document_title: 2014 Asian Games medal table

question_text: which country has won maximum number of gold medal in asian game 2014

text: 2014 Asian Games medal table

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2014 Asian Games[show]

Venues
Torch relay
Marketing
Opening ceremony (flag bearers)
Participating nations
Medal table
Concerns and controversies
Closing ceremony
Event calendar
Asian Para Games

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text: The 2014 Asian Games, officially known as the XVII Asiad, is the largest sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). It was held at Incheon, South Korea between September 19 – October 4, 2014, with 439 events in 36 sports and disciplines set to feature in the Games.

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text: Medal table[edit]

text:
Rank
Nation
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total

1
 China (CHN)
151
109
85
345

2
 South Korea (KOR)
79
70
79
228

3
 Japan (JPN)
47
77
77
201

4
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)
28
23
33
84

5
 Iran (IRI)
21
18
18
57

6
 Thailand (THA)
12
7
28
47

7
 North Korea (PRK)
11
11
14
36

8
 India (IND)
11
9
37
57

9
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)
10
18
23
51

10
 Qatar (QAT)
10
0
4
14

11
 Uzbekistan (UZB)
9
14
22
45

12
 Bahrain (BRN)
9
6
4
19

13
 Hong Kong (HKG)
6
12
25
43

14
 Malaysia (MAS)
5
14
14
33

15
 Singapore (SGP)
5
6
14
25

16
 Mongolia (MGL)
5
4
12
21

17
 Indonesia (INA)
4
5
11
20

18
 Kuwait (KUW)
3
5
4
12

19
 Saudi Arabia (KSA)
3
3
1
7

20
 Myanmar (MYA)
2
1
1
4

21
 Vietnam (VIE)
1
10
25
36

22
 Philippines (PHI)
1
3
11
15

23
 Pakistan (PAK)
1
1
3
5

 Tajikistan (TJK)
1
1
3
5

25
 Iraq (IRQ)
1
0
3
4

 United Arab Emirates (UAE)
1
0
3
4

27
 Sri Lanka (SRI)
1
0
1
2

28
 Cambodia (CAM)
1
0
0
1

29
 Macau (MAC)
0
3
4
7

30
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)
0
2
4
6

31
 Jordan (JOR)
0
2
2
4

32
 Turkmenistan (TKM)
0
1
5
6

33
 Bangladesh (BAN)
0
1
2
3

 Laos (LAO)
0
1
2
3

35
 Afghanistan (AFG)
0
1
1
2

 Lebanon (LBN)
0
1
1
2

37
 Nepal (NEP)
0
0
1
1

Total (37 NOCs)
439
439
577
1455

text: Changes in medal standings[edit]

text:
Ruling date
Sport
Event
Nation
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total

30 September 2014
Wushu
Women's nanquan
 Malaysia
–1

–1

 Indonesia
+1
–1
+1
+1

 China

+1
–1
0

27 May 2015
Swimming
Men's 100 m freestyle
 South Korea

–1

–1

 Japan

+1

+1

27 May 2015
Swimming
Men's 200 m freestyle
 South Korea

–1
–1

 China

+1
+1

27 May 2015
Swimming
Men's 400 m freestyle
 South Korea

–1
–1

 China

+1
+1

27 May 2015
Swimming
Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
 South Korea

–1
–1

 Hong Kong

+1
+1

27 May 2015
Swimming
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
 South Korea

–1
–1

 Singapore

+1
+1

27 May 2015
Swimming
Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
 South Korea

–1
–1

 Uzbekistan

+1
+1

text: On 30 September 2014, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced that Malaysian Tai Cheau Xuen had been stripped of her gold medal in the women's nanquan event after she tested positive for sibutramine.[1] As a result, Indonesian Juwita Niza Wasni was awarded the gold, China's Wei Hong was awarded the silver and Indonesia's Ivana Ardelia Irmanto awarded the bronze.

text: On 27 May 2015, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced that South Korean Park Tae-hwan had been stripped of his six medals after he tested positive for nebido before the games.[2]

text: On 3 October 2014, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced that Chinese athlete Zhang Wenxiu had been stripped of her gold medal in the women's hammer throw after she tested positive for the prohibited substance zeranol, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport reinstated her on appeal after ruling that the zeranol came from contaminated food.[3]


document_title: Last Man Standing (U.S. TV series)

question_text: who played the daughters in last man standing

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text: Last Man Standing (U.S. TV series)

text: Premise[edit]

text: The series follows Mike Baxter, a senior executive and director of marketing for an outdoor sporting goods store chain based in Denver, Colorado, whose world is filled with his wife, three daughters, grandson, and the young men dating his daughters.

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

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Tim Allen as Mike Baxter: Mike is a father of three daughters and the director of marketing for the Outdoor Man chain of sporting goods stores. He fervently supports traditional American values, is a Protestant, and is politically conservative. Mike loves his daughters but says his favorite is Eve, the youngest and most athletic daughter, and whose political opinions and interests mirror his own. He is proud of her ability to excel at anything she tries, including school work, hunting, and playing sports. Mike often finds himself annoyed with Outdoor Man's young slow-witted employee Kyle, and with Ryan, his politically liberal son-in-law and the father of Mike's grandson Boyd. The video blog or "vlog" that Mike does for Outdoor Man is frequently used as a vehicle to rant about his political views. Mike is a graduate of the University of Michigan, and an amateur radio operator using the call sign KA0XTT.[3]
Nancy Travis as Vanessa Baxter, Mike's wife: Vanessa is a geologist working in the energy industry for a company that does hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking". In season four, Vanessa becomes frustrated with her job and decides to become a high school science teacher.  Vanessa was ambiguous in her political views until season five, when she announces she is supporting Hillary Clinton for president, mainly because she thinks it will advance women's causes. She is also shown drinking wine frequently, and nearly as frequently mocked by Mike and her daughters about it. She is a graduate of Ohio State University. Vanessa has a  tendency to put her foot in her mouth when around people of other races. Despite this, she and her African-American neighbor Carol Larabee seem to get along. Vanessa's humor tends to include bad puns, which irritate Mike and the girls to no end.
Amanda Fuller (seasons 2–6) and Alexandra Krosney (season 1) as Kristin Beth Baxter, the oldest daughter: Kristin, unlike her father, espouses more liberal beliefs. During her senior year of high school, Kristin became pregnant with her son, Boyd. She was a single mother living in the Baxter home until moving out in the season two finale. She began to reconcile with Boyd's father, Ryan, in season three, and the two get married between seasons four and five. Kristin worked at a diner until landing a job at an upscale restaurant run by a former co-worker at the end of season two. In season four, she becomes the manager of the new restaurant opened by Outdoor Man. Kristin tends to work extra hard in this new job to prove she did not get the position through nepotism, despite Mike and Ed frequently telling her she was qualified.  Alexandra Krosney portrayed Kristin in the show's first season (despite being nearly two years younger than Molly Ephraim, playing Kristin's younger sister); Krosney was replaced by Amanda Fuller prior to season two for unspecified creative reasons.[4]
Molly Ephraim as Amanda Elaine "Mandy" Baxter-Anderson, the middle daughter: Mandy is nowhere near as intelligent as her sisters (though her penchant for cutting class and ignoring homework might label her as voluntarily dumb), but excels in social situations. Interested in fashion (and little else), she was one of the most popular girls at her high school. Mandy is very confident and creative, demonstrating traits found in her father. Unlike the rest of the family, she is lazy, conceited, selfish, insulting, and delinquent – she drinks underage, ignores all driving laws, shoplifts from Outdoor Man, and has been caught staying out all night – but occasionally displays moments of generosity and caring. She started dating Kyle in season 2.  As of season three, she is attending a local college and working at the diner where Kristin used to work. Later that same season, she begins an online clothing business, selling her self-designed fashions which she assembles in the basement of her parents' house. Kyle asks her to marry him in season 5, the 100th episode. She marries Kyle in season six, but they have yet to move out of the Baxter home. Up until she turned 21, a running gag on the show was Mike, Vanessa, and occasionally Kristin snatching glasses of alcohol out of Mandy's hand, usually followed by Mandy making a lame excuse.
Kaitlyn Dever as Eve Baxter, the youngest daughter: Eve is an intelligent, athletic tomboy and generally has the same interests as Mike, including camping, sports, guns, and the military. She is Mike's favorite daughter, and excels at her hobbies. She frequently outplays the boys in soccer and makes the boys' football team as their placekicker. She is well aware of being the favorite over her two sisters. Eve has also inherited her father's sense of humor, and her trademark sarcastic wit is frequently directed at clueless sister Mandy. Eve is an excellent student, whose only weak subject is art, though she did have to change math classes to escape a prejudiced teacher. Eve is a member of Army Junior ROTC and works toward gaining admittance to West Point. Her attempt to do so is unsuccessful, which seriously depresses her, so in season six, Eve decides to take a "personal year" rather than immediately attend college. She spends some of this time singing and playing guitar for money, but this proves to be unfruitful. During her gap year, Eve applies to the Air Force Academy in nearby Colorado Springs, and is accepted.
Christoph Sanders as Kyle Anderson, a young employee at Outdoor Man: Kyle is universally recognized as a good guy. Kyle idolizes Mike, having grown up without a father figure. Kyle takes care of his grandmother who has dementia, and it is implied he grew up in her home. Kyle is often oblivious to social cues and is slow to catch on to the events happening around him. Kyle dated Kristin in season one and started dating Mandy in season two before proposing in season five, and marrying Mandy in season six.
Héctor Elizondo as Edward "Ed" Alzate, Mike's longtime boss: Ed started a bait and tackle shop many years ago and hired Mike, who helped turn the shop into the 20-store Outdoor Man chain.[5] Ed is perhaps fifteen years older than Mike, but the two men bond over similar outdoor hobbies and shared conservative values. Mike regularly talks to Ed about the happenings in his home and occasionally seeks advice. Having been divorced four times, Ed's suggestions are rarely helpful. Ed is a Vietnam veteran, although he saw no combat in Vietnam, stating that he was a clerk in Saigon. He continues to help fellow veterans at the local Veterans of Foreign Wars hall with their Veteran Affairs paperwork. Ed is also a recurring target for jokes about his age and lack of hair, most often from Mike. It is revealed in season 6 that Ed has early onset dementia.
Flynn Morrison (regular, seasons 2–6) and Evan and Luke Kruntchev (recurring, season 1) as Boyd Baxter, Kristin's son: Mike enjoys spending quality time with his grandson Boyd, and affectionately views him as the son he never had. Mike and Ryan often clash on how he should be raised. Boyd enjoys activities encouraged by both his father and grandfather.
Jordan Masterson (regular, seasons 2–6) and Nick Jonas (guest star, season 1) as Ryan Vogelson, Boyd's Canadian father: Though Ryan initially fled when Kristin got pregnant, he returned to be involved in Boyd's upbringing, and eventually the two reconciled and got engaged (at the end of season 3). Ryan holds liberal views, both politically and philosophically, and he and Mike routinely clash over their fundamentally opposing values, especially when it comes to child-rearing. Ryan wishes to raise his son without religion and patriotism, but neither Mike nor Kristin agree with this. His vegan diet, views on discipline, and what Mike sees as his oversensitivity are an affront to Mike's beliefs, but Ryan generally enjoys being a thorn in Mike's side. On rare occasions, Ryan and Mike agree on what is best for Boyd, but this usually puts them at odds with Kristin and/or Vanessa.
Jonathan Adams as Chuck Larabee (regular, seasons 4–6; recurring, seasons 2–3), Mike and Vanessa's neighbor: Chuck is a retired U.S. Marine and a veteran of the first Gulf War who runs a private security business and later takes charge of security for the Denver Outdoor Man. Chuck is an African-American, and often jokes with Mike about racial stereotypes, and they regularly exchange barbs as if they don't like each other. In reality, they are good friends, despite being unwilling to admit it. Vanessa sees through their heated exchanges, often telling them to "get a room". Chuck is married to Carol (but the two do not always agree politically) and they have a son, Brandon, who is the same age as Eve.

