
ABC and its production partner for the show, 20th Century Fox Television, typically negotiate licensing fees prior to each season however, the network decided to cancel the show without doing so. "This was a scheduling decision," wrote Jori Arancio, senior vice president of ABC Entertainment and ABC Studios. A representative for 20th Century Fox Television said cancellation decisions are made by ABC.
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On May 10, 2017, ABC canceled Last Man Standing after six seasons, despite the series being the second-most-watched ABC sitcom during the 2016–17 season (based on Live+7 figures), with ratings remaining mostly steady during its sixth season. On July 2018, it reveals that Molly Ephraim and Flynn Morrison where both would not be returning for season seven. Soon thereafter, Héctor Elizondo came on board in a supporting role as the boss to Allen's character. At the end of March, Nancy Travis joined the cast in the leading female role as Allen's "smart and loving wife who doesn't miss much". On February 18, Tim Allen, who had been attached to the potential series from the beginning, officially joined the project in the lead role. In January 2011, ABC green-lighted production of a pilot episode under the title Last Days of Man.

Last Man Standing first appeared on ABC's development slate in late 2010 when writer Jack Burditt received a put pilot commitment from the network under the original title Man Up.

The former Home Improvement “Tool Time” juggernaut then popped off a little while declaring his alter-ego to be too “dangerous” for television to handle. The show, which starred Allen as (yet another) version of himself, ran on ABC from 2011-2017 before getting the boot and being passed over by CMT for a near-immediate revival.
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In a FOX press release, the network announced that Allen and his TV family shall return for the 2018-2019 season. That is, and amid continuing uproar and speculation that the cancelled fan favorite may find a new home at Hulu or Netflix (or elsewhere), FOX is reviving a ghost from the non-so-distant past - the Tim Allen-starring Last Man Standing The day after FOX announced the cancellation of the beloved Brooklyn Nine-Nine after five seasons, the network is delivering more (arguably) unpopular programming developments.
