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Last Man Standing (2011)

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews

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Last Man Standing (2011)

Series Details & Credits

ABC | Fox | Release Date: October 4, 2007

Summary: Tim Allen returns to network television as Max Baxter, who feels outnumbered by his wife and three daughters.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Metascore

37

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4

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10

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16

Critic Reviews

70

New York Magazine (Vulture)

Kathryn VanArendonk

Sep 25, 2018

Season 7 Review: It’s goofy. It is not Earth-shattering. ... Last Man Standing has chosen to make a swerve toward vulnerability and self-knowledge rather than following the Roseanne path and tripling down on implied racism and curdled resentment. It makes me hope the series has the potential to be more dynamic and thoughtful than I’d given it credit for. Read full review

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USA Today

Robert Bianco

Oct 11, 2011

Season 1 Review: It's all standard stuff, but outside of the tiresome, heard-it-all-before rants, it's not without its appeal. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly

Ken Tucker

Oct 10, 2011

Season 1 Review: [Tim Allen'd] be insufferable and unbelievable (even this doofus would know what Glee is), except Allen has the chops to make a studio audience laugh just through intonation and timing. Read full review

33

Hitfix

Alan Sepinwall

Oct 11, 2011

Season 1 Review: The whole thing feels like a gross miscalculation--a failed attempt to update Allen's familiar persona for an angrier, more desperate time. Read full review

30

Philadelphia Daily News

Ellen Gray

Oct 11, 2011

Season 1 Review: We all know Allen can work a punchline. He just shouldn't have to be working these so hard. Read full review

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Boston Herald

Mark A. Perigard

Oct 11, 2011

Season 1 Review: It's strange that the same network that airs these two stellar comedies [Modern Family & The Middle] would chose to regress and put this dreck on the air. Read full review

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Miami Herald

Glenn Garvin

Oct 11, 2011

Season 1 Review: With tediously unfunny scripts and a listless cast that looks as if it can barely wait for the director to shout "Cut!" so it can head en masse to the unemployment office, Last Man Standing is some kind of voracious video parasite that sucks out all intellect, sense of purpose or will to live. Read full review

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User Reviews

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SoapNugget

Jul 13, 2020

Tim Allen at his best, the show delivers true comedy that makes me laugh even after re watches, the show is definitely controversial, due to how conservative it is but if you can get passed it you will definitely have a good laugh

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PBCHRISTIE

Jan 16, 2020

One of the few common sense, mainstream American shows that I will watch. Sick to death of having weird sit coms trying to cram their agenda down my throat!

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manningn15

May 9, 2020

I still love this show but this season has been kind boring and not as funny as before, I just think it might have run it's course. The acting from Tim Allen, Héctor Elizondo, and Krista Marie Yu was great. The writing this season has been good and funny bu just not as funny as it has beenI still love this show but this season has been kind boring and not as funny as before, I just think it might have run it's course. The acting from Tim Allen, Héctor Elizondo, and Krista Marie Yu was great. The writing this season has been good and funny bu just not as funny as it has been in the past. Overall this was a good season but not great.… Expand

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Gamepro3093

Aug 28, 2020

Very weak sitcom. There are much better ones on the air. This is a repackaging of Home Improvement, the most middling sitcom of the 90s only here nothing can save this dud. Not even Tim Allen. He worked better when he was doing slapstick comedy and when paired with Richard Karn and EarlVery weak sitcom. There are much better ones on the air. This is a repackaging of Home Improvement, the most middling sitcom of the 90s only here nothing can save this dud. Not even Tim Allen. He worked better when he was doing slapstick comedy and when paired with Richard Karn and Earl Hindman. That mixture is what probably made Home Improvement funny at all.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

37

Series Overview
Season 9

tbd
- Season 9 Overview
  Air Date: January 3, 2021
- No episode information is currently available for this season
Season 8

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- Season 8 Overview
  Air Date: January 2, 2020
Season 7

58
- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: September 28, 2018
Season 6

tbd
- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: October 4, 2007
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 25, 2015
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: October 3, 2014
Season 3

tbd
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 20, 2013
Season 3

tbd
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 20, 2013
Season 2

tbd
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: November 2, 2012
Season 1

33
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 11, 2011