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text: Recurring cast[edit]

text:
Robert Forster as Bud Baxter (seasons 1, 3–4), Mike's widower father who is initially in the construction business, but later opens a marijuana store after it becomes legal in Colorado.
Erika Alexander as Carol Larabee (seasons 2–5), Chuck's wife and Mike and Vanessa's neighbor. She is also Vanessa's best friend. Vanessa often goes overboard trying to act racially open-minded around her, but usually ends up looking foolish and annoying Carol.
Carla Jimenez as Blanca Alvarez (seasons 2–4), the Baxters' Guatemalan-born housekeeper who also helps Mandy with her fashion business. The Baxters were happy to celebrate with Blanca after she was sworn in as an American citizen.
Sarah Gilman as Cammy Harris (seasons 2–6), Eve's soccer teammate and extremely chatty best friend.
Jonathan Taylor Thomas as John Baker (seasons 2–3), Kristin's boss at a fancy restaurant where she works. Thomas also guest-starred as "Randy" (a nod to his Home Improvement character) in the season 4 episode "Helen Potts", with fellow Home Improvement co-star Patricia Richardson.
Christina Moore as April (seasons 1 & 3), Vanessa's air-headed and immature younger sister. She is always asking for money.
Danielle Bisutti as Michelle (season 1), Vanessa's friend and next-door neighbor; she is a meteorologist who gets most of her data from a free phone app.
Tye Sheridan as Justin (seasons 3–4), Eve's fellow Jr. ROTC member and football teammate who becomes her boyfriend. The two break up in season 4.
Zachary Gordon as Andrew (season 3), Eve's nerdy classmate who worships her and desperately wants to be her boyfriend.
Joely Fisher as Wendi Gracin (seasons 3–5), Ed's meddling younger girlfriend, whom he meets near the end of season three. Ed routinely has to put her in her place, particularly when she tries to get involved in decisions pertaining to his business. Wendi deserts Ed offscreen between Seasons 4 and 5, but the two patch things up and reunite.
Jay Leno as Joe Leonard (seasons 5–6), a semi-retired auto technician from whom Vanessa buys a classic car for Mike. Joe later works in the repair shop at Outdoor Man, servicing ATVs and snowmobiles.
Travis Tope as Rob (season 6), Eve's boyfriend who is studying criminal justice at UC Boulder. He's a recovering alcoholic, which worries Mike and Vanessa when they first meet him.

text: Notable guest stars[edit]

text: Several notable guest stars have appeared throughout the series, including appearances made from cast members of Tim Allen's previous series, Home Improvement.[citation needed]

text:
Jere Burns (4.22) as Victor Vogelson, Ryan's estranged father
Blake Clark (5.16) as Clark, the owner of a club in which Eve performed. Clark played Harry Turner, Tim's friend and owner of the hardware store on Home Improvement
Andrew Daly (1.16) as Mr. Peckem
Bill Engvall (5.21, 6.7 & 6.18) as Reverend Paul, the new pastor of the Baxter family's church
Michael Gross (3.19) as Mr. Hardin
Tony Hawk (1.12) as himself
Nick Jonas (1.10) as Ryan in his first appearance
Kim Kardashian (1.16) as herself
Richard Karn (2.9 & 2.17) as Bill McKendree. Karn portrayed Al Borland, co-worker and friend to Tim Allen's character on Home Improvement
Brad Leland (6.17) as Wayne Sizemore
Reba McEntire (5.19) as Billie Cassidy, Mike's mountain-climbing former girlfriend
Frankie Muniz (1.18) as Richard
Melanie Paxson (1.23) as Liz
Cassandra Peterson (1.4) as Elvira
Patricia Richardson (4.12 & 5.17) as Helen Potts, the Baxters's widowed neighbor. Richardson portrayed Jill Taylor, the wife of Tim Allen's character in Home Improvement
Robin Roberts (5.17) as Teresa, a tank mechanic and Persian Gulf War veteran
Si Robertson (3.1)
Willie Robertson (3.1)
Mike Rowe (1.18) as Jimmy Baxter, Mike's younger brother
Jamie-Lynn Sigler (1.13) as Gabriella Alzate, one of Ed's five daughters (not including the war baby)
Tony Stewart (1.17) as himself
Paul F. Tompkins (1.2) as Chester McAllister

text: Episodes[edit]

text: SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast aired124October 11, 2011 (2011-10-11)May 8, 2012 (2012-05-08)218November 2, 2012 (2012-11-02)March 22, 2013 (2013-03-22)322September 20, 2013 (2013-09-20)April 25, 2014 (2014-04-25)422October 3, 2014 (2014-10-03)April 17, 2015 (2015-04-17)522September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)April 22, 2016 (2016-04-22)622September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31)

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text: Production[edit]

text: Development and casting[edit]

text: Last Man Standing first appeared on ABC's development slate in late 2010 when writer Jack Burditt received a put pilot commitment from the network under the original title Man Up.[6] In January 2011, ABC green-lighted production of a pilot episode under the title Last Days of Man.[7][8] On February 18, Tim Allen, who had been attached to the potential series from the beginning, officially joined the project in the lead role.[9][10][11] At the end of March, Nancy Travis joined the cast in the leading female role as Allen's "smart and loving wife who doesn't miss much".[12][13][14] Soon thereafter, Héctor Elizondo came on board in a supporting role as the boss to Allen's character.[15]

text: Filming[edit]

text: On May 13, 2011, ABC picked up the pilot for the 2011–2012 television season under the new title Last Man Standing.[16] On May 17, 2011, ABC announced that the series would air on Tuesday nights at 8 Eastern/7 Central.[17] It debuted on October 11, 2011, with the first two episodes airing in a one-hour premiere.[18]

text: On November 3, 2011, the series was picked up for a full season of twenty-two episodes.[19] On January 12, 2012, the order was increased to twenty-four episodes.[20]

text: On May 11, 2012, ABC renewed the series for a second season set to air in the 2012–2013 season in November.[21][22]

text: On June 11, 2012, Tim Doyle was hired as the new showrunner of the series. Doyle was the third showrunner that the series had had since it entered production. Doyle replaced Kevin Abbott, who joined the staff as the showrunner mid-way in the first season. Abbott replaced series creator Jack Burditt, who was the showrunner for the first thirteen episodes. Unlike Burditt, who is no longer credited as an executive producer, Abbott continued to serve as an executive producer while showrunning the fellow ABC sitcom Malibu Country starring Reba McEntire. Both Last Man Standing and Malibu Country aired as a part of ABC's Friday night lineup for the 2012–2013 primetime television season.[23] On November 8, 2012, Abbott re-joined the Last Man Standing crew full-time, after a stint in rehab, and gave Nastaran Dibai full showrunning duties of Malibu Country.[24]

