The Middle » Programs 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 Meeting in The Middle with Patricia Heaton http://the-middle-abc.com/meeting-middle-patricia-heaton http://the-middle-abc.com/meeting-middle-patricia-heaton#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 19:19:34 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=221 TV.com has an interview with Patricia Heaton from The Middle; Here are the highlights:

How has your relationship with The Middle’s child actors changed over the course of the show’s first season?
It’s so interesting when you start a show. You’re supposed to be playing a family and nobody knows each other. Even hugging each other is weird! They’ve been terrific since the beginning, but it’s great to have gotten to know them over the course of 20-some episodes. And I’ve seen everybody grow as actors as their characters expand, [and] as the writers find more for them to do. They’re just so up-to-the-challenge, and it’s really fun for actors to see where characters go and what their relationships are. Because when you start something, you don’t know anything about them other than that one script you have.

What can we expect from upcoming seasons?
I’m not sure if this is going to happen, but at my house this year, we had a foreign exchange student stay with us for ten days, and I kept going into work and talking about it and how awkward it was. [laughs] And we were joking about what a foreigner would think of the Heck family. So there’s a good chance that the Heck family might be hosting a foreign exchange student next year.

That would be really fun, especially in a Midwestern setting.
It’s funny because my producer was saying, “Wait a minute, [your foreign exchange student] is going to think every American kid has a mom on television and a swimming pool and this glamorous life. He’s going to go back with a completely skewed view of America!”

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/meeting-middle-patricia-heaton/feed 1 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.

The Middle

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/review-the-middle-the-yelling/feed 0 “The Middle” Ratings http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-ratings http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-ratings#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:26:42 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=137 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 only broadcaster to grow in the time period.

At 8:30 p.m., a replay ABC’s “The Middle” defeated NBC’s original Mercy by 21% in Adults 18-49 (1.7/4 vs. 1.4/4). Despite facing “Idol,” “The Middle” posted its second-highest repeat number to date.

Source: RBR

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-ratings/feed 0 ABC Gets its Mid-Season Report Card http://the-middle-abc.com/abc-midseason-report-card http://the-middle-abc.com/abc-midseason-report-card#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:47:40 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=110
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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 ratings force to be reckoned with thanks to the success of freshman newcomers THE MIDDLE, MODERN FAMILY and COUGAR TOWN.

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/abc-midseason-report-card/feed 0 The Middle – Brick http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-brick http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-brick#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:19:52 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=90 Brick the middle
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 it, like it’s a regular routine of his to catch his reflection either slacking or rebelling. I wonder if he does the same show with his shadow?

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-brick/feed 0 “The Middle” – Siblings http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-siblings http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-siblings#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:22:03 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=74 The Middle Season 1, Episode 9 – Siblings.

Frankie observes what she thinks are the perfect siblings, and it becomes her mission in life to make her kids stop fighting with one another and interact as a loving family. Meanwhile, Mike contemplates firing Aunt Edie after she makes a costly mistake at the quarry.

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-siblings/feed 0 Review: The Middle – The Scratch http://the-middle-abc.com/review-middle-scratch http://the-middle-abc.com/review-middle-scratch#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:02:55 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=52 TV Squad has a review of last night’s episode of “The Middle”, here are the highlights:
Right from the beginning, The Middle had me in familiar territory. I remember rushing around the house gathering trash and trying to get it out to the curb before the trash truck finished at the neighbor’s house. And I remember just missing it; what a horrible feeling that was.

From there, while I was still able to enjoy the episode for the laughs it offered, I was just as equally terrified. As a parent, I’ve often wondered just how close we are to having the state take our children away. How innocent a comment or statement would it take before these agencies swoop down on our lives with all their self-righteous glory and scare the living crap out of us that they’re going to tear our families apart?
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As always, Sue was a highlight of the episode. She spent most of it crying at the prospect of the family being torn asunder, but still got in a great visual gag when she ran into the sliding glass door. I also totally agree with Frankie’s assessment that this is why you don’t clean glass doors. Those things are dangerous.

eden-sher

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