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Sign of the Times? Tim Allen’s “Last Man Standing” Lost 255K Viewers in Post World Series Return

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It’s not just “Roseanne 2.0” that’s suffering in the ratings of conservative turnaround.

Tim Allen’s “Last Man Standing,” transplanted from ABC to Fox, was down 255,000 viewers in its post World Series return.

On Friday, the comedy scored 6,026,000 viewers. Two weeks ago, it was up to 6,281,000.

“Last Man Standing” was also beaten in total viewers at 8pm by “McGyver” on CBS. Later in the evening, at 10pm, another conservative in a better show, Tom Selleck in “Blue Bloods,” scored over 8 million and was the top rated show for the night.

“Last Man” is now going to be watched closely to see if it is already fading a la “The Conners” on ABC.

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Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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