text: On June 11, 2012, it was announced that Alexandra Krosney (Kristin) was let go from the show for creative reasons.[25] Krosney was replaced by Amanda Fuller in season 2.[26] On June 19, 2012, it was also announced that twins Luke and Evan Kruntchev, who played the role of Boyd in season 1, would not be returning; they were replaced by Flynn Morrison in season 2.[27] The character of Boyd was also age-advanced from two years old to five years old.[28] Jordan Masterson plays Ryan, Boyd's father, in a recurring role beginning in season 2.[29] The role was previously played by Nick Jonas, who guest-starred in one episode in season 1.[30]

text: The second season initially received a 13-episode order. ABC announced on November 12, 2012, that an additional three scripts had been ordered.[31] On November 27, five more episodes were ordered to bring the second-season episode total to 18.[32]

text: On May 10, 2013, the series was renewed for a third season,[33] which premiered on September 20, 2013, and ended on April 25, 2014, after 22 episodes.[34]

text: On May 10, 2014, ABC renewed Last Man Standing for a fourth season, which premiered on October 3, 2014.[35] Allen and Elizondo guest-starred as their Last Man Standing characters in a crossover episode with the fellow ABC Friday sitcom Cristela.[36]

text: On May 10, 2015, ABC announced the show had been renewed for a fifth season. Last Man Standing had become a solid performer for the Friday night lineup at ABC, which with the help of Shark Tank and 20/20 has become the top network among adults 18–49 for the night. Leading off Friday night for ABC, the sitcom averaged a 1.8 rating in adults 18–49 and 8.2 million viewers overall, according to Nielsen's Live+7 estimates.[37][38]

text: On May 13, 2016, ABC renewed the series for a sixth season, which premiered on September 23, 2016.[39]

text: Cancellation[edit]

text: On May 10, 2017, ABC canceled Last Man Standing after six seasons, despite the series being the second-most-watched ABC sitcom during the 2016–17 season (based on Live+7 figures), with ratings remaining mostly steady during its sixth season.[40] A representative for 20th Century Fox Television said cancellation decisions are made by ABC. "This was a scheduling decision," wrote Jori Arancio, senior vice president of ABC Entertainment and ABC Studios. ABC and its production partner for the show, 20th Century Fox Television, typically negotiate licensing fees prior to each season; however, the network decided to cancel the show without doing so. Also, the contract between 20th Century Fox Television and ABC for the show, in which 20th Century Fox Television covered the cost of production, had expired after six seasons. Had the series been renewed for a seventh season, ABC would have been required to pick up Last Man Standing's production costs, which the network was unwilling to do.[41]

text: The cancellation was met with outrage from the show's fans, many of whom took to social media to voice their displeasure and petition for another network to pick up the show.[42] It also happened some months after lead actor Tim Allen (who is also a real-life Republican) said in an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, that being a Republican in Hollywood is "like 1930s Germany. You gotta be real careful around here, you know. You'll get beat up if you don't believe what everybody believes." His comment was widely criticized, especially his comparing the treatment of Republicans in Hollywood with Nazi Germany.[43]

text: A viewer petition on the website Change.org calling for ABC to reinstate Last Man Standing surpassed 380,000 signatures as of May 23, 2017.[44] In a conference call with reporters earlier in May, ABC president Channing Dungey stated, "Last Man Standing was a challenging one for me, because it was a steady performer. Once we made the decision not to continue with comedy on Friday, it was just kind of that's where we landed." Dungey cited studio ownership, future creative direction, ratings and viewer engagement as all factors in her decision.[45]

text: Tim Allen voiced his displeasure with the cancellation, tweeting on May 16: "Stunned and blindsided by the network I called home for the last six years."[46]

text: On May 20, 2017, Howard Kurtzman, president of 20th Century Fox Television, reportedly showed some interest in his studio continuing to produce the show. "We're starting to explore that," Kurtzman said.  "...[Fox Co-President] Jonnie [Davis] and I are hopeful that we can find another home for it."[47] Variety also confirmed in an exclusive report that 20th Century Fox Television would shop the series to other networks and streaming services in hopes it would be picked up for a seventh season;[48] another home has not yet been found, however.

text: In August 2017, Allen expressed his appreciation for support by the show's fans to bring it back, and said the talent behind the show had much more to add.[49]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: While popular among viewers (receiving an 82% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes[50] and 7.5/10 stars on IMDb[51]), Last Man Standing received generally negative reviews from critics. Season one has an approval rating of 16% on Rotten Tomatoes[52] and a score of 33 out of 100 on Metacritic.[53] The Hollywood Reporter commented: "A predictable sitcom with a stupid premise and bad acting."[54] Los Angeles Times: "The jokes and plots have been efficiently constructed, but most have no traction; they slide right off you, and the characters themselves seem disconnected from one another."[55] Entertainment Weekly offered a slightly more favorable review of the show: "When I look at the now-rounded softness of Tim Allen, and note once again how his sandpaper voice contrasts winningly with his hopeful eyes, it's impossible to plunge a shiv into this series."[56]

text: Season two scored 40% at Rotten Tomatoes.[57] Entertainment Weekly commented: "I think it's time the folks involved with Last take a closer look at All in the Family, in which the prejudice was built around real jokes."[58] The A.V. Club: "The problem with Last Man Standing's attempts to go political is exemplified by the first scene of the season première, which remains one of the most uncomfortable scenes of television I've ever watched ... doing its best to push buttons in the audience that don't need to be pushed, as if it thinks what made [Norman] Lear's sitcoms a success was the yelling or the mentions of social issues that people sometimes argued about."[59] Philly.com wrote about season three: "The unlikely comeback vehicle for Tim Allen, Last Man Standing on ABC, is a thoroughly traditional, absolutely charming sitcom. [...] Last Man is both economical and efficient, getting excellent comic mileage out of the most marginal bit players."[60]

text: The series was particularly popular among conservatives, many of whom viewed the show as a counterpoint to Modern Family, another 20th Century Fox sitcom that aired on ABC at the same time and featured more liberal ideologies.[41] A study conducted during the 2016 U.S. presidential election found that it was the tenth most popular show on television with Republicans.[61]

text: Ratings[edit]

text: ABC's series premiere of Last Man Standing drew a 3.5 adults 18–49 rating. That was 9% better than the 3.2 adults 18–49 rating for the series premiere of No Ordinary Family in the same time-slot the previous year (which was two weeks earlier in the season). Season 2 of Last Man Standing premiered with a 2.0, down about 38% from its first-season premiere, but up about 18% from the previous season's finale.[62]

text:
Season

Timeslot (ET)

No. ofepisodes

Premiered

Ended

TV season

Rank

Viewers(million)

Live + DVRviewers

Date

Premiere viewers(million)

Premiere 18–49rating/share

Date

Finale viewers(million)

Finale 18–49rating/share

1

Tuesday 8:00 pm

24

October 11, 2011

12.93[63]

3.4/10[63]

May 8, 2012

6.62[64]

1.7/5[64]

2011–12

50

9.12[65]

9.76[66]

2

Friday 8:00 pm

18

November 2, 2012

8.07[67]

2.0/7[67]

March 22, 2013

7.85[68]

1.6/6[68]

2012–13

53[69]

7.93[70]

8.34[71]

3

22

September 20, 2013

6.67[72]

1.5/6[72]

April 25, 2014

6.10[73]

1.4/6[73]

2013–14

58

7.17[74]

7.92[75]

4

22

October 3, 2014

6.91[76]

1.3/5[76]

April 17, 2015

6.16[77]

1.1/5[77]

2014–15

60[78]

8.18[78]

8.52[79]

5

22

September 25, 2015

6.26[80]

1.1/5[80]

April 22, 2016

5.94[81]

1.0/4[81]

2015–16

56[82]

7.96[82]

TBA

6

22

September 23, 2016

5.95[83]

1.1/5[83]

March 31, 2017

6.06[84]

1.1/5[84]

2016–17

41[85]

8.06[85]

TBA

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text: Last Man Standing was nominated for a 2012 People's Choice Award for "Favorite New TV Comedy", but lost to CBS's 2 Broke Girls.

text:
Year

Association

Category

Nominee / episode

Outcome

2011

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards

Top Television Series[citation needed]

Carl Thiel (composer)

Won

2012

People's Choice Awards

Favorite New TV Comedy

Last Man Standing

Nominated

Kids' Choice Awards

Favorite TV Actor

Tim Allen

Nominated

TV Guide Magazine's Fan Favorites Awards

Favorite Comeback[86]

Won

Young Artist Awards

Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Supporting Young Actress

Kaitlyn Dever

Nominated

2013

Environmental Media Awards

Television Episodic Comedy[87]

"Mother Fracker"

Won

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards

Top Television Series[88]

Carl Thiel (composer)

Won

2014

Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-Camera Series

Donald A. Morgan – "Eve's Boyfriend"

Nominated

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards

Top Television Series[89]

Carl Thiel (composer)

Won

2015

ASCAP Screen Music Awards

Top Television Series[90]

Carl Thiel (composer)

Won

text: Syndication[edit]

text:
On September 4, 2015, the series joined the CMT Network with a mini-marathon of episodes. On September 3, 2015, it was announced that ABC Family (now Freeform) had obtained syndication rights to the series, which began airing episodes on September 28, 2015.[91] On May 15, 2015, it was announced that Hallmark Channel had obtained the rights to the sitcom and they aired the series from January 2016 until December 31, 2017.[92]
Five seasons were available for streaming on Netflix. Currently, all six seasons are available for streaming on Hulu. The syndication of Last Man Standing is a major success in a time when few off-network reruns were becoming hits.[41]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text:
Last Man Standing aired on ABC in the U.S.;[93] on Fox8,
Network Ten and Eleven (previously aired on One) in Australia;[94] City in Canada; and TV3 in New Zealand.[95] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it premiered on October 9, 2012 on E4, with reruns until March 2017; Channel 4 then reran the program on Sunday mornings from July until September 2017; in 2018, 5STAR acquired the show for reruns.[96]

text: Notes[edit]

text: ^ Jump up to: a b Since becoming series regulars in season 4, Jordan Masterson and Jonathan Adams are only credited for the episodes in which they appear.

