Example of subplot with colspan

live_data.py

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.animation as animation
from random import random


fig = plt.figure()

subplots = []

for i in xrange(6):
	for j in xrange(6):
		subplot = plt.subplot2grid((7, 6), (i, j))
		subplots.append(subplot)

subplot = plt.subplot2grid((7, 6), (6, 0), colspan=6)
subplots.append(subplot)

x = []
y = []

def animate(i):
    x.append(i)
    y.append(random())

    for i in xrange(len(subplots)):
    	subplots[i].plot(x, y, 'r.-')

ani = animation.FuncAnimation(fig, animate, interval=1)

print '#1 Backend:', plt.get_backend()

# See, if code below doesn't works:
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12439588/how-to-maximize-a-plt-show-window-using-python
mng = plt.get_current_fig_manager()
mng.resize(*mng.window.maxsize())

# create video
# anim.save('animation.mp4', fps=25, writer="avconv", codec="libx264")

plt.show()