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(from ABC's press release, May 2012) Tim Allen returns for a second season as the traditional "manly man," Mike Baxter, whose mission it is to get men back to their rightful place in society. You can't get manlier than Mike Baxter. Of course, he drives a pick-up truck and before being grounded from his company's international photo shoots, Mike remembers the exciting adventures he had while traveling for work. He is the marketing director for The Outdoor Man, an iconic outdoor sporting goods store. He works there with his long-time boss and friend, Ed, and the somewhat sensitive Kyle, who considers Mike his mentor. When Ed put Mike in charge of the company's webpage, Mike discovered that the Internet provides him with just the outlet he needs. He looks at it as a platform that gives him a voice to appeal to those who agree that manliness is under assault, and a pulpit for his opinions about feeling like the last real man in a woman's world. While Mike is king of the hill at work, he's the odd man out in a home that is dominated by women -- his wife, Vanessa, a geologist, and their three daughters: 14-year-old tomboy Eve, the outspoken Mandy, 18, and Kristin, a 21-year-old single mom living at home with her toddler son, Boyd, possibly Mike's only ally. |
