Nancy Travis will star alongside Tim Allen in an as-yet untitled ABC comedy pilot, which follows the life of guy who is fighting for his manhood in a female-dominated world, reports the Hollywood Reporter.
The half-hour show, previously titled “The Last Days of Man,” portrays Travis as Tim’s smart and loving spouse who “doesn’t miss much,” according to the Hollywood Reporter, which reported earlier this year that the sitcom declares the traditional man an “endangered species.”
Allen is best known for his goofy ’90s roles in films such as “Toy Story,” “Jungle 2 Jungle” and “The Santa Clause,” and the TV show “Home Improvement.” Travis is famous for her performances in “So I Married an Axe Murderer,” “The Jane Austen Book Club,” “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” and “Three Men and a Baby.”
Jack Burditt, a “30 Rock” co-executive producer and former “Frasier” producer, will serve as a writer and executive producer for the show, which is not the first entertainment outlet to address to idea that women are slowly but surely ousting and out-performing men. At the beginning of March, author Kay S. Hymowitz released her book “Manning Up”, which claims that the rise of women has made men regress, underachieve, marry later in life, and slack off.