Tim Allen's comedy, Last Man Standing, premiered very strongly to a 3.6 rating (and close to a 4.0 in the second half if I remember). It maintained solid ratings throughout the season, stabilizing at a very respectable level of about a 2.5. However, this show has suffered one of the greatest spring collapses in history. In addition to the normal spring ratings carnage, ABC only aired this show once between February 28 and April 10. Since then, this show has fallen from its early spring rating of about a 2.2 to about a 1.5. Its first season finale airs tonight, and while ABC wants it to do as well as possible, tonight probably does not make much of a difference.
One thing working in Last Man Standing's favor is that ABC is not a huge fan of their comedy pilots, and they might want to start a comedy block on Fridays. I recently downgraded this to the bubble, but on second thought, that was a mistake. Last Man Standing will be fine, and has a 85% chance of returning.
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