FOX's controlled burn of eclectic comedies saw resurgence, mainly as Last Man Standing's revival in the fall delivered huge. The newest network also too a no fuss, no muss approach to scheduling, leaving its Sunday 9:30 timeslot vacant and boarded up with repeats for majority of the season after Rel flamed out. NBC's fortunes resembled the prior season with soft deliveries despite resurrecting Brooklyn Nine-Nine. And ABC returned to the cellar following its prior season's Roseanne resurgence, with The Conners delivering a solid entry. The network as a whole experienced losses, and its landmark Wednesday comedy block softened. Fresh Off the Boat and Speechless attempted to recolonize Friday nights and could not establish a foundation juxtaposed to Last Man Standing.
The Big Bang Theory's exit marked a bittersweet exit as it debuted during a reality-TV littered era when sitcoms were unpopular. And TBBT itself only modestly popular. And somehow it exploded to great heights, carrying all the way to the end.
