Fans were outraged when ABC canceled Tim Allen’s popular sitcom “Last Man Standing” earlier this year, and now the network is speaking out.
ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said Sunday that, “Politics had absolutely nothing to do with the cancellation”:
“Politics had absolutely nothing to do with it — we have actors on our shows who have all sorts of different political views,” Dungey said at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour on Sunday.
“Tim Allen is a valuable part of the Disney ABC family and has been for a very, very long time,” she continued. “‘Last Man Standing’ was a show that, several years running, kind of came up to the very end in terms of the renewal, which was the same case this year.”
Allen tweeted that he was “blindsided” when ABC announced they would not renew the show after six seasons. It became popular among conservatives as Allen, a Trump supporter, often used it as a platform to promote conservative views and sentiments.
As for why the show was canceled, Dungey said ABC simply couldn’t find room for it in the 2017-18 TV schedule. Unfortunately, this means conservative representation will be very thin on cable television this year.
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ABC is so full of crap! They have had several comedies on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday that have tanked after one season. They have black and Asian comedies, no Latino comedies. Comedies with gay characters, but couldn’t find room for one conservative is ridiculous. FAKE NEWS.
BS…it was canceled because the Politically Correct Thought Police were offended that it was not ridiculing mainstream Americans, but speaking for US. Get real…!?!?!
I don’t normally watch comedies on TV. Not laughable as a rule .I did, however, watch this show and found it funny, I don’t find it hilarious or laugh out loud,but that is true of 99% of the comedies on TV. I for one will miss the show and that means one less watcher of ABC.
Liberal lunacy runs wild in Hollywood.
So they cancel Last Man Standing yet bring back Rosanne with a transgender child. Yea, OK. No Politics involved. Political Correctness is heavily involved here.
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At the leftist networks, propaganda outranks good comedy that supports money making commercials. They all get Soros money, they don’t need the commercial $.
“Wasn’t political” my sweet ass, does stupid ABC really expect most people to believe that line?
I watched the show mostly because there is nothing else on Fridays. Tim was the butt of the joke with his conservative lines but conservatives were to dumb to catch the joke. It was his views that no-one agreed with, and he was just living in his own little world. Friday is were shows go to die. 20/20 should just give up they are copying the murder mysteries NBC does, it used to be a respectable news show but now is just exploitive trash. Shark tank could be good if they took out the suspense play and just move along. Why does a person have to be a feline, mentally unstable or just plain crazy for conservatives to worship them?
Wow you are an idiot! This was the best show on ABC although Tim Allen really didn’t have a lot of competition as most of the ABC lineup is crap. And for your information his views are agreed with by many. I love the way you liberal twits think you know what “most” of the rest of us want and think while you really know nothing about what you are talking about.
Sorry, I’m not believing this jerks BS. His show ranked high in the ratings every week and was number 1 on Friday nights. You can spin it all you want but the truth eventually comes out.
Eileen — Yup!
The excuse that they don’t have room for the show doesn’t ring true. They had room for it for 6 years. Now they will replace it with another show. Why didn’t they say they didn’t have room for a new show? They are not being honest about why they cancelled it and it’s insulting to keep getting lied to. Goodbye, ABC.
Considering the abc schedule is a virtual wasteland it seems it would be easy enough to find room for one quality show.
no reason to watch abc anymore!!!
Well, if Allen is so important to ABC/Disney then the idea that they couldn’t find a time slot is perfectly stupid talk!!!!
The J Man — Yup!!
HEY! If you conservaturds want to see more of this show … THEN GET OFF YOUR A$$ and get a write-in campaign started. Use Social Media to your advantage!! STOP COMPLAINING AND DO SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE!!!
Personally, I think I saw part of a Last Man Standing show once. It was OK. (snore) But it is the Same Old-Same Old Tim Allen.
Beleaguered husband with a wife and children loves tough stuff (in this show hunting, in “Tool Time” tools). Snore. Seen it before.
Maybe [C]onservatives should take to the streets and riot, loot, burn, and kill to get what they want.
That seems to work for liberals.
ABC LIARS! It WAS all about Politics and ABC liberal lies. ABC’s “story” is all a lie and We The People know it is. ABC WILL be shut down soon!
Yeah right…. LOL. You are one stupid conservaturd. Did YOU ever watch the show? I bet you rarely watched. ABC shut down??? HAHAHA you make me laugh ;-)
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who are u posting to? You make any sense.
Sue the MFers!!!!!
LIARS!!!!!!!
ABC Always Been Communist is just one of the MSM leftist networks.