Last Man Standing season 8 explained

Season Number:8
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Network:Fox
Num Episodes:21

The eighth season of the American sitcom Last Man Standing premiered on January 2, 2020, with two back-to-back episodes. Fox renewed the series for an eighth season in April 2019. The season contained twenty-one episodes and concluded on April 30, 2020.

The series continues to center around the work and home lives of Mike Baxter, his coworkers, and his family. It stars Tim Allen as Mike Baxter, alongside Nancy Travis, Amanda Fuller, Molly McCook, Christoph Sanders, Jordan Masterson, Jonathan Adams, Héctor Elizondo, and Krista Marie Yu. Former series regulars Kaitlyn Dever and Jet Jurgensmeyer both guest-starred during the season.

The season premiere, "No Parental Guidance", was watched by 5.21 million viewers, while the season finale, "How You Like Them Pancakes?", was watched by 4.25 million viewers.

Cast

See main article: List of Last Man Standing characters.

Main

Recurring

Guest stars

Episodes

See also: List of Last Man Standing episodes. The number in the "No. overall" column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the number in the "No. in season" column refers to the episode's number within this particular season. "Production code" refers to the order in which the episodes were produced while "U.S. viewers (millions)" refers to the number of viewers in the U.S. in millions who watched the episode as it was aired.

Production

Development

On April 18, 2019, it was announced that Fox had renewed Last Man Standing for an eighth season.[1] It was later revealed that the series would move from its longtime timeslot on Fridays to make room for WWE SmackDown.[2] The series' was later revealed to be moving to Thursdays starting mid-season following the conclusion of Thursday Night Football.[3] On October 24, 2019, it was announced that the season would premiere on January 2, 2020, with three weeks of back-to-back episodes, before switching to one episode per week starting on January 23.[4] It was also revealed that the season would contain twenty-two episodes and would air at least one new episode each week until the end of the season.[5] On March 15, 2020, it was announced that production had shut down on the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic leaving the planned season finale unfinished.[6] Series regulars Tim Allen and Amanda Fuller each directed one episode of the season.[7] [8]

The season was originally scheduled to have 22 episodes, but one, titled "I Second That Emotion", was unproduced because of the closure of the Fox Studio lot due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was later scrapped.[9] [10] [11]

Casting

On November 12, 2019, it was revealed that Kaitlyn Dever, Susan Sullivan, Tisha Campbell, Bill Engvall, and Jay Leno would all reprise their roles from previous seasons as Eve, Bonnie, Carol, Reverend Paul, and Joe, respectively.[5] On December 21, 2019, it was announced that Terry Bradshaw would guest-star in the season premiere as a fictionalized version of himself.[12] The following day, it was revealed that Dever would be appearing in fewer episodes of the season than she had during the seventh season, due to her busy schedule.[13] Former series regular Jet Jurgensmeyer also guest-starred during the season.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Last Man Standing' Starring Tim Allen Renewed By Fox For 2019-2020 Season. April 18, 2019. Andreeva. Nellie. Deadline Hollywood. February 3, 2021. February 3, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210203215846/https://deadline.com/2019/04/last-man-standing-renewed-fox-tim-allen-1202598441/. live.
  2. Web site: 'Last Man Standing': Fox Brass On Benching Hit Sitcom & No Live-Action Comedy On Fall Schedule. May 13, 2019. Andreeva. Nellie. Deadline Hollywood. February 3, 2021. February 3, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210203183128/https://deadline.com/2019/05/last-man-standing-held-midseason-no-fall-2019-schedule-fox-executives-lo-live-action-comedies-comedy-strategy-1202613458/. live.
  3. Web site: 'Last Man Standing' Season 8 To Air On Fox Thursdays After Football, Joined By Newbies 'Outmatched' & 'Filthy Rich'. May 13, 2019. Andreeva. Nellie. Deadline Hollywood. February 3, 2021. February 3, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210203183006/https://deadline.com/2019/05/last-man-standing-new-time-slot-2019-season-8-move-thursday-after-football-outmatched-filthy-rich-1202614064/. live.
  4. Web site: Fox Midseason Premiere Dates: 'Last Man Standing', 'Flirty Dancing', 'Deputy', 'Duncanville' & More. October 24, 2019. Andreeva. Nellie. Pedersen. Erik. Deadline Hollywood. February 3, 2021. December 29, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191229204803/https://deadline.com/2019/10/fox-midseason-premiere-dates-last-man-standing-duncanville-deputy-masked-singer-outmatched-9-1-1-lone-star-1202768301/. live.
  5. Web site: Last Man Standing Season 8 Promo Teases... an 'Enlightened' Mike Baxter?. November 12, 2019. Schwartz. Ryan. TVLine. February 3, 2021. February 3, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210203183905/https://tvline.com/2019/11/12/last-man-standing-season-8-premiere-date-trailer-tim-allen-video/. live.
  6. Web site: 'Last Man Standing' & 'The Orville' Join List Of Shows Shut Down Over Coronavirus. March 15, 2020. Andreeva. Nellie. Deadline Hollywood. February 3, 2021. April 12, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412150156/https://deadline.com/2020/03/last-man-standing-the-orville-shut-down-over-production-coronavirus-1202883985/. live.
  7. Web site: Last Man Standing's Tim Allen Talks Directing Politically Tinged Episode, Tackling Incendiary 2020 Election. February 13, 2020. Schwartz. Ryan. TVLine. February 3, 2021. February 3, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210203183927/https://tvline.com/2020/02/13/last-man-standing-tim-allen-interview-season-8-directing-politics/. live.
  8. Web site: Last Man Standing's Amanda Fuller Tees Up Her Directorial Debut, Hints at Season 8 Finale Cliffhanger. April 8, 2020. Schwartz. Ryan. TVLine. February 3, 2021. February 3, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210203220119/https://tvline.com/2020/04/08/last-man-standing-season-8-amanda-fuller-directing-interview-finale-spoilers/. live.
  9. Web site: April 29, 2021. Why Last Man Standing's Boss Kinda Hated The Season 8 Finale Cliffhanger. May 2020.
  10. https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=PAu004020795&Search_Code=DOCN PAu004020795 at the US Copyright Database
  11. Web site: Last Man Standing Premiere: EP Talks Time Jump, Kristin and Ryan's MIA Daughter, Scrapped Season 8 Finale. January 3, 2021. Schwartz. Ryan. TVLine. January 6, 2021.
  12. Web site: Last Man Standing Season 8 Video: Terry Bradshaw Crashes a Very Meta Premiere — 2020 FIRST LOOK. December 21, 2019. Schwartz. Ryan. TVLine. February 3, 2021. February 3, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210203220619/https://tvline.com/2019/12/21/last-man-standing-season-8-premiere-episode-1-video-watch/. live.
  13. Web site: Last Man Standing's Kaitlyn Dever Poised to Appear in Fewer Season 8 Episodes: 'She Is Just Crazy Busy'. December 22, 2019. Schwartz. Ryan. TVLine. February 3, 2021. October 21, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021051715/https://tvline.com/2019/12/22/last-man-standing-season-8-eve-baxter-less-episodes-kaitlyn-dever/. live.
  14. Web site: Last Man Standing Finale: Tim Allen and EP Weigh In on Eve's Return, Kristin's Big Day and Early Season 9 Plans. April 30, 2020. Schwartz. Ryan. TVLine. February 3, 2021. February 3, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210203221013/https://tvline.com/2020/04/30/last-man-standing-recap-season-8-finale-renewed-cancelled-fox/. live.

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