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document_title: Gotham (season 4)

question_text: when does the new gotham season come out

text: Gotham (season 4)

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Ben McKenzie as James Gordon
Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock
David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne
Morena Baccarin as Leslie "Lee" Thompkins
Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth
Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin
Erin Richards as Barbara Kean
Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle
Cory Michael Smith as Edward Nygma / The Riddler
Jessica Lucas as Tabitha Galavan / The Tigress
Chris Chalk as Lucius Fox
Drew Powell as Butch Gilzean / Cyrus Gold / Solomon Grundy
Crystal Reed as Sofia Falcone[2]
Alexander Siddig as Ra's al Ghul

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Anthony Carrigan as Victor Zsasz
Maggie Geha and Peyton List as Ivy Pepper
Andrew Sellon as Arthur Penn
Charlie Tahan and David W. Thompson as Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow[3]
Kelcy Griffin as Detective Vanessa Harper
Nathan Darrow as Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze
Marina Benedict as Cherry[4]
Michael Cerveris as Lazlo Valentin / Professor Pyg[5]
Camila Perez and Michelle Veintimilla as Bridgit Pike / Firefly
Christopher Convery as Martin
Cameron Monaghan as Jerome Valeska and Jeremiah Valeska[6]
Benedict Samuel as Jervis Tetch / Mad Hatter

text: Guest[edit]

text:
Michael Maize as Grady Harris[7]
Damian Young as Warden Reed
Michael Buscemi as Merton
Larry Pine as Mayor Burke
John Doman as Carmine Falcone
Ilana Becker as Myrtle Jenkins
Dakin Matthews as Niles Winthrop
Benjamin Stockham as Alex Winthrop[4]
Owen Harn as The Hunter
Anthony Rodriguez as Anubis
Albert M. Chan as Pharmacist
Will Janowitz as Wally Clarke
Gordon Winarick as Tommy Elliot
Samia Finnerty as Grace Blomdhal
Tommy Nelson as Brant Jones
Kyle Vincent Terry as Headhunter
Stu "Large" Riley as Sampson
Thomas Lyons as Griffin Krank
Chris Perfetti as Cosmo Krank
J.W. Cortes as Detective Alvarez
B. D. Wong as Hugo Strange

text: Episodes[edit]

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A Dark Knight [8]

67
1
"Pax Penguina"
Danny Cannon
John Stephens
September 21, 2017 (2017-09-21)
T40.10001
3.21[9]

In the aftermath of the Tetch virus incident, Penguin has regained control of Gotham's underworld and begun issuing "Licenses of Misconduct;" every criminal who possesses one can commit a "legal crime," though not approved by Gordon and Bruce. Selina and a reluctant Tabitha agree to a license. A group of unlicensed criminals led by Merton and Grady Harris decide to defeat Penguin, releasing Jonathan Crane from Arkham to help them produce his father's fear toxin. Knowing that Gordon cannot help, Bruce decides to fight the licenses himself. The night Penguin opens the Iceberg Lounge, the Harrises are captured before they can attack the party but, when Penguin decides to execute them, Ivy turns on him and cuts the power. Merton uses the fear toxin on Penguin before being arrested by Gordon. The toxin makes Penguin see an escaped Nygma. Bruce steals the list of licensed criminals, but is then found on the scene of a robbery by the GCPD. Grady, who escaped from the party, returns to Crane's house, but discovers Jonathan has adopted a new persona, calling himself "The Scarecrow" and spraying Grady with fear gas.

68
2
"The Fear Reaper"
Louis Shaw Milito
Danny Cannon
September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28)
T40.10002
2.87[10]

Gordon frees Bruce. Penguin gives the former 24 hours to apprehend Crane in order to prove the GCPD is still efficient. With no support from the other cops, even Bullock, Gordon walks into Arkham and fights off dozens of inmates influenced by the fear toxin and eventually gets dosed himself. He walks into a hallucination and sees a dying Lee, but successfully overcomes his fear and uses water to nullify the inmates' reaction to the toxin, forcing Crane to run. Penguin mocks the GCPD and offers the policemen a spot on his payroll. Gordon decides to seek Falcone's help to defeat Penguin. Meanwhile, Selina and Tabitha meet with a presumably demised Barbara, who asks them to join her arms business, onto which Penguin later forces a license. After being convinced of Barbara's sincerity, Tabitha and Selina decide to join. Ivy robs a potion store and drinks a combination of them, turning feral. After Bruce almost gets killed during his vigilantism, Fox, who seems to be aware of his activities, provides him with a "Prototype Suit," making him faster and more resilient.

69
3
"They Who Hide Behind Masks"
Mark Tonderai
Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt
October 5, 2017 (2017-10-05)
T40.10003
2.92[11]

In Arabia, AD 125, a deceased warrior is taken from the battlefield and placed into a healing pool known as the Lazarus Pit; once revived, the future Ra's is tasked by his master to find his future heir and given a ceremonial knife. In modern-day Gotham, the knife is sold at auction by Penguin; Bruce, playing a wealthy spoiled brat, outbids Barbara for it. She is revealed to have been revived by Ra's and tasked with retrieving the knife. She sends Selina to convince Bruce to yield it, but to no avail. Barbara seduces Ra's. Jim visits Carmine, who declines his request, revealing his imminent demise. His daughter Sofia, however, comes to Gotham to help Gordon after they share a kiss. Ed is stolen from the Lounge by one of Penguin's employees, Myrtle Jenkins, who was a former classmate of Ed's and is a current follower. Ed finds that his brain has suffered, such that he is not able to answer even children's riddles. Penguin has Myrtle killed to make an example and Ed wanders around the city, angry to learn that Penguin is in control again.

70
4
"The Demon's Head"
Kenneth Fink
Ben McKenzie
October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12)
T40.10004
2.75[12]

Bruce has antiquist Niles Winthrop and his grandson, Alex, study the knife. Ra's later shows up and kills Niles, forcing Alex to escape with the knife. Bruce tells Jim about the knife. They find Alex and are attacked by Ra's' psychotic enforcers. Bruce and Alex escape the scene. Ra's visits the GCPD as a Nanda Parbat official before Alfred arrives and tells Jim about the previous activities of Ra's, who escapes. Alex and Bruce return to Niles' museum, where the former has hidden the knife. After recovering it, the enforcers attack them just as Jim arrives and kills one while luring the other away. Ra's holds Alex hostage, demanding the knife, which Bruce deems too important. An impressed Ra's kills Alex and is arrested, implied to be part of his scheme. Meanwhile, Cobblepot threatens Sofia against contemplating a takeover. He uses her to trap and execute Falcone loyalists, completely trusting Sofia, who tells Jim that it was all part of her plan. Ed spends hours to make petty riddles to defy Cobblepot, who convinces Ed that he is no longer the Riddler, sparing Ed's life for more humiliation.

71
5
"The Blade's Path"
Scott White
Tze Chun
October 19, 2017 (2017-10-19)
T40.10005
2.75[13]

Following Alex's funeral and learning that Ra's has applied for diplomatic immunity, Bruce takes the knife and vows to kill him at Blackgate. Ra's says goodbye to Barbara after giving her an unknown mystical power. Upon arriving, Bruce is ambushed by Ra's and the League posed as COs. When Alfred reports him missing to Gordon, they arrive at Blackgate and subdue the League. Ra's states that he is cursed to an eternity and provokes Bruce into killing him, breaking the curse and rendering him a decayed corpse. Bruce suspends his vigilantism and Alfred keeps the suit until he can move on. Meanwhile, Butch's body is dumped in waters owned by Indian Hill. He is revived with no memory, primitive language, pale skin, and superhuman strength, assuming the name "Solomon Grundy." He encounters and befriends Nygma, who takes him to a wrestling ring where Lee is working as the medic. Sofia attempts to level with Cobblepot and the two begin bonding.

