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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 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).

Source: THR

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admin on February 4th, 2010

“The Middle” (8:30-9:00 p.m.)

Building on its lead-in at 8:30 p.m. (+13%), ABC’s “The Middle” (2.7/8) finished as the No. 1 regular program in its half-hour among Adults 18-49, beating the second half-hour of Fox’s “Human Target” premiere by 8% (2.5/7) and NBC’s “Mercy” by 69% (1.6/5).
“The Middle” achieved series-high numbers among Adults 18-49 and across [...]

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admin on February 4th, 2010

TV Squad has a review of last night’s The Middle; here are the highlights:
I kind of like the relationship developing between Bob and Mike. When Mike threw him out of the house a few weeks back, I was actually a bit taken aback. Sure, Bob’s a bit — okay, a lot awkward, but he has [...]

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admin on January 22nd, 2010

HE MIDDLE star Eden Sher stops by Holly wood 411. Eden talks about playing an awk­ward child in a dysfunctional family and the rare chance to do a fight scene on a sitcom.

The Middle: Eden Sher

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admin on January 21st, 2010

ABC’s 8-9pm Repeat Comedies Build Adult 18-49 Audience Against “Idol,” As a Repeat “The Middle” Beats NBC’s Original “Mercy” at 8:30pm by 21%.
ABC Repeat Comedies (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
Opposite “American Idol” from 8:00-9:00 p.m., repeats of “Modern Family” and “The Middle” gained Adult 18-49 audience (+6%) for ABC in the hour. In fact ABC was the [...]

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admin on January 19th, 2010

ABC Entertainment president Steve McPherson said he was renewing ABC’s freshman comedies Modern Family, The Middle and Cougar Town so all three will get a second season.
Source: TV by the Numbers

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admin on December 19th, 2009

Another list rankes “The Middle” – the show that most people are missing and the people who watch love — high on the Best of 2009 , this time from TV Squad:
7. The Middle. A lot of people will pick Modern Family over this, but I think The Middle is funnier and isn’t tired up [...]

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admin on December 16th, 2009

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

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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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