Tim Allen has a new show

I must admit that I assumed Tim Allen's new tv show, "Last Man Standing" was going to be something akin to a Tyler Perry romp.  The nostalgic way in which all the advertisements and publicity sold Tim Allen being back on TV with a family that was funny.  And a studio audience.  This kind of nostalgia has proven to be a nuclear disaster since its inception (see Charlie's Angels for the most recent example).  So, my expectation bar was set to bottom-of-the-barrel levels when I qued up the pilot episode.  Much to my delight, the show was actually well written and funny (just to be clear, the caveat to everything forward is "for network TV") show.  (Loretta from Justified) To be certain, this show skews to an aging demographic.  The same viewers that might still enjoy a cheesy network sitcom, can only see to watch them with characters that they might more relate to like "New Girl" or "Two Broke Girls".  Tim Allen's slight (yes slight. Not everything has to be the worst version of something automatically.  There are levels to everything.) homophobia began in the first episode.  There is no question that the show, and in that I mean Tim Allen because he will be THE reason on whether the show survives or not, does conjure up memories of the lovable TV mechanic just trying to raise a family in this crazy world.  It almost seems inevitable to see a kooky neighbor teaching Tim Allen some yoga and giving him sagely world advice.  That would be nostalgic indeed.