The Middle » American Broadcasting Company http://the-middle-abc.com A fansite for the TV show 'The Middle' on ABC Thu, 13 May 2010 23:54:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Middle – Biggest Audience in 3 Months http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-biggest-audience-3-months http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-biggest-audience-3-months#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 23:54:53 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=228 Generating its Biggest Audience in 3 Months, ABC’s Self-Starter “The Middle” Wins its Time Slot for its 4th Straight Original Telecast.

Hitting a Series High Opposite “Idol,” ABC’s “Modern Family” is Wednesday’s No. 1 Scripted TV Show for its 11th Straight Original Telecast in Adults 18-49.

Growing Week to Week, “Cougar Town” Ranks as the No. 1 Scripted Show Against its Network Rivals in Adults 18-34 for its 6th Straight First-Run Airing.

Surging over its lead-in by 1.8 million viewers and by 50% with young adults at 8:30 p.m., self-starter “The Middle” was the No. 1 show its half-hour for its 4th straight original telecast in Total Viewers (7.5 million) and Adults 18-49 (2.4/7-tie). In fact among Adults 18-49, it finished as the highest-rated scripted show in its half-hour for the 6th time in its last 7 first-run airings. The ABC freshman comedy also delivered the No. 1 position in the half-hour with Adults 25-54, Men 18-49 and Men 25-54.

“The Middle” drew its biggest overall audience in 3 months and equaled its top Adult 18-49 number since March – since 2/10 and 3/24/10, respectively.

Source: RBR

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-biggest-audience-3-months/feed 0 ‘The Middle’ welcomes Betty White for season finale http://the-middle-abc.com/the-middle-welcomes-betty-white-season-finale http://the-middle-abc.com/the-middle-welcomes-betty-white-season-finale#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 01:22:09 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=224
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ABC’s The Middle is about to wrap up its season, and they will have acting icon Betty White in their season finale. The cast and creators of the show say they were thrilled to work with such a legend.

The Middle follows the Heck family as they struggle with life in the Midwest. Brick is the youngest, and then there is Sue the middle child played by Eden Sher and their sibling Axl played by Charlie McDermott. These crazy kids cause all types of problems and who better to solve them than their parents? Patricia Heaton plays supermom Frankie Heck and Neil Flynn plays her husband Mike Heck.

Patricia told On The Red Carpet that she loves working with the cast but pointed out Eden as the one to watch.

“I predict that she will be the first Emmy winner of our show,” said Patricia.

Source: On the red carpet

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/the-middle-welcomes-betty-white-season-finale/feed 3 Casting at The Middle http://the-middle-abc.com/casting-middle http://the-middle-abc.com/casting-middle#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:17:43 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=217 One might say that G. Charles Wright has spent his whole life preparing for a job in casting. “All my childhood was spent in front of a television instead of playing outdoors or doing homework,” he says with a chuckle. He currently works on the hit TV show “The Middle,” starring Patricia Heaton and Neil Flynn, and teaches a popular auditioning class in Los Angeles. Other credits include “That ’70s Show,” PBS’s “Sid the Science Kid,” and numerous pilots and Web shows.

The hardest role we had to cast on “The Middle” was Sue, the daughter, and that had to do with the fact that “The Middle” was a pilot that had already been shot two years before with a different cast. It didn’t quite come together as ABC had wanted it to, but they really liked the story. It was a situation where the writers kept thinking about the girl they had from the first pilot, and it was hard for them to get her out of their heads. Eden Sher came in and pre-read for me. She was one of the very first girls we saw for the role. Brought her to producers and she went through that process, but at that time, I think the producers still had in their minds the performance from the previous actress, so they kind of dismissed everybody. I ended up bringing Eden back in again at the end. By that time, they had seen so many actresses for the part, they really started to look at her with new eyes. Eden was the only actress who came in and played that character with exuberance and zeal. Everybody else played her more goth, kind of down and mopey. Eden makes you remember and root for a character that nobody ever roots for.

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/casting-middle/feed 0 The Middle Ratings http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-ratings-4 http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-ratings-4#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:00:58 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=215
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Growing Over its Most-Recent Original, ABC’s “The Middle” Finishes No. 1 at 8:30pm in Adults 18-49, Beating Fox’s Finale of “Human Target”

“The Middle” (8:30-9:00 p.m.)

