Last Man Standing Renewed for Season 9 at Fox

Mary Pat Gleason was an actress known for roles including Jane Horgan on “The Guiding Light” and Mary on “Mom.”

It’s hard to remember a time pre-lockdown but one constant that has kept us entertained these last few months has been Ireland AM.

Season 9 of Last Man Standing is officially a go, and though writing and production on Season 9 haven't started yet, the team is already thinking of how to make the sitcom timely and relevant when it returns. As TV Guide already reported, there's going to be a new addition to the family, more Eve going forward, and even a chance that Mike (Tim Allen) and his son-in-law Ryan (Jordan Masterson) will find some common ground.

A cinematic history lesson that will be all-new to most Americans lacking ties to Korea, Min-ho Woo's The Man Standing Next observes the inner circle of South Korean president Park Chung-hee during the 40 days before his assassination on Oct. 26, 1979.

Update 5/22/20: Last Man Standing has been renewed! Fox made the announcement that the show is returning as part of a larger reveal of its plans for the 2020-21 season and beyond. Head here for more on Fox's lineup for next season.

Prepare for more of the Whitly family's deadly adventures, because Fox has renewed its serial killer procedural Prodigal Son for a second season. With this news, Prodigies can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that we won't be left hanging on that jaw-dropping shocker from the Season 1 finale.

By Will Thorne

If you worried about Last Man Standing and The Resident after they were left out of the press release announcing the fall 2020 plans, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Fox has made it official: The Resident and Last Man Standing have been renewed for the 2020-2021 TV season.

By Nellie Andreeva

By Will Thorne

With film and television productions shut down around the globe, the stars, like many other people, are waiting out the coronavirus pandemic at home. Some celebs are staying active, some are lounging around and some are doing a little bit of both, but they're all keeping busy without leaving the house.

All eyes will be on Germany this weekend when the Bundesliga becomes the first major European league to return to action following the suspension of football.

Last Man Standing hasn't been renewed for Season 9 yet, and in Fox's recent announcement of what's to come for the fall season, the Tim Allen-led family series wasn't on the schedule. Delays on a decision may be due in part to the fact that, last season, Fox unveiled Last Man Standing as a midseason program, kicking off Season 8 in January of 2019.

CBSChristine Baranski will continue to fight The Good Fight with a fifth season renewal.CBS All Access announced The Good Wife spinoff will return for a fifth season and the fourth season, which had production interrupted because of the coronavirus spread, will end early with the Thursday, May 28 episode. That's episode seven of the 10-episode fourth season order."It's been weird to not be able to finish the fourth season," series co-creators Robert and Michelle King said in a statement.

Last Man Standing hasn't been renewed for Season 9 yet, but members of the team have their fingers crossed for another go at it, with big plans about how they'd move forward.

FXX is bringing Dave back for another round. The Disney-owned basic cable network on Monday (May 11) announced that it has renewed the half-hour comedy based on the life of/starring rapper and comedian Dave Burd, aka Lil Dicky."Co-creators Dave Burd and Jeff Schaffer, along with their entire creative team have delivered one of television’s best comedies series while becoming FX’s most-watched comedy ever.

By Joe Otterson

Last Man Standing has had a helluva ride in its eight seasons. It wasn't that long ago that the sitcom, which stars Tim Allen as family man and business owner Mike Baxter, was unceremoniously dumped by ABC, prompting some of the show's conservative fans to lash out at the network.

By Nellie Andreeva