72
6
"Hog Day Afternoon"
Mark Tonderai
Kim Newton
October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)
T40.10006
2.87[14]

A man wearing a pig's head begins killing police officers acting as Cobblepot's bagmen. Deducing that the killer intends to fight corruption, Gordon and Bullock find the last target, but are too late to prevent his death, leading to the duo's capture. Gordon frees himself before the killer cuts Bullock's throat to facilitate his escape. Gordon tells Bullock that he knows the latter has also been on Cobblepot's payroll, demanding him to cease it. "Professor Pyg" is revealed to have larger-scale plans. Meanwhile, Cobblepot suspects Sofia's intentions and confronts her, but is deceived again when he learns that she has been constructing an orphanage. Nygma begins making money using Gilzean, trying to hire Thompkins to restore his genius. After running out of medicine in her private clinic, she accepts Nygma's offer.

73
7
"A Day in the Narrows"
John Behring
Peter Blake
November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02)
T40.10007
2.75[15]

Pyg kidnaps three officers. Cobblepot and his temporary enforcer Headhunter ally with the GCPD to take down Pyg, disapproved by Gordon and Sofia, who warns Cobblepot of the bad publicity should the alliance fail. They find one officer murdered, and the second one, Fisoli, critically wounded. While Fisoli is taken away in an ambulance, the alliance traps Pyg in an abandoned courthouse with the third officer, Patel. However, it is a trap and Bullock shoots Patel. Gordon saves them alone, reclaiming the GCPD's publicity and ruining Cobblepot's. Penguin stabs Headhunter in rage, while Fisoli, revealed to be Pyg in disguise, escapes to enact further plans. The GCPD stops recognizing the License. Meanwhile, during a fundraiser, Bruce is met by Grace Blomdahl, his former classmate. He is also re-introduced to a now friendly Tommy Elliot and Brant, who acts arrogantly against Bruce. As vengeance, Bruce excludes Brant while he parties at a nightclub he purchases, and develops a romance with Blomdahl. In order to make amends with Barbara, Selina and Tabitha steal from a biker's club, accepted by the former.

74
8
"Stop Hitting Yourself"
Rob Bailey
Charlie Huston
November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09)
T40.10008
2.70[16]

Barbara, Selina and Tabitha are dispatched by Cobblepot to kidnap Nygma, after learning of his popularity and mocking Cobblepot in the Narrows. Cobblepot also dispatches Bridgit to kill them in case they fail. Arriving, Barbara is distracted by Lee and Tabitha recognizes Gilzean. After Tabitha defeats Gilzean, who begins remembering, in a fight for Nygma, Bridgit arrives, but Lee incapacitates her; she also becomes the new leader of the fights after Cherry is killed by Barbara. Meanwhile, Gordon is offered a promotion to be the new Captain of Gotham Central, arranged by Sofia. Although initially hesitant, he takes the position when Bullock's bitterness leads to him missing out on a police officers ceremony. Cobblepot takes advantage of a mentally unstable orphan named Martin, and psychologically manipulates him to use his inner and outer demons. Gordon ends his partnership with Sofia.

75
9
"Let Them Eat Pie"
Nathan Hope
Iturri Sosa
November 16, 2017 (2017-11-16)
T40.10009
2.62[17]

In a plot to launch an attack on Sofia's orphanage, Pyg kills several homeless people and cooks their insides, stuffing them into pies. His base of operations is exposed by the GCPD, prompting Pyg to kidnap Harper, using her as leverage against Captain Gordon. When a dinner at the orphanage rounds up several of the rich and powerful, including Cobblepot, Pyg launches his plan into motion, torturing the rich into cannibalism by way of eating the pies. Gordon is subdued while trying to find Pyg and with Harper's help, he defeats Pyg in combat and arrests him: Cobblepot's friendship with Sofia is ruined when Martin, acting as an insider for Cobblepot tells him of her interactions with Gordon, confirming his suspicions. Bruce, now bitter after not feeling satisfaction in avenging his parents' death via the death of Ra's al Ghul, he continues his partying ways after abandoning Alfred on a nature walk, and strains his relationship with him.

76
10
"Things That Go Boom"
Louis Shaw Milito
Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt
November 30, 2017 (2017-11-30)
T40.10010
2.59[18]

Gordon visits the Pyg in Arkham Asylum, after Fox has realized that the Pyg has undergone numerous facial surgeries. Fox learns that he was a serial killer named Lazlo Valentin. The Pyg later breaks out of Arkham. Thompkins and Nygma are conflicted with a rival mobster, Sampson in the Narrows, who challenges her leadership. After Sampson ransacks Thompkins' clinic, she poisons his drink, and offers an antidote on the condition that he resigns from power in the Narrows. Thompkins also learns that Nygma's side effects from being frozen have been worn off – Nygma begins having hallucinations of his dual personality, as the Riddler. Cobblepot confronts Sofia, and has her tortured by the Dentist, one of Cobblepot's assets. However, as part of an intricate plan, Sofia flees but is kidnapped by Barbara, Tabitha and Selina. The four make an alliance and after Zsasz explodes Barbara's safehouse, they use Martin as leverage against Cobblepot, while Gordon learns of Sofia's intentions to use the GCPD against Cobblepot via Gordon's promotion. The two factions meet under a bridge, and Cobblepot fakes Martin's death in a car bombing to force Sofia to retreat, declaring war.

77
11
"Queen Takes Knight"
Danny Cannon
John Stephens
December 7, 2017 (2017-12-07)
T40.10011
2.53[19]

While Nygma is being haunted by his alternate Riddler persona, Grundy is kidnapped by Tabitha and is repeatedly hit over the head in an attempt to have him remember her. She ultimately gives up, but Grundy soon awakens, regaining higher speech and remembering his past life as Butch Gilzean. Bruce's arrogance prompts Alfred to fight him in hand-to-hand combat after threatening to send him away. A conceited Bruce fires Alfred from service in Wayne Manor, and forces him to resign as his legal guardian. Pyg becomes involved in a conspiracy with Sofia to assassinate her father Carmine and blame Cobblepot for the hit. After Carmine's funeral, Sofia manipulates Gordon into arresting Cobblepot for the supposed murder of Martin, and Zsasz, revealed also to be working for Sofia sells him out to the GCPD. Sofia reveals her true motive to not take over Gotham, but to allow Gordon to live with the guilt for killing her brother Mario, also killing Pyg in the process. Bullock resigns from the GCPD, handing away his gun and badge. Cobblepot, now mentally unstable and sentenced to Arkham, meets Jerome Valeska.

78
12
"Pieces of a Broken Mirror"
Hanelle M. Culpepper
Danny Cannon
March 1, 2018 (2018-03-01)
T40.10012
2.57[20]

Nygma's dual personality as the Riddler takes control of him, and with his intentions to overthrow Lee as the head of the Narrows, he hires Griffin Krank to assassinate her while she is giving out a speech to bring about a united Narrows. However, the assassination attempt fails, inciting a bombing instead. At the time of the bombing, several punks encounter a mutated, adult version of Ivy, who has been affected by a culmination of drugs and toxins. Alfred and Detective Gordon help rescue those in the bombing; Alfred is hailed as a hero at a local diner, while Gordon goes to pursue Krank. When Ivy enters the newly rebuilt Sirens nightclub, she reveals her powers to Selina Kyle, and the two make an alliance. Alfred learns that Tiffany, a waitress from the diner has been killed by her abusive boyfriend, Rooney. Although Alfred is framed for the murder, he tracks down Rooney and alongside Bullock, who is now working as a bartender, they have Rooney arrested. When Krank attacks Lee again, Nygma confronts him, not knowing that his Riddler persona hired him before. Gordon, who was led to Krank by Barbara earlier arrives and shoots Krank dead just as he reveals the Riddler's involvement; Nygma lies to Gordon, keeping his involvement a secret.

79
13
"A Beautiful Darkness"
John Stephens
Tze Chun
March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)
T40.10013
2.41[21]

Ivy begins to investigate "Project M", which is being conducted at Wayne Enterprises and involves the experimentation and deaths of several plants, much to her anger. After she murders a Wayne Enterprises employee, a horrified Selina abandons her. Ivy then visits Bruce and poisons him, causing him to hallucinate his closest friends and allies along with a mysterious cloaked figure. Simultaneously, Ivy hypnotizes Lucius and forces him to take her to the laboratory where Project M is being conducted and she collects a sample of the Lazarus water that is being used in the experiments before escaping. Gordon tracks them down and rescues Lucius before collecting the antidote and rescuing Bruce, who believes that he has seen his future. Ivy also uses the Lazarus water to create a new flower that can immediately kill someone upon contact with the petals. Meanwhile, Jerome pesters Oswald in Arkham and he subjects him to numerous humiliating tasks in order to turn him insane and upon learning that Jerome is intending on escaping and wreaking havoc in Gotham, Oswald decides to use that to escape.

80
14
"Reunion"
Annabelle K. Frost
Peter Blake
March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15)
T40.10014
2.55[22]

Nygma begins to contemplate suicide in order to kill his dual personality but opts to return to Arkham instead. However, Oswald reappears and he reveals to him that he had specifically written the letter so that his dual personality would read it and take Nygma back to Arkham. Meanwhile, Ivy begins to exact her revenge on those who have hurt her, beginning with Bullock for the death of her father years ago. Gordon takes Bullock to the GCPD and learns that Ivy is intending on attacking the annual Wayne Foundation dinner. Bruce attempts to convince Alfred to return but the latter turns him down; he later attends the dinner as Bruce attempts to reach out to him but is unsuccessful. However, Ivy attacks the dinner and kills several people as the GCPD arrive. Bruce dresses in vigilante attire and he rescues the few remaining people there and Alfred decides to return to Wayne Manor. Following this, Selina destroys the Lazarus water to prevent Ivy from making more plants. Simultaneously, Sofia forcibly takes control of the Narrows and has Lee thrown into the streets, leading to Gordon turning to Bullock for help and deciding to take Sofia down.

