating among adults aged 18-49, totaling slightly more than eight million viewers. That’s higher than its final season on ABC, which averaged a 1.2 and brought in 6.41 million viewers on same day ratings.”
The show has carried over its entire audience from ABC, as the 6th season averaged 8.1 million viewers per episode over at their network, making it their second highest rated comedy. Why give that up for political purposes? In an effort to shoot down Allen’s career, ABC has shot themselves in the foot.
In a promo for the premiere, Allen and company mocked the situation they found themselves in. “Why would they cancel a show that everybody loves?” Kyle Anderson asks as he’s scrolling through TV channels in vain for his favorite show. “Maybe they’re a bunch of idiots” Allen replies as he enters the room.
After Anderson finds his show on a different network, Allen says “is it me, or is this show way better on this network?”
While the show is politically subtle – they weren’t subtle when it came to rubbing ABC’s mistake in their face. Watch the hilarious bit below:
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