Over the past few years, lots of Friday night sitcoms have been cancelled by ABC — shows like Cristela, The Neighbors, and Malibu Country — but Last Man Standing has survived. Will this Tim Allen sitcom hold up in the ratings and survive to see a sixth season? Stay tuned.
On Last Man Standing, Mike Baxter (Allen), marketing director of the Outdoor Man sporting goods stores, continues to stand his ground in a household of women. The rest of the cast includes Amanda Fuller, Christoph Sanders, Flynn Morrison, Hector Elizondo, Kaitlyn Dever, Molly Ephraim, and Nancy Travis.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/13 update: ABC has renewed this series for a sixth season. Details here.
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For comparisons: The fourth season of Last Man Standing averaged a 1.27 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 6.85 million total viewers.
Note: Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you still like the Last Man Standing TV show? Do you think it should be cancelled or be renewed for a sixth season? How long should it run?
An outstanding family show that blends American values with subtle jabs and smart humor and some truths along the way. Best family show on TV.
I LOVE Last Man Standing – my whole family does! We look forward to it every week, and watch reruns regularly on Netflix! I hope it keeps going!
Last Man Standing is an excellent show. Funny, smart, well written. I look forward to each week. I also watch the reruns on the CMT channel. This show is worth keeping . Please renew.
David
Last man standing is a well written show about family. We have 4 children & it is refreshing to see other families going through similar situations. Tim Allen’s humor &sensitivity as well as his comedic delivery makes this show more realistic than Modern Family. Please renew! Thank you to your writers and to Tim Allen!
I absolutely love this show, it’s hilarious with awesome life morals and witty characters. I hope that the show see’s many more seasons!
I LOVE Last Man Standing! They have a GREAT cast & the writing is terrific! I especially like when they bring on former cast members of Home Improvement, e.g., Patricia Richardson & Jonathan Taylor Thomas! As others have said, this is a true family show. I look forward to this show & Shark Tank every Friday night. Please keep it on the air!
I love Last man standing. Its an awesome comedy. I think it has a few more years to go on the air. I love the cast and I love how he comments on today’s current issues. Its fun and enlightening programming!
I absolutely Love this show..I laugh several times throughout the half hour it’s on. I look forward to the night it’s on ! It’s got great context, family lessons elephant in the room fun humor. It’s great because family can sit down and enjoy a show we can laugh together at and not have to worry they’ll slip in some type of smut that all the other shows have to ‘keep the viewers watching” give me a break ! Leave those shows for the ‘cable stations’ Please keep this show on-WE need more family shows. Love it! Please, keep this… Read more »
This is my all-time favorite TV show. It never fails to bring humor compassion understanding and redemption. I hope it has a 6th season. It’s also encouraging to have a strong family atmosphere Is refreshing and encouraging.
The only problem I have ever had with this show is the jokes about Benghazi. Not funny, in the same manner that jokes about 9/11 are not funny. Good american men lost their lives in a horrific attack, on a 9/11 anniversary no less. Their memory should be respected and not mocked. There haven’t been any jokes about Benghazi in this season as I recall, and if they continue I will cease watching it indefinitely.
I love to see a
strong father figure who isn’t trampled on by his kids and wife. I love that he is conservative with right wing political views not so typical of tv characters these days. Great show that I really want to see continue.
I love Last Man Standing. It’s the best one yet for Tim Allen but the whole cast makes it work. It’s rare that we get to see a comedy that’s funny and appeals to all ages etc. I for one am sick of shows that are for the 18 to 49 age group. I guess that is why the majority of shows are violent, , sex, vampires,weirwolves,etc . Please keep this comedy on!
I am so happy that Last Man is still on the air. Tim Allen is so great. I love his rants and the writing on the show seems to be getting better by the year. I hope it runs another 5 at least! WOO HOO!
Me too. He is very funny and aging well. This show is even better than his other hit show
A reason why “Malibu Country”, “The Neighbors” and “Cristels” were cancelled after a short run, besides their low/insufficient ratings, is the fact that there are a limited number of spots on the ABC schedule if the three aforementioned comedies had performed well enough to be renewed. The critically-panned “Dr. Ken” would join the list of cancelled post-“Last Man Standing” sitcoms at the end of this season if its ratings were insufficient, also. They couldn’t have found a different timeslot for those sitcoms because the rest of ABC’s sitcoms are single-camera (even though “The Neighbors” was itself single-camera and had the… Read more »
i didnt know season 5 had started. i usually watch on hulu but i know that those views do nothing with helping decide if a show gets renewed or cancelled so i will start watching them on tv so that i hopefully help keep the show on the air.