Situation Comedy
Desert News has an article about the kids from The Middle, here are some of the highlights:
The three kids on ABC’s “The Middle” defy a lot of sitcom conventions.
They’re not precocious. They’re not the brightest kids in class. They’re not smart alecks. And they’re sort of shockingly real, in a somewhat exaggerated sort of way.
“We [...]
Patricia Heaton is a wife and mom again.
Of course, much is changed on “The Middle,” her freshman ABC domestic comedy, after “Everybody Loves Raymond,” where for nine hit seasons she played a frazzled hausfrau opposite Ray Romano.
“It’s not normally a great choice, to repeat yourself,” says Heaton, acknowledging her knee-jerk reluctance to go home again, [...]
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Channel Surfing bloggers Malavika Jagannathan and Adam Reinhard talked about The Middle; Here are some of the highlights:
Malavika: To be honest, family-centric sitcoms always made me a bit uncomfortable. As much as I loved “The Cosby Show” and, yes, even “Growing Pains,” I grew out of that phase pretty quickly. If I wanted to laugh [...]
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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The Middle may be middling as a comedy, but the freshman sitcom about an atypical middle-American family got a resounding endorsement this past week from ABC executives: renewal for a second season in the fall.
For show-runners Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline, the early pickup is validation of a gentle and genuinely sweet take on raising [...]
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, down-to-earth, [...]
Continue reading about The Top Ten List You Won’t See Anywhere Else: 2009 Edition
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 [...]
Allison Waldman, from TV Squad, is Thankful for “The Middle”, and so are we:
ABC’s The Middle
Yes, I’m surprised to be including this in my list, but I’ve come to look forward to this little Patricia Heaton sitcom. It doesn’t have the hype of other shows, but there’s something very loving and endearing about this dysfunctional, [...]
