Fox’s Last Man On Earth premiered with a 2.3 rating among adults 18-49. Last Man is tied for the fourth-biggest new comedy series debut this season.
It was Fox’s highest-rated comedy premiere since September 2013’s Brooklyn and the network’s biggest comedy debut in men 18-49 in nearly three and a half years, since New Girl in September 2011. Last Man On Earth was the top program in 18-49 on the commercial broadcast networks Sunday March 1st.
What happened in the premiere? Phil Miller, the “last man” gives up hope but finds a companion in Kristen Schaal, a well-mannered traveler disgusted by Phil’s habits that still understands her responsibility to mankind. The two must repopulate the world.