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What seemed in early fall a rare outbreak of inspired television writing has in recent months become something rarer—not an epidemic, exactly, but a season impressively stocked with creations drenched in wit and enterprise, all unmistakably reflective of a drive toward formula busting. These things are, of course, always relative. In television these days, one [...]
The Middle was chosen as part of the Huffington Post second annual Alternative Ten Best list, featuring noteworthy shows that likely won’t land on many (if any) Top 10 line-ups but still deserve special recognition: The Middle (ABC) – Forgive me if I’m forgetting one, but I don’t think there has been a genuinely funny, [...]
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It’s possible, in my opinion, for a new series to have an instant classic – an episode that epitomizes all that is great about a program. I consider this a classic for this freshman series. It focuses on the three children and their eccentricities with a focus on little Brick (the standout Atticus Shaffer), who [...]
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No love for Patricia Heaton in “The Middle,” who’s proving every week that she’s gotten even better since “Everybody Loves Raymond.” Of course, such a choice would have been pretty conventional, so we can’t ding the HFPA for not playing it safe. Maybe next year? Source: The Wrap
It’s more fun, of course, to pick apart the bad stuff on TV. There is always plenty to choose from, after all. But since one of my resolutions for 2010, and beyond, is to accentuate the positive, let me optimistically begin this final column of 2009 by highlighting the good news on the small screen [...]
Image via Wikipedia 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 [...]
Image via Wikipedia 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 [...]
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Episode Synopsis: THE MIDDLE “Christmas” Episode 10 – While Frankie focuses on rehearsing for a solo in her church’s midnight Christmas mass, Mike takes over handling the chores of setting up the Heck family Christmas. But Frankie becomes a bit jealous when it seems that Mike is doing a better job at organizing the holiday [...]
We love The Middle and Brick, and so does Clique Clack on their review of the latest “The Middle” episode: But don’t imagine that Brick is any less my far-and-away favorite. His looking in the mirror act? Are you kidding me? Amazing! “It usually copies me, but sometimes … it doesn’t.” And he keeps at [...]
