Patricia Heaton

admin on December 17th, 2009

Image by trainman74 via Flickr Patricia Heaton was chosen as part of TV Squad eight wonderful stars shining in the TV pantheon for 2009: 8. Patricia Heaton. I wasn’t expecting to see Patricia Heaton being anything other than Deborah on Everybody Loves Raymond. Instead, as Francis Heck on The Middle, she’s a completely different person. [...]

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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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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 14th, 2009

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 [...]

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admin on December 9th, 2009

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 [...]

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admin on December 8th, 2009

Indiana’s, the home state of The Middle, Daily Student has a review of The Middle, here are the highlights: The show was sharp and witty, but hidden behind the zingy one-liners was a little condescension. Take the family’s name, Heck, which sounds just a little too much like “hick,” or the fact that during the [...]

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admin on December 6th, 2009

Ray Romano who used to act with Patricia Heaton on “Everybody Loves Raymond” has a new show. LA Times has the story behind it: Those who subscribe to the familiar adage “Dying is easy, comedy is hard” have not been hanging around lately with Ray Romano. The star and inspiration behind the hit family comedy [...]

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admin on December 5th, 2009

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 [...]

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The Middle hits Australia, and News.com.au has an article about The Middle. Here are some highlights from it: PATRICIA Heaton is your everyday knockabout mum. She runs about every morning frantically getting her four boys ready before ferrying them off to school or one of their various sporting commitments. PATRICIA Heaton is your everyday knockabout [...]

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