Originally Posted by 2MuchMark

You sir, are an odd one.

Tim Allen wasn't fired as the headline says. The show was canceled.

"Last Man Standing" aired on ABC, but they did not own the show. Instead, ABC licensed each episode from 20th Century Fox, meaning ABC pays 20th for every episode. ABC pays the fee, airs the show, charges for ads, and keeps the profits.

ABC is owned by Disney, and Disney has become very relaxed in the last 10 years. Sure they have shows that dig at Trump (Kimmel, Agents of Shield) but most of the shows do not.

Last Man Standing was a popular show, but personally I didn't find it very funny (It was middle of the road cutsey at best). I tried watching it a few times and its just boring. Watching Tim Allen do his tool-time schtick is boring too, and the rest of the cast is dull in my opinion.

The show itself is old (5 years now). It's geared towards an older, aging audience. ABC already has alot of popular shows. It's entirely possible that they just working making enough ad revenue for the time slot.

To say it was canceled because Allen loves Trump would be COOL (woohoo!) but probably not accurate. Since ABC has to license every airing from 20th Century Fox, its entirely possible that there were other reasons for the canning of this (yawn) show.