January Jones and Kristen Schaal join Fox’s confusingly titled Last Man On Earth
Suggesting that the title of Fox’s upcoming Will Forte comedy series The Last Man On Earth is either very inaccurate or very literal, TV Line is reporting that January Jones and Kristen Schaal will be joining the series. As we’ve previously noted, the show—which already has a straight-to-series order and is being executive produced by The Lego Movie’s Phil Lord and Chris Miller—will star Forte as the eponymous last man on Earth, but given this casting announcement, there’s a good chance that’s not the case. TV Line claims that some of the series will take place in flashbacks, but it’s equally possible that Forte’s character has found himself in a Y: The Last Man scenario and he’s actually the only male on the planet, not the only human. Either way, we know January Jones will be playing a character named Melissa, and Schaal will be playing Carol Pilbasian, but those names don’t really tell us anything.