81
15
"The Sinking Ship The Grand Applause"
Nick Copus
Seth Boston
March 22, 2018 (2018-03-22)
T40.10015
2.47[23]

Working with Oswald again, Nygma rescues Martin and he delivers him to safety while Oswald escapes from Arkham. Together, they attempt to convince Lee to help them but Nygma is captured by Grundy and returned to the Sirens, who take him to Sofia. However, Oswald successfully breaks into Sofia's mansion and follows Nygma to the pier and rescues him. Simultaneously, Sofia attempts to kill Oswald but Gordon and Bullock work together to protect him before surviving an attack from her, which leads to Lee shooting Sofia in the head, putting her into a coma. Gordon plans on confessing to the GCPD but Bullock forces him to live with the guilt instead. Meanwhile, Bruce and Selina reconcile with one another and Barbara becomes affected by Ra's al Ghul's powers.

82
16
"One of My Three Soups"
Ben McKenzie
Charlie Huston
March 29, 2018 (2018-03-29)
T40.10016
2.39[24]

Jervis Tetch breaks himself, Jerome, Scarecrow and eighty other inmates out of Arkham, before hypnotising hundreds of Gotham citizens to stand on rooftops to force Gordon into an impossible situation. Though Tetch programs his victims to jump if they are told not to, Gordon finds a loophole and tricks the hypnotised people into saving each other, while apprehending Tetch. Bruce, blaming himself for not killing Jerome in their previous encounter, tracks him down with Selina's help, as Jerome tracks down his abusive uncle. Jerome's uncle tries to kill him but Bruce intervenes, and in the ensuing encounter, he chooses to spare Jerome again. Jerome kills his uncle after learning the location of someone he is searching for, and he and Scarecrow later rescue Tetch and head to 'St. Ignatius', pursued by Bruce, who alerts Gordon. Elsewhere Barbara, forcing herself to remember the events surrounding her resurrection, learns that Ra's al Ghul revived her so she could replace him as the Demon's Head, and she usurps leadership of the League of Shadows with help from the organisation's female members, who kill their male comrades to protect her.

83
17
"Mandatory Brunch Meeting"
Maja Vrvilo
Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt
April 5, 2018 (2018-04-05)
T40.10017
2.53[25]

Thompkins challenges Nygma to his game, the Riddle Factory, and wagers to abolish it if she wins. After she outsmarts Nygma, the two share a kiss. Jerome Valeska assembles the "Legion of Horribles" – Penguin, Mad Hatter, Scarecrow, Firefly and Mr. Freeze – and sets out to find Wayne Enterprises associate Xander Wilde. Valeska shoots up a Wayne Enterprises building, but to no avail does he find Wilde, and is forced to escape when the GCPD arrive. With help from Bruce, Gordon and Bullock locate Wilde, who reveals that he is Jerome's twin brother, Jeremiah, and also reveals that he has kidnapped Jerome. Mad Hatter and Scarecrow break out Jerome from Jeremiah's custody, but are chased off by Gordon and Bullock. Cobblepot convinces Grundy to be hired muscle for the Legion of Horribles, just as Scarecrow concocts a laughing gas for Jerome to spread across the city.

84
18
"That's Entertainment"
Nick Copus
Danny Cannon
April 12, 2018 (2018-04-12)
T40.10018
2.37[26]

Jerome holds the interim mayor and other powerful Gothamites hostage at a music festival and orders Gordon to bring him Bruce and Jeremiah, buying time for the other Legion members to load the laughing gas onto a blimp and release it upon the festival crowd. The GCPD takes out Jerome's men and saves the mayor, while Cobblepot betrays the Legion by subduing the pilot and steering the blimp away from civilians. Gordon pursues Jerome, who declares that he will live on and willingly falls to his death from a rooftop. Barbara learns more of her alleged destiny as the League of Shadows' leader, but Tabitha believes she is delusional; Barbara severs ties with Tabitha, who is then taken by another League faction still loyal to Ra's al Ghul. Tricked into opening a "gift" left by Jerome, Jeremiah is exposed to a modified version of the laughing gas that drives him insane.

85
19
"To Our Deaths and Beyond"
Scott White
Peter Blake & Iturri Sosa
April 19, 2018 (2018-04-19)
T40.10019
2.18[27]

Nygma robs several banks to distribute wealth to the Narrows, but Cobblepot tells him Lee is using him as a pawn. Nygma agrees to bring Cobblepot and Grundy along on his next robbery and kill Lee, but betrays them and plans to make Lee fall in love with him; the GCPD arrives, but Lee gives herself up and allows Nygma to escape. With Tabitha's help, the renegade League faction uses Bruce's blood to resurrect Ra's al Ghul, who disdains Barbara's limited ambitions and tries to take back the power of the Demon's Head. Barbara fights Ra's, but returns the power to him when he threatens Tabitha's life. Barbara reconciles with Tabitha, while the female League members recognize her worth as a leader and continue to serve her. After a vision of a cataclysmic event that will soon devastate the city, Ra's resolves to remain alive and use the coming disaster to shape Bruce into a "dark knight of Gotham."

86
20
"That Old Corpse"[28]
TBA
TBA
May 3, 2018 (2018-05-03)
TBA
TBD

87
21
"One Bad Day"[29]
TBA
TBA
May 10, 2018 (2018-05-10)
TBA
TBD

88
22
"No Man's Land"[30]
TBA
TBA
May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17)
TBA
TBD

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: The show was officially renewed by Fox for a fourth season on May 10, 2017.[31] Just like the second and third seasons, the fourth season also carried a new subtitle for the season: A Dark Knight.[8]

text: Writing[edit]

text: The producers revealed that the season would be based on the comic book stories Batman: The Long Halloween and Batman: Year One. According to executive producer John Stephens, the season would not consist of "direct adaptations", but "loose interpretations" of the comic book series.[32] Ben McKenzie explained that the structure for the season would be "the beginning is more Long Halloween, our version of that, and the end is more Year One."[33] According to Stephens, the show will handle a horror-oriented direction on the season: "At the very beginning of the season, Penguin has solidified his control upon Gotham like never before. Where he's kind of unionized crime. And Scarecrow comes in to basically reintroduce fear into Gotham and to remind people that the dark is still scary out there. And we're really going to fashion, especially Episode 2, almost a horror movie episode where we really get to see Scarecrow. I think he's like purely terrifying. Imagine, rather than the other versions of Scarecrow out there — because there are a lot of different versions — what if you just really tell Scarecrow as a horror movie? Because he could be scary as hell."[34][35] Executive producer Danny Cannon stated, "When the studio asks you to tone back because it's too scary, you know you've done something right!"[5]

text: Regarding Bruce's beginning of vigilantism, McKenzie explained that "We are definitely leaning into Bruce, having learned some of the skills to be a vigilante, now actually attempting it. Now, we have a long, long way to go before he can realistically be Batman, so there will be many stumbles and falls – and regressions back to being a kid at times – but Gordon will eventually become aware of what he's doing and that will bring them against each other."[33] David Mazouz also added, "Bruce really is taking on this vigilante persona and all the things that go along with that. Whether it be creating another persona, a public persona, that's also definitely going to be a major part of Bruce's journey this year. His relationship as this other person. Batman is coming. Absolutely." Mazouz also stated that he was worried the writers could pull back some aspects from Batman, deeming it "too fast" but he was glad it didn't stop. He said that Bruce would take the "Batman persona" this season.[36][37][38][39][40] Cannon also explained that Bruce will be seen "as the emerging threat he is."[41] Alexander Siddig stated that his character will seek to make Bruce his heir and will "do anything he can to get his hands on him, to manipulate him into what [Ra's] wants him to be." He also claimed that the season is "a season so far of extremes."[42]

text: Talking about his character, McKenzie stated, "Comparatively, perhaps he's in a better place than some of these other truly evil, evil people." But as the season will be with him dealing with Cobblepot, Gordon "doesn’t have a lot of good options. He has to either fight him directly or find allies to fight Penguin — surrogates to fight Penguin — which leads him down a dark path. So, that's kind of the way we start for him in season 4."[43] According to Stephens, "We're going to see Jim make, in some ways, big steps toward I guess what you would call the commissionership. But also we're going to see Jim, in his quest to save the city, cross different ethical lines than he ever did before. It's going to bring him to an ethical nadir that we haven't seen him at, and it's going to be told through the context of a relationship that he has with Sofia Falcone, the daughter of Don Falcone, who's played by Crystal Reed this year. And that's going to be a really compelling and interesting relationship."[44] Sean Pertwee also stated that the season will also explore Alfred's mysterious past "indirectly".[45]

