The Middle » Arts http://the-middle-abc.com A fansite for the TV show 'The Middle' on ABC Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:07:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Kristin Cavallari: Photos From Her Appearance on ABC ‘The Middle’ http://the-middle-abc.com/kristin-cavallari-photos-appearance-abc-the-middle http://the-middle-abc.com/kristin-cavallari-photos-appearance-abc-the-middle#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:07:21 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=233 kristin the middle abc

Kristin on the ABC TV sitcom “The Middle”, its supposed to be airing on Feb 16.

Source: Style Bistro

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/kristin-cavallari-photos-appearance-abc-the-middle/feed 3 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 Everybody Loves the Weird Kid From ‘The Middle’ http://the-middle-abc.com/loves-weird-kid-the-middle http://the-middle-abc.com/loves-weird-kid-the-middle#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 20:40:42 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=226 TV has always had a soft spot for geeks and oddballs, and critics zeroed in on the actor and role when “The Middle” made its debut in September. “Atticus Shaffer is the breakout,” Joanne Ostrow of The Denver Post wrote last August. “The kiddo is hilarious.” But the gushing has grown so loud — “Just Love That Little Brick on ‘The Middle,’ ” read a Miami Herald headline in March — that the show’s writers appear to have started building episodes more squarely around that character. To help hype its season finale on May 19, “The Middle” landed Ms. White. Guess who all of her scenes are with?

“People just like Brick because he follows the beat of his own drummer,” Atticus said. “He’s different, and he’s quirky, and people seem to think that’s adorable. Trust me because I know. It’s my life.”

Brick, right down to the whisper, is based on the son of Eileen Heisler, who created “The Middle” with DeAnn Heline. (The two women, whose credits include “Murphy Brown” and “How I Met Your Mother,” have been writing partners since meeting in college.) “The funniest things come from reality,” Ms. Heisler said.

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“All I know,” Atticus said, “is that I feel extremely blessed to be on TV. It’s a hard job, but real life is harder. Truth be told, playgrounds can be war zones.”

Read the full story on LA Times

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/loves-weird-kid-the-middle/feed 3 “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 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 Betty White On ‘The Middle’ http://the-middle-abc.com/betty-white-the-middle http://the-middle-abc.com/betty-white-the-middle#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:25:25 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=193
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The TV legend, Betty White, has signed on to guest star in the season finale of ABC’s The Middle.

White will play a school librarian who confronts Brick (Atticus Shaffer) about his failure to return numerous overdue books.

Source: EW.

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/betty-white-the-middle/feed 9 The Middle Ratings http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-ratings-2 http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-ratings-2#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:00:58 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=181 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 18-49 (2.1/6), defeating the second half-hour of NBC’s “Mercy” by 24% (1.7/5) and CBS’ “Gary Unmarried” by 5% (2.0/5).

Source: RBR

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-ratings-2/feed 0 Season highs for ‘The Middle’ http://the-middle-abc.com/season-highs-the-middle http://the-middle-abc.com/season-highs-the-middle#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:51:15 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=161 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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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/season-highs-the-middle/feed 0 “The Middle” (ABC) Ratings http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-abc-ratings http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-abc-ratings#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:18:04 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=152 “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 each of the key Women demos (W18-34/W18-49/W25-54).

Source: The Futon Critic

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-abc-ratings/feed 0 Review: ‘The Middle’ – ‘The Yelling’ http://the-middle-abc.com/review-the-middle-the-yelling http://the-middle-abc.com/review-the-middle-the-yelling#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:36:47 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=150 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 a good heart and he’s a decent guy. And he’s good friends with Frankie.
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I think with this episode, ‘The Middle’ strayed further into surreality than we’re used to seeing. I’ve always thought of the show as a surprisingly realistic take on middle class families in middle America, but everything about this episode had reality amped up to the proverbial “eleven.”
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And it’s not even that the episode didn’t have plenty of laughs, because it did. I loved when Sue yelled at Axl that he was the most irresponsible person she’d ever met, and then handed him a baby to take care of. But the same laughs could have been achieved without having to sacrifice that carefully crafted third dimension for our characters.

There were some authentic moments in the episode, though, like the scene with Mike and Frankie in bed when she realized that she’d become a yelling mom, and she didn’t want to be that. It was pure Mike when he said, “Well, it’s too late now.” And the video Frankie made to show them how horrible their behavior was backfired on her so masterfully, that I couldn’t help myself laughing by the end of it.

As long as the heart of the show remains strong, it’ll be fine. Just keep an eye on that reality check light, please.

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