Did Last Man Standing Get Canceled Again?
After three seasons on Fox and 9 seasons in full, Tim Allen and Nancy Travis' sitcom Terminal Man Continuing recently wrapped up its unabridged run, without a Flavor 10 to wait forward to. The series finale was an emotional ride for the bandage and coiffure to put together, though it didn't differ also much from standard episodes, save for metaphors and Kaitlyn Dever sightings. Just a couple of meta-jokes about changing networks, combined with the show having already flipped from ABC to Fox in the past, likely made some fans hopeful that the Baxter family could return in the futurity.
Luckily, I was able to inquire about but such a scenario when CinemaBlend spoke with Terminal Homo Standing'due south showrunner and executive producer Kevin Abbott. Because Season 9 was produced entirely nether COVID-related safe protocols, which limited access to not merely in-studio audiences for tapings, but also to cast members like Kaitlyn Dever and other potential invitee stars, I asked Abbott if he'd always exist interested in making a reunion happen i day under more normal circumstances. In his words:
Sure. I mean, absolutely. I love the cast, I love the crew, I love everybody involved with information technology. I'g certain [it would be possible] with a little time off, and so that I can forget all the stuff that they do that irritates me. [Laughs.] Like I said, I think their lives continue. I'd always be interested in checking in on characters that I really loved writing. I'd work with Tim again in a second. I'd work with Nancy and Hector, and all of them. I mean, you just couldn't ask for a ameliorate bandage, and the writers were wonderful. We loved doing that, and Matt Drupe, my partner in crime - I'll brand upwards any excuse to be in a room with that guy, because information technology's simply e'er a joy. So yeah, absolutely.
Which isn't to say that Last Human being Continuing fans should immediately get their hopes upward for more Mike Baxter vlogs in the nearest future. While Kevin Abbott doesn't sound like he'd turn down the take chances to bring the testify back in some capacity, he's likewise non 100% against the notion of taking a step back from the sitcom that guided his career for much of the by decade. I call back it'southward clear his hesitance is generally based on not wanting to hang around Jay Leno anymore. Kidding! But still, even with those caveats in mind, there'south still a reasonable chance that nosotros could get a Last Man Standing Christmas special down the line, with or without an additional time jump, and maybe fifty-fifty with the long-missing Boyd making a return from the ethers.
Despite the fact that he'd be down to return to the sitcom'southward world in the future, Kevin Abbott confirmed that the series finale's fourth wall-breaking jokes about going to unlike networks were only jokes, and were not indicative of whatever bodily efforts behind the scenes to find Last Man Standing a new home for Flavour 10. In his words:
Information technology'southward nine seasons. That'due south a long time. I call up that it's appropriate to end it at present. I don't feel like trying to talk to another network would be enhancing information technology in any manner shape or form. I think that it probably would be a bit of a...it would just be odd. If you lot follow sports at all, it's having Joe Montana play for the 49ers and accept all that success and so the end of his career go to the [Kansas City Chiefs]. It's a letdown. We were given a gift by Play a trick on past telling us at the beginning of the flavor: this is going to be the last season. That was a souvenir. It allows you to say goodbye. Information technology allows you to emotionally ready for all of that stuff, and to try to push it, I think that would have been incorrect.
It probably would have felt odd to emotionally gear oneself for a Television set catastrophe on one network while even so trying to keep the free energy up to shop the series around elsewhere. It'd exist one matter if there were another studio that already showed vested interest, without an abundant effort required from Abbott and the other producers to pitch around. Only since that wasn't the instance, it only made sense to take the last flavour foreknowledge with good graces.
Kevin Abbott did reveal one story idea that the writers were keeping in mind in case a 10th flavour had materialized. With Amanda Fuller'southward Kirstin having taken on more than of an authoritative role within Outdoor Man in Season 9, I joked well-nigh her stepping upwards and changing the brand name to Outdoor Woman, and the showrunner said that was indeed something they would have leaned into if more episodes were produced. Hither's how he put it:
You know what? Nosotros had a storyline. If there was another flavor, we were gonna do Kristen starts taking over, and so possibly wants to modify a few things, but with an eye towards the new reality out there that Outdoor Man is [outdated]. We had a whole storyline. Very interesting.
Perhaps Amanda Fuller's Kristin could forepart an entirely split up Final Woman Continuing spinoff, though it'southward hard to know how that thought would do without the sitcom'southward unabridged core ensemble involved. Mayhap she could team upwardly with Tim Allen'south Tim Taylor with the rebranded Outdoor Homo for an ultra-rare two-series interconnected spinoff with Home Improvement! Everyone out in that location at ABC or Disney+ listening? Anybody?!?
Though Last Man Standing is no longer bringing new episodes to fans in primetime, the sitcom's entire nine-season run is bachelor to stream on Hulu. And for anyone who needs a reminder that one TV series' cancellation is not the cease of the world, there are more than enough worthy options coming to the 2022 Summer TV schedule to continue your brain busy while waiting to hear potential updates nigh Tim Allen'due south future every bit Mike Baxter.
Nick is a Cajun Country native, and is often asked why he doesn't audio like that's the case. His love for his wife and daughters is nearly equaled by his honey of gasp-for-jiff laughter and gasp-for-breath horror. A lifetime spent in the vicinity of a television screen led to his current dream job, besides every bit his knowledge of too many TV themes and advert jingles.
Source: https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2568275/could-tim-allen-last-man-standing-return-after-fox-cancellation-showrunner-has-thoughts-kaitlyn-dever-nancy-travis
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