text: McKenzie made his writing debut on the episode "The Demon's Head", after previously directing the third season episode "These Delicate and Dark Obsessions". McKenzie went to Los Angeles to work on the writers' room to break the story and then go back to New York City and finish many drafts. He explained, "I've been fiddling around with writing for a long time, but I'd never written an episode of television, so it was quite a learning process." He also added that, "From being on a set, the directing came fairly naturally. It was challenging, but there were a lot of things that I understood about directing just from observing, just from watching director's work. Writing often takes place behind-the-scenes. Physical production is not privy to how scripts come out... I wasn't so familiar with that process of breaking a story, of starting with a story document, then an outline, and then a draft; it was informative".[46][47]

text: For the second half of the season, Cameron Monaghan stated that "We're borrowing very heavily from some of the most iconic Batman storylines. I think that they're deep enough, and they show where its really splitting that duality and start totally embracing the main arcs. I think that we did a little bit in season three to bring it into The Killing Joke."[48] He also added that the plan for the final episodes is to adapt Batman: No Man's Land, stating, "We're really getting into it this year. I think the way that the story escalates is something that shifts and is not anything the show has done before. I think it's going to be a really unique experience. Especially by the past few episodes, it's going to be really... it's pretty insane."[49]

text: Casting[edit]

text: With the exception of Benedict Samuel and Michael Chiklis, all main actors from the previous season returned for the show, with Maggie Geha being downgraded to guest star.[50] Crystal Reed joined the series in July 2017 in the series regular role of Sofia Falcone.[2] Alexander Siddig was promoted to the main cast. In September 2017, Michael Cerveris joined the show as Lazlo Valentin / Professor Pyg, in a multi-episode role.[5] Cerveris stated, "Professor Pyg is a brilliant and chameleon-like person who has a highly developed sense of what's right and wrong — it just might not be a sense of right and wrong that corresponds with everybody else's."[51] He also added that, "When they [the writers] had somebody who played Sweeney Todd, they knew the direction they wanted to go... [Broadway fans who don't watch Gotham] might give it a look simply because of that, and find that they have a new favorite show."[52] Regarding the Dollotrons, Cerveris stated, "You know how much he's liked the Pyg in the comics, but I would say that his focus in Gotham is more on things to do with Gotham and with the city and with Jim Gordon. He's certainly is the manipulative character, and certainly, you know, is trying to get people to do stuff whether they know why they're doing it or not. But, that's sort of exclusive. His whole reason for existing is not the Dollotrons."[53] He described the character as having "a Hannibal Lecter-ish quality."[54] He also jokingly added that he couldn't eat bacon "because I just can't bring myself to eat my little friends."[55] Donal Logue stated, "We have Michael Cerveris coming in and playing Professor Pyg and he's such an incredibly gifted actor and, as happens a lot, the gentlest and most gifted of artistic souls can play the darkest, creepiest human beings known to literature or film."[56]

text: Besides, the character of Tommy Elliot is set to return to the show, having appeared in the episode "The Mask". However, co-executive producer Bryan Wynbrandt added, "Obviously when Tommy Elliot is discussed, there's always is that Hush storyline. That is something that we've discussed. Right now, we're kind of still feeling that out. It could be something on the horizon, but I can't say for sure."[57][58] Also, Peyton List was cast as a new iteration of Ivy Pepper.[59] According to Bryan Wynbrandt, "The change was all based on the idea that she's continuing to evolve to become more of the Ivy from the comic books and what we really enjoyed. In this third evolution you're going to see a really self possessed, really scary and driven version of the Ivy character, who is intent on kind of making the world in the image she sees it should be, which is the green world. The world where the plants rule and people are an after thought."[60]

text: As a concept McKenzie wished to explore, the fourth season is set to bring back the actor Charlie Tahan as Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow,[61] who portrayed the character on the first-season episodes: "The Fearsome Dr. Crane" and "The Scarecrow".[3][62] A trailer was screened on the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con that showed Crane donning a new costume under the Scarecrow persona.[34] McKenzie explained: "So we met his father Dr Crane in Season 1. So we've taken our time; we're gonna come back now to his son. You know, in circumstances probably not best described now, his son takes on his father's mantle and becomes the fully-realized Scarecrow. It's great. We're able to use this sort of fear toxin that Scarecrow is able to summon. We're completely unafraid — or perhaps afraid but we still persist–in expanding the universe and our capabilities."[63] Tahan commented on his character, "He's sort of trying to build an army with this toxin. Scarecrow might start brainwashing people. I'm not exactly sure what his endgame is — I don't even know if he knows. He has this revelation that he doesn't have to fear fear."[64] However, due to Tahan's commitment to the series Ozark, the role ended up recast with David W. Thompson, who is expected to portray him in the second half of the season.[65]

text: When asked about Jerome Valeska's return in the season, Stephens stated, "What I will say about Jerome is that Jerome is in Arkham right now, and when you think about Arkham's record of keeping people locked up, we will probably see him again before the end of the year."[66] In September 2017, Stephens explained, "You're totally gonna see him this year. You're gonna see him in a new position this year", also teasing that Jerome would be an ally to Penguin on the season.[67] Ben McKenzie said, "Jerome is one of our most beloved characters. The idea here was to really give the audience more time to enjoy and savor [Cameron Monaghan's] performance."[68] Regarding the partnership between Jerome and Penguin, Robin Lord Taylor said "You have Jerome, who is chaos, and you have Oswald, who is control. So you can imagine, there are ways that those can integrate, but at the same time they’re opposites."[69] Stephens also added that Fish Mooney is "gone for good", saying, "Now, that one was it. At a certain point, you gotta say 'Definitely.' People die at a certain point, and that's the second or third time they die [on Gotham]"[70]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Filming for the season began on June 20, 2017, at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, New York.[71] In January 2018, it was announced that Ben McKenzie would direct an episode after making his directional debut the previous season.[72] It was later revealed that he would be directing the 16th episode, titled "One of My Three Soups".[73] Production on the season officially wrapped in late March 2018.[74]

text: Release[edit]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text: The season was originally set to air on September 28, 2017, on Fox in the United States.[75] However, on July 28, 2017, Fox decided to move up the premiere to September 21, 2017 in order to give its companion newcomer series The Orville a continuous run.[76] The fourth season is moving to a Thursday timeslot, alongside The Orville, after airing its past seasons on Mondays.[77]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: In July 2017, the cast and crew attended San Diego Comic-Con to discuss and promote the season, showing a five-minute sizzle reel from season 3 as well as the debut trailer for the season.[78] The second episode "The Fear Reaper" was screened on September 23, 2017, when Cannon, McKenzie, Taylor, Bicondova, Mazouz, Pertwee and Lucas promoted the series at the inaugural Tribeca TV Festival.[79] Besides, the cast will attend the New York Comic Con on October 2017 to promote the season as well as a Q&A presentation with the cast.[80] The season was also heavily marketed by trailers showcasing Bruce's beginning of vigilantism as well as Jonathan Crane's debut, both of whom received positive response from audience[81] with Digital Spy's Justin Hart commenting, "Sounds like a perfect time for young Bruce Wayne to finally embrace his destiny as a masked vigilante, doesn't it?"[82] while Albert Achar from IndieWire commented, "it looks like it is going to be a very wild ride."[83]

text: As part of promotion for the ninth episode "Let Them Eat Pie", Fox released a "red band" trailer featuring Michael Cerveris as Professor Pyg, teasing a Sweeney Todd storyline in the episode as well as a musical number, which was considered by TV Guide as "insane."[84][85]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Ratings[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)

1
"Pax Penguina"
September 21, 2017
1.0/4
3.21[9]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

2
"The Fear Reaper"
September 28, 2017
0.9/3
2.87[10]
0.7
1.91
1.6
4.77[86]

3
"They Who Hide Behind Masks"
October 5, 2017
0.9/3
2.92[11]
0.7
1.80
1.6
4.72[87]

4
"The Demon's Head"
October 12, 2017
0.9/3
2.75[12]
0.6
1.72
1.5
4.47[88]

5
"The Blade's Path"
October 19, 2017
0.9/3
2.75[13]
N/A
1.75
N/A
4.50[89]

6
"Hog Day Afternoon"
October 26, 2017
0.9/3
2.87[14]
N/A
1.74
N/A
4.61[90]

7
"A Day in the Narrows"
November 2, 2017
0.9/3
2.75[15]
N/A
1.57
N/A
4.32[91]

8
"Stop Hitting Yourself"
November 9, 2017
0.9/3
2.70[16]
0.7
1.78
1.6
4.49[92]

9
"Let Them Eat Pie"
November 16, 2017
0.9/3
2.63[17]
N/A
1.55
N/A
4.17[93]

10
"Things That Go Boom"
November 30, 2017
0.8/3
2.59[18]
0.6
1.56
1.4
4.15[94]

11
"Queen Takes Knight"
December 7, 2017
0.8/3
2.53[19]
N/A
1.56
N/A
4.09[95]

12
"Pieces of a Broken Mirror"
March 1, 2018
0.8/3
2.57[20]
N/A
1.52
N/A
4.09[96]

13
"A Beautiful Darkness"
March 8, 2018
0.7/3
2.41[21]
N/A
1.52
N/A
3.93[97]

14
"Reunion"
March 15, 2018
0.6/2
2.55[22]
0.6
1.45
1.2
4.00[98]

15
"The Sinking Ship The Grand Applause"
March 22, 2018
0.7/3
2.47[23]
0.5
1.54
1.2
4.01[99]

16
"One of My Three Soups"
March 29, 2018
0.7/3
2.39[24]
0.6
1.47
1.3
3.86[100]

17
"Mandatory Brunch Meeting"
April 5, 2018
0.7/3
2.53[25]
0.6
1.43
1.3
3.97[101]

18
"That's Entertainment"
April 12, 2018
0.7/3
2.37[26]
N/A
1.49
N/A
3.85[102]

19
"To Our Deaths and Beyond"
April 19, 2018
0.6/3
2.18[27]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

20
"That Old Corpse"
May 3, 2018
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

21
"One Bad Day"
May 10, 2018
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

22
"No Man's Land"
May 17, 2018
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

text: The premiere was watched by 3.21 million viewers with a 1.0 in the 18–49 demo, which was a 17% decline from the previous season premiere but on par with last season's average.[103]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 92% approval rating with an average rating of 6.8/10 based on 13 reviews.[104]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Year
Award
Category
Nominee(s)
Result
Ref.

