The Middle » Television program 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 Casting at The Middle http://the-middle-abc.com/casting-middle http://the-middle-abc.com/casting-middle#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:17:43 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=217 One might say that G. Charles Wright has spent his whole life preparing for a job in casting. “All my childhood was spent in front of a television instead of playing outdoors or doing homework,” he says with a chuckle. He currently works on the hit TV show “The Middle,” starring Patricia Heaton and Neil Flynn, and teaches a popular auditioning class in Los Angeles. Other credits include “That ’70s Show,” PBS’s “Sid the Science Kid,” and numerous pilots and Web shows.

The hardest role we had to cast on “The Middle” was Sue, the daughter, and that had to do with the fact that “The Middle” was a pilot that had already been shot two years before with a different cast. It didn’t quite come together as ABC had wanted it to, but they really liked the story. It was a situation where the writers kept thinking about the girl they had from the first pilot, and it was hard for them to get her out of their heads. Eden Sher came in and pre-read for me. She was one of the very first girls we saw for the role. Brought her to producers and she went through that process, but at that time, I think the producers still had in their minds the performance from the previous actress, so they kind of dismissed everybody. I ended up bringing Eden back in again at the end. By that time, they had seen so many actresses for the part, they really started to look at her with new eyes. Eden was the only actress who came in and played that character with exuberance and zeal. Everybody else played her more goth, kind of down and mopey. Eden makes you remember and root for a character that nobody ever roots for.

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]]> http://the-middle-abc.com/casting-middle/feed 2 The Middle and Screen Actors Guild Awards http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-screen-actors-guild-awards http://the-middle-abc.com/middle-screen-actors-guild-awards#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:26:21 +0000 