A year later, Fox just picked the show back up on its own network and the political humor also picked right back up in the Donald Trump era, although Tim Allen has said that the show cannot jump into the immediate news cycle most of the time since episodes are filming a little while in advance.
Originally, when Last Man Standing first began airing on ABC, the year was 2011 and we were only partially though President Obama’s tenure in office.
Although the series was still doing relatively well in its Friday night timeslot, ABC cancelled the comedy, and licensing fees with Fox were cited as a reason.
Instead of being super timely, the show is often generally topical.