Surging from its lead-in by 38% at 8:30 p.m., ABC’s “The Middle” won its half-hour among Adults 18-49 (2.2/7), beating competition including the second half-hour of Fox’s season finale of “Human Target” (2.1/7). ABC freshman “The Middle” also beat out its comedy competition in the slot, defeating CBS’ freshman “Accidentally On Purpose” by 16% (1.9/6). In fact among young Adults, the ABC freshman comedy has been the highest-rated scripted show in its half-hour on 3 of its last 4 original telecasts.

· “The Middle” was up from its most recent original telecast by 8% in Total Viewers (6.7 million vs. 6.2 million) and by 10% in Adults 18-49 (2.2/7 vs. 2.0/6).

Source: The Futon Critic

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-ratings-4/feed 0 Trying to Save Money on ‘The Middle’ (VIDEO) http://the-middle-abc.com/save-money-the-middle-video http://the-middle-abc.com/save-money-the-middle-video#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:02:19 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=211 On the latest episode of ‘The Middle’ (Wed., 8:30PM ET on ABC), the Heck family decides that it’s time to economize. So Mike (Neil Flynn) and Frankie (Patricia Heaton) go to see a financial adviser.

Source: AOL TV.

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/save-money-the-middle-video/feed 1 “TV or Not TV” – The Middle 14.4 http://the-middle-abc.com/tv-tv-middle-144 http://the-middle-abc.com/tv-tv-middle-144#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:07:53 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=209 Frankie and Mike tell the kids how they need to cut back on spending, on The Middle ABC.

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/tv-tv-middle-144/feed 2 ‘The Middle’ ABC Finale Date http://the-middle-abc.com/the-middle-abc-finale-date http://the-middle-abc.com/the-middle-abc-finale-date#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:38:47 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=207 It has just been announced that “The Middle” season finale will be on May 19.

Source: Zap2It

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/the-middle-abc-finale-date/feed 1 The Middle ABC TV Ratings http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-abc-tv-ratings http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-abc-tv-ratings#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:38:27 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=205 FOX started the night in first with a 4.7/8 for “Human Target,” which also won the hour in the key demo with a 2.2 rating. CBS’ “The New Adventures of Old Christine” and “Accidentally on Purpose” both averaged a 4.0/7 for CBS (with “Accidentally” improving on its lead-in in the key demo). NBC’s “Minute to Win It” had a 3.6/6 for third, edging out ABC’s repeats of “Modern Family“ and “The Middle.” The CW’s new “America’s Next Top Model” did a 2.3/4 for fifth.

Source: HitFix

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-abc-tv-ratings/feed 1 Betty White: On Top and in ‘The Middle’ http://the-middle-abc.com/betty-white-top-the-middle http://the-middle-abc.com/betty-white-top-the-middle#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:16:23 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=198 Betty White is white hot these days, and we have a first look at the 88-year-old TV legend dishing out some stern punishment on ABC’s “The Middle”!

Betty plays a librarian who threatens to keep little Atticus Shaffer from graduating to the third grade on the ABC comedy, airing Wednesdays.

Source: KGET

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/betty-white-top-the-middle/feed 1 The Middle – “The Final Four” – March 31 http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-final-march-31 http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-final-march-31#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:43:50 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=195 FRANKIE FORCES MIKE TO CHOOSE WHICH LIFE EVENT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO HIM, GOING TO HER UNCLE’S FUNERAL OR GOING TO THE BIG FINAL FOUR GAME, ON ABC’S “THE MIDDLE”

“The Final Four” – Mr. Ehlert takes a liking to Mike and presents him with two tickets to the Final Four – Mike’s dream come true! But when Frankie’s uncle passes away and the funeral is set for the day of the game, a battle begins to brew as Frankie forces Mike to choose which life event is most important to him. Meanwhile, Sue tries to help Brick get out of going to a birthday party by impersonating Frankie over the phone, but panics when she realizes that Frankie is going to make a call for real in order to get him out because of the funeral, on “The Middle,” WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 (8:30-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

“The Middle” stars Patricia Heaton as Frankie, Neil Flynn as Mike, Charlie McDermott as Axl, Eden Sher as Sue, Atticus Shaffer as Brick and Chris Kattan as Bob.

Guest starring are Brian Doyle Murray as Mr. Ehlert, Jeanette Miller as Aunt Edie, Frances Bay as Aunt Ginny, Dierk Torsek as Reverend Hayver, Phillip Wilburn as paramedic, Margarita Franco as anesthesiologist and Adam Pilver as surgeon.

“The Final Four” was written by Rob Ulin and directed by Alex Reid.

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