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admin on March 5th, 2010

On its First Original Airing in 3 Weeks, “The Middle” is the Top Scripted Show In its Slot in Adults 18-49, Beating NBC’s “Mercy” and CBS’ “Gary Unmarried”.
“The Middle” (8:30-9:00 p.m.)
Returning to original for the first time in 3 weeks, ABC’s “The Middle” ranked as the No. 1 scripted show at 8:30 p.m. in Adults [...]

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admin on March 4th, 2010

Desert News has an article about the kids from The Middle, here are some of the highlights:
The three kids on ABC’s “The Middle” defy a lot of sitcom conventions.
They’re not precocious. They’re not the brightest kids in class. They’re not smart alecks. And they’re sort of shockingly real, in a somewhat exaggerated sort of way.
“We [...]

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admin on February 14th, 2010

ABC has scheduled the return of the Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special to air the week before the Academy Awards and plans to give “The Middle” a “Modern Family” lead-in.
The Oprah special will air March 3. On Feb. 17 and Feb. 24, ABC will try out repeats of “The Middle” — which recently hit a season [...]

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admin on February 12th, 2010

ABC’s family comedy “The Middle” rose to a season high Wednesday night, marking its second straight week of record numbers.
“Middle” (8.2 million, 3.0 preliminary adults 18-49 rating) was up 11%, aided by a stronger-than-usual lead-in from one of ABC’s ubiquitous Charlie Brown specials — “A Charlie Brown Valentine” (7.5 million, 2.5).

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admin on January 20th, 2010

Patricia Heaton talks about how much fun she had on the show “The Middle”.

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admin on December 11th, 2009

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ABC get a B+ from The TV Addict:
The Good: ABC took a fairly substantial leap of faith with their brand-new Wednesday night comedy block, and as luck would have it, the leap paid off. What could have been an epic disaster of HANK-esque proportions single-handedly transformed ABC’s once troubled Wednesday night into a [...]

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Great news – full season for The Middle!
ABC has locked in its scripted commitments for the 2009-10 season.
The news, which was confirmed to the site exclusively by network and studio sources, includes some adjustments to its previously indicated episode orders.

The rest of its lineup – including “Castle,” “The Middle,” “Modern Family,” “Cougar Town,” [...]

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Growing Week to Week by 8% in Viewers and by 18% in Adults 18-49, ABC Freshman “The Middle” Outdraws Fox’s Veteran “So You Think You Can Dance”
With its Highest-Ever Repeat Numbers, ABC’s “Modern Family” Retains Nearly All Of its Week-Ago Original Telecast and is No. 2 in its Slot with Key Adults and Men
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admin on November 20th, 2009

The cancellation of the short-lived Kelsey Grammer sitcom “Hank” turned out to be a double win for ABC last night.
A rerun of “Modern Family” performed much better than “Hank’s” final episode in the Wednesday 8 p.m. slot, and the original “The Middle” that followed soared compared to its most recent outing without the dumpy [...]

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admin on November 18th, 2009

‘Modern Family‘ is not the only show with great guest stars: after leading ‘lipstick jungle‘, Brooke Shields is making her way there in early 2010 via a guest appearance on ABC’s The Middle.
Shields is playing a neighbor-nemesis of Patricia Heaton’s harried middle-class mom in an episode slated to air in January. “She’s a single mother [...]

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