Last Man Standing has ended, but the show’s stars including Tim AllenTim Allen, Nancy Travis and Kaitlyn Dever have remained on our screens.
The sitcom started out on ABC and starred Allen as an executive at a sporting goods store chain in Denver, Colorado. Mike Baxter was a married father of three daughters and a grandfather to his eldest daughter’s son. Last Man Standing aired on the network from 2011 to 2017 before moving to Fox for three more seasons.
“The word that keeps me alive is ‘grateful.’ I love what I do. I get far more enjoyment out of entertaining people than anything monetary,” Allen exclusively told Us Weekly in 2020. “I love the live audience we have. I tell them every night, ‘This is old-school stuff, what television and broadcast started with.’ I don’t know the future, but this [show] is rare.”
“We did the same thing as we did with Home Improvement. It’s all about the relationships — we don’t get into topical stuff. But [now], I’ve just got girls, so you see how a man differs in his perspective when he has so many strong women around him,” he continued. “We never make fun [of each other]. It’s an affectionate family. I like the fact that we honor and make fun — at the same time — marriage, institution, kids, babies, people. But in the same way, we honor it. We’re not being snarky about it.”
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After playing Mike, Allen reprised his role of Santa Claus/Scott Calvin in Disney+’s The Santa Clauses. He returned to ABC with the 2025 sitcom Shifting Gears, which costars Kat Dennings and Seann William Scott. On the big screen, Allen has continued to voice Buzz Lightyear in various Toy Story projects.
Allen was married to Laura Deibel from 1984 to 2003. Before their split, they welcomed daughter Katherine in 1989. The actor found love again with Jane Hajduk and they got married in 2006 after several years of dating. Their daughter, Elizabeth, was born in 2009.
Nancy Travis
Travis has remained busy since bringing Vanessa to life. Her TV roles include Mr. Mercedes, The Ranch, The Kominsky Method, Ride and Grosse Pointe Garden Society. Us broke the news in January 2025 that Travis would be reuniting with her former sitcom husband on an upcoming episode of Shifting Gears.
The actress has also booked roles in Ordinary Angels and Sovereign. Travis shares two kids with husband Robert N. Fried, who she has been married to since 1994.