ABC cancels #3 most watched scripted show LMS, renews much lower rated left wing shows.

you could write yourself another post. i am sure that will change their mind.

So we'll just ignore that abc doesnt own last man standing, and that a show gets more expensive to make the longer it goes on? Fox make it, why dont they show it if its so cheap to make and ratings juggernaut? Of course that might not play into the "Im a victim" narrative you people love to push.

Republicans are such morons. You act like pissing on veterans is fine, like making rich people richer by taking form the poor is fine and then wonder why people dont like you. morons lol

And before you say anything, yes that the group youre in. You can foam at the mouth saying it isnt all you like, but thats what republican politics is all about. Bitch and moan about big government than flood it with candidates that will screw over everyone for the elite few. Mitch Mcconnell who regularly uses veterans benefits as a political tool to get what he wants for his party. Trump, who lies his ass off any time he opens his mouth is your hero. Even though hes already fucked everyone who voted for him with that ridiculous healthcare reform. If you think you arent getting fucked by that you didnt read it. And hat worse is that even though hes a coward, a spineless spoiled child who will screw over anyone, youll all vote for him again. As I said, morons.

http://tvline.com/2017/05/10/last-man-standing-cancelled-abc-no-season-7/#comment-list-wrapper

May 11, 2017 at 10:12 PM

Some FACTS in all of this.

LMS was considered on the bubble for many years. It did not even seem like it was going to make it the first year or two. But it did move along until syndication. The goal for any show these days is to make it into syndication, and LMS made it there. IF a show is produced by the network studio, there is more of a likelihood that they will keep it around another year if it is on the bubble. LMS was a Fox produced show, and there was a dispute over the money, basically. The same thing happened to Mike and Molly.

Now as far as the other arguments. You all do realize that Patricia Heaton is a very outspoken conservative and her ABC show is going into its ninth season? You also do realize that The Real O’Neals, whose creator is a gay rights advocate, was also canceled? The truth is that LMS was expendable because ABC was not willing to take it one more year. It had a decent run of six years. Family Ties, which featured a conservative main character in the age of Reagan, was on for seven seasons, one more year than LMS. Tim Allen said something very insensitive a few weeks ago. However, unlike what happened with the Robertson family, ABC did not comment on this, Tim Allen was not made to apologize, etc. There was some well-deserved criticism about his comments comparing Hollywood to the 1930s, but it did not cause a firestorm.

http://forums.previously.tv/topic/57325-canceled/?do=findComment&comment=3277146

I think the demo has not been a working piece for some years and other networks have decided to leave that thought process behind. Since it has become less and less relevant. As for when they tried to change things to All in the Family was not a smart move. In fact many critics and fans of season 1 thought the shift in the tone and with the actors was too much when season 2 started and the fact that when season 3 started, they started cutting down things hugely. However, every time they had to bring up something political between Mike and Ryan and making Kristin, dumber and dumber along with Vanessa. Those episodes were the lowest and most criticized episodes because they showed Mike to be some big baby and Ryan having no brains for even the most smallest things. Plus, in season 3 they started just dropping storylines and characters and putting characters in very ridiculous story lines. I think Vanessa's role from being smart, PhD who worked a very good job and wasn't ashamed of her life. Was turned into a person who had to settle all arguments, jumping on Ryan's side (because he was the baby daddy). To acting like the politics of teaching were horrible and then being out of a job not once, but twice and then Mike hating the fact that Vanessa wanted to have her own space and tutoring business was such a No No. Plus Mike going from loving holidays and events to hating them and wanting to kick everyone out of his house. Ryan magically being from Canada or his father returning, then dying. The wedding we never saw, Kristin wanting to be a doctor, but then thought shots give children autism and then dropping out to run a food chain for Mike. Ed making a big deal of wanting to get married again, but only to divorce him again because the TPTB couldn't figure out what to do with his "wife" after they married them over the summer. So they dropped her from the show and with Chuck's wife becau

krl97a (54):

The real reason LMS (which I rarely watched---those type of traditional family shows don't interest me any more, because I already grew up watching a whole bunch of them) got canceled was due to a variety of reasons---the main one being economic. The article here explains all that:

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/5/12/15628038/last-man-standing-canceled-tim-allen

Tim Allen’s sitcom Last Man Standing has been canceled, despite solid ratings. ABC

It’s not often a network cancels its second most-watched comedy in a sudden, surprising move. Usually, if a show that important to a network has to go out, it’s granted some sort of “this will be your final season” reprieve. (Think of how CBS handled the end of How I Met Your Mother in 2014, for instance.)

Yet such a scenario has unfolded — surprising most industry observers (myself included) — with ABC’s Last Man Standing, a Tim Allen star vehicle that airs Friday nights and quietly pulls in more total viewers than any comedy on the network not named Modern Family. Indeed, it’s ABC’s third most-watched scripted show, period, after Modern Family and number one series Grey’s Anatomy. (Deadline has more exact viewership data, should you so desire.) And yet the network canceled it after its sixth season, without even a planned series finale.

The cancellation has left some conservative pundits wondering if Last Man Standing was canceled because Allen himself is conservative, and his character on the series is as well. (The other characters around him lean more toward the moderate or liberal, making Last Man Standing sort of a modern update of All in the Family, where everybody seems to have gotten their talking points from cable news.)

Is that true? It’s impossible to say. There are a ton of business reasons to cancel Last Man Standing, and the show’s much-vaunted viewership stats are less impressive than they seem when you dig into them. But still. Most renewal predictions had Last Man Standing safely clos

https://www.quora.com/Was-Last-Man-Standing-canceled-because-Tim-Allen-supports-Trump/answer/Jon-Mixon-1

It was cancelled for three distinct reasons:

1. It’s ratings on ABC couldn’t justify its renewal - It was never a ratings blockbuster as Tim Allen is a mature talent whose fanbase is a narrow demographic.

2. Allen wasn’t interested in taking a pay cut - Allen wanted his same salary despite the series not doing too well. If he had at least considered a reduction there might have been room for discussion.

3. The series wasn’t selling well in syndication - Again Tim Allen is an acquired taste and he’s preferred by an older demographic. Without the boost that comes from selling a successful syndication package to the basic cable networks and smaller television stations, the series wasn’t as appealing as it might have been.

Tim Allen’s support of Trump certainly didn’t win him any friends (neither did his felony conviction, his DUis nor his limited acting and comedic ranges) however it had nothing to do with what was clearly a series of business decisions.

You're right. They should. But I wouldn't hold my breath. Fox entertainment is run by leftist morons like ABC is. Guess we'll have to wait and see if they or someone else picks up the high rated show.

or make up your own shit, just as you do. it's equally unreliable.

Believe it or not, ratings are not the only factor.

Television has refined their marketing revenue through research and some times a high rating from a bad audience isn't worth jack. A show like Seinfeld can do low ratings if the people who watch the show are rich spenders and TV is aware of this. All the mexican/hispanic shows have disappeared because of this because there was no money going to advertisers.

Stratego:
No,it wasn't---that's what you right wingers like to tell yourselves. Everything isn't all about you and whatever the hell you like.

Why does this show seem to bring out the trolls so much? I found it was a boring All in the Family ripoff, I don't know anyone who watched it.