Last man standing season 102/20/2023 ![]() Though Last Man Standing is no longer bringing new episodes to fans in primetime, the sitcom's entire nine-season run is available to stream on Hulu (opens in new tab). Maybe she could team up with Tim Allen's Tim Taylor with the rebranded Outdoor Man for an ultra-rare two-series interconnected spinoff with Home Improvement! Anybody out there at ABC or Disney+ listening? Anybody?!? Perhaps Amanda Fuller's Kristin could front an entirely separate Last Woman Standing spinoff, though it's hard to know how that idea would do without the sitcom's entire core ensemble involved. If there was another season, we were gonna do Kristen starts taking over, and then maybe wants to change a few things, but with an eye towards the new reality out there that Outdoor Man is. With Amanda Fuller's Kirstin having taken on more of an authoritative role within Outdoor Man in Season 9, I joked about her stepping up and changing the brand name to Outdoor Woman, and the showrunner said that was indeed something they would have leaned into if more episodes were produced. Kevin Abbott did reveal one story idea that the writers were keeping in mind in case a tenth season had materialized. ![]() But since that wasn't the case, it only made sense to take the final season foreknowledge with good graces. It'd be one thing if there were another studio that already showed vested interest, without an abundant effort required from Abbott and the other producers to pitch around. It probably would have felt odd to emotionally gear oneself for a TV ending on one network while still trying to keep the energy up to shop the series around elsewhere. It allows you to emotionally prepare for all of that stuff, and to try to push it, I think that would have been wrong. We were given a gift by Fox by telling us at the beginning of the season: this is going to be the final season. If you follow sports at all, it's having Joe Montana play for the 49ers and have all that success and then the end of his career go to the. I think that it probably would be a bit of a.it would just be odd. I don't feel like trying to talk to another network would be enhancing it in any way shape or form. I think that it's appropriate to end it now. Kidding! But still, even with those caveats in mind, there's still a reasonable chance that we could get a Last Man Standing Christmas special down the line, with or without an additional time jump, and maybe even with the long-missing Boyd making a return from the ethers. I think it's clear his hesitance is mostly based on not wanting to hang around Jay Leno anymore. While Kevin Abbott doesn't sound like he'd turn down the chance to bring the show back in some capacity, he's also not 100% against the notion of taking a step back from the sitcom that guided his career for much of the past decade. Which isn't to say that Last Man Standing fans should immediately get their hopes up for more Mike Baxter vlogs in the nearest future. We loved doing that, and Matt Berry, my partner in crime - I'll make up any excuse to be in a room with that guy, because it's just always a joy. I mean, you just couldn't ask for a better cast, and the writers were wonderful. I'd work with Nancy and Hector, and all of them. ![]() ![]() I'd always be interested in checking in on characters that I really loved writing. Like I said, I think their lives continue. I'm certain with a little time off, so that I can forget all the stuff that they do that irritates me. I love the cast, I love the crew, I love everybody involved with it. Considering Season 9 was produced entirely under COVID-related safety protocols, which limited access to not only in-studio audiences for tapings, but also to cast members like Kaitlyn Dever and other potential guest stars, I asked Abbott if he'd ever be interested in making a reunion happen one day under more normal circumstances. Luckily, I was able to ask about just such a scenario when CinemaBlend spoke with Last Man Standing's showrunner and executive producer Kevin Abbott. ![]()
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