2018
Saturn Awards
Best Superhero Television Series
Gotham
Pending
[105]

Best Performance by a Younger Actor on a Television Series
David Mazouz
Pending


document_title: Man Gave Names to All the Animals

question_text: who named all the animals in the world

question_tokens: who named all the animals in the world

text: Man Gave Names to All the Animals

text: Lyrics and music[edit]

text: The music to "Man Gave Names to All the Animals" is reggae-inspired.[2][4] The lyrics were inspired by the biblical Book of Genesis, verses 2:19–20 in which Adam named the animals and birds.[2][4] The lyrics have an appeal to children, rhyming the name of the animal with one of its characteristics. So after describing an animal's "muddy trail" and "curly tail," Dylan sings that "he wasn't too small and he wasn't too big" and so that animal was named a pig.[4] Similarly, the cow got its name because Adam "saw milk comin' out but he didn't know how" and the bear got its name because it has a "great big furry back and furry hair."[4]

text: In the last verse, the lyrics take a more sinister turn.[1] In that verse the man

text: The verse ends there, with the music hanging and the lyrics avoiding naming the snake.[1][4] In concert, Dylan sometimes elaborated on the meaning of the snake to him at the time.[1] For example, in a concert in Pittsburgh in May 1980 Dylan confirmed that the animal in the final verse is the same snake that appeared to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.[1] In Dylan's description that day, Lucifer had put his spirit into that snake, and Jesus later died not only for forgiveness of sins but also to destroy the devil's work.[1] Despite the obvious biblical source for the song, Dylan avoids any explicit mention of Adam and Eve, which to author Oliver Trager seems to pin the blame for the fall of man solely on the snake.[2] Music critic Michael Gray finds it interesting that Dylan avoids blaming Eve for man's fall, appreciating that he stops "the song short on a beautifully hungover note at the arrival on the scene of the serpent.[5]

text: According to backup singer Regina Havis Brown, originally Dylan wasn't sure if he wanted to include "Man Gave Names to All the Animals" on Slow Train Coming.[2] But when Dylan heard Brown's three-year-old son laughing at the identification of the animals, he said that "I'm going to put that on the record."[2]

text: Live performances[edit]

text: Dylan regularly played "Man Gave Names to All the Animals" in concert between 1979 and 1981, and he played it in concert again during his 1987 European tour in light of the song's popularity there.[1][2] In concert he often played with the lyrics switching animals and messing up the rhymes.[2] For example, the line "he wasn't too small and he wasn't too big" might be followed by identifying the animal as a giraffe rather than a pig.[2][6] Dylan's backup singers would often hiss to replace the missing line identifying the snake.[2]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Rolling Stone Magazine described "Man Gave Names to All the Animals" as being "clever" but "not very profound" and that although it "went over pretty well live" it is "simplistic" and easy to see "why it has detractors."[3] Author John Nogowski calls it "an embarrassment," "silly", and "just awful."[7] But music critic Michael Gray praises it as one of the standout tracks on Slow Train Coming, citing its humor, its quality as a children's song, and the self-mocking contrast to the more fundamentalist tone of the songs Dylan wrote during this period.[5]


document_title: Waivers (NHL)

question_text: how long do nhl players stay on waivers

question_tokens: how long do nhl players stay on waivers

text: Waivers (NHL)

text: Minor league assignment procedure[edit]

text: In the NHL, each player signs what is, or is a variation of, a standard NHL player's contract. The contract specifies that the team has exclusive rights to the player playing in the NHL. Once an NHL player has played in a certain number of games or a set number of seasons has passed since the signing of his first NHL contract (see here), that player must be offered to all of the other NHL teams before he can be assigned to a minor league affiliate.[2] In the 2005 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) assignment waivers applies only to loans from an NHL club to its American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate.[3]

text: After a player has been designated for assignment, the other 30 NHL teams can put in a claim or waive their claim for that player. The claims process starts at noon Eastern Time and ends 24 hours later. If only one team makes a claim for the player, then he will be transferred to the claiming team. If more than one team makes a claim, then the player will be transferred to the team having the lowest percentage of possible points in league standings at the time of the request for waivers. When a waiver claim has been secured, the claiming team must pay a transfer fee to the original club, though this fee is not counted against the salary cap. If waivers are requested outside the playing season, or before November 1, then the player shall be transferred to the team with the lowest points in the preceding season.[4] If no team places a claim, the player can be sent to a minor league affiliate.

text: When a player clears waivers and is sent down and then is called up again, he does not have to clear waivers to be sent down again unless he has played ten games or has been "up" for 30 days.[4]

text: Re-entry waivers[edit]

text: The 2005 NHL-NHLPA collective bargaining agreement (CBA) introduced "re-entry waivers." With limited exceptions, any player who was subject to waivers before assignment to the minors must clear re-entry waivers before being called back up if said player is on a one-way contract or a two-way contract with an AHL salary in excess of $105,000. Exceptions are players who have played in over 320 professional games (180 for goaltenders) and have not spent more than 80 games on an NHL roster in the past two seasons or 40 games during the previous season. The procedure to make a claim on re-entry waivers is the same; however, teams who claim players on re-entry waivers are only responsible for half the salary and cap hit, while the original team is responsible for the other half, unless the claimed player is later assigned to the AHL again before his contract has expired, in which case the salary and cap hit comes off the books of both teams.

text: The CBA ratified in January 2013 eliminated re-entry waivers.[5]

text: Return waivers[edit]

text: Players who play ice hockey outside North America during a regular season and who are not on loan from or whose playing rights are not already owned by an NHL club (that is, the player is not already on a team's 90-player reserve list such as a qualified restricted free agent or a draft pick) must also be placed on waivers if they are signed to play in the NHL. If the player is picked up by another NHL club on waivers, the player must be placed on waivers again before a further trade or loan can take place.[6]

text: Unconditional waivers[edit]

text: A third type of waivers, "unconditional waivers," applies when a player is to be given an unconditional release from his contract. NHL teams give notice to the player and the league that they intend to buy-out a player's rights under the terms of the CBA. In this case, the waiver period is 48 hours. These waivers can only be requested during two periods:

text:
Between June 15, or 48 hours after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Final series if it ends later, and June 30 of each year.
If a club has team- or player-elected salary arbitration cases, within 48 hours of the last arbitration award or settlement of the last arbitration case prior to the arbitration hearing.[7]

Such a player must have been on a club's 90-player reserve list at the previous trade deadline.[8]

text: Use of waivers in salary cap era[edit]

text: Salaries of players playing for an NHL team count against its salary cap, while the salaries of players playing for a team's minor league affiliates do not. NHL teams have waived players with high salaries, thereby freeing up salary cap space for other signings. In 2010, Wade Redden of the New York Rangers,[1] Sheldon Souray of the Edmonton Oilers and Jeff Finger of the Toronto Maple Leafs[9] were all assigned to their team's AHL affiliate without any other team putting in a claim.

text: In a more interesting case, following the 2011 NHL pre-season, forward Sean Avery of the New York Rangers was waived to the AHL. As Avery had been claimed off re-entry waivers from the Dallas Stars, the cap hit had been split between the Rangers and Stars, but when Avery was demoted to the AHL again, the cap hit came off both teams' books. As a result, the Stars, who had been using Avery's re-entry waiver loss to reach the salary floor for the 2011–12 season, had to trade for winger Eric Nystrom to reach the salary floor.

text: Under the 2005 CBA, if an NHL player is being sent to an NHL affiliate team in the AHL and is put through waivers and clears successfully, then his salary will not count against the respective NHL team's salary cap. The player is still paid his full salary. There is an exception to this rule; if the player has a contract that took effect after a player's 35th birthday, then that player's salary would still count against the NHL cap. Under the 2013 CBA, a team only derives a specific savings from demoting a player on a one-way contract to the AHL. This savings is calculated as league minimum plus $375,000.

text: If a player is claimed on waivers, then the claiming team is responsible for the rest of their contract.

text: Re-entry waivers had existed under the 2005 CBA, under which if a player cleared waivers and was sent down to the minors, and then recalled during the season, and his salary was more than $105,000 in the AHL (essentially, any player not on an entry-level or two-way contract), he was subject to re-entry waivers where if a team claimed him they are only responsible for half the salary for the remainder of the contract. Re-entry waivers were eliminated in the 2013 CBA.