The Middle » Cougar Town 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 ABC’s ‘Middle’ climbs without ‘Hank’ http://the-middle-abc.com/abcs-middle-climbs-hank http://the-middle-abc.com/abcs-middle-climbs-hank#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:08:19 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=56 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 lead-in dragging it down.

“Middle” averaged a 2.4 adults 18-49 rating at 8:30 p.m., according to Nielsen overnights, its second-best rating ever and up 26 percent over its Nov. 4 episode. (ABC aired the “CMA Awards” in the timeslot last week.)

That’s not a spectacular rating, but in a timeslot that lacks a standout show on the Big Four, it was enough to finish second, just 0.1 behind winner “Gary Unmarried” on CBS.

Undoubtedly “Middle” got a boost from airing behind the “Family” rerun, which averaged a 1.9 rating, up 46 percent from the 1.3 that “Hank’s” final episode averaged two weeks ago.

ABC has already given a full-season order to “Middle,” as well as its other two new sitcoms on the night, “Modern Family” and “Cougar Town,” both of which also rose compared to their Nov. 4 outings.

[Source: Media Life Magazine]

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/abcs-middle-climbs-hank/feed 0 ABC Picks Up Cougar Town, Modern Family and The Middle http://the-middle-abc.com/abc-picks-cougar-town-modern-family-middle http://the-middle-abc.com/abc-picks-cougar-town-modern-family-middle#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:22:32 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=24 Cougar Town, Modern Family and The Middle have been picked up for full seasons, reps for the ABC series confirm to TVGuide.com.

The news of ABC ordering more episodes of the Wednesday night comedy block — sans Hank — comes a day after CBS announced the pick ups of The Good Wife and NCIS: Los Angeles.

The Middle, starring Patricia Heaton, opened with a modest 8.7 million viewers and pulled 6.78 million in Wednesday night’s airing.

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