“We always felt like, for whatever reason, ABC didn’t really prioritize Last Man Standing,” Walden pointed out, again citing the 8.5 million viewers the show drew despite “little promotion.”
Fox executives are confident they made the right call in bringing back Tim Allen’s comedy Last Man Standing.
Last Man Standing is produced by 20th Century Fox, so Newman and Walden already had an existing relationship with Allen and they said they’ve been talking to the Home Improvementalum about bringing the show over to Fox for years.
“Last Man is a proven hit… and fans have clamored for its return,” added Newman, noting that the show was drawing eight million viewers in its final season on ABC.