I was wondering how long it was gonna take for someone to scream foul as ABC cancels Tim Allen’s conservative tv show Last Man Standing. Um, let’s see; 6 year old comedy on a Friday night that pulled decent ratings but with a the main star’s contract demanding large money and the network didn’t want to pick up the tab any longer. Yeah personal politics is written all over this one – PB/TK
ABC Cancels Conservative Tim Allen Sitcom ‘Last Man Standing’ Despite Strong Ratings – By Daniel Nussbaum l May 11 2017
ABC has cancelled its Tim Allen-starring sitcom Last Man Standing after six seasons, the network confirmed Wednesday.
ABC and production partner 20th Century Fox TV had reportedly usually negotiated over licensing fees for the comedy series before each season; this time, according to Deadline, there was no negotiation, and the network simply pulled the plug on the show.
The sitcom starred Allen as Mike Baxter, a marketing director for a sporting goods store who happened to be politically conservative, and his relationship with his wife Vanessa and his three teenage daughters. The show was one of the few (if not the only) broadcast network sitcom to appeal to conservative, blue-collar America, a true oddity since Allen has noted in interviews that the program was written by liberal writers.
A sixth-season episode found Baxter blasting politically correct “microaggressions” and drawing up a speech for his daughter’s graduation: “To quote future Nobel Prize winner Lee Greenwood, ‘I’m proud to be an American.’ Not just because I have the right to speak my mind or carry an awesome gun, but because it’s the land of opportunity. Some whiny babies might not think so, but in America, if you work hard, anyone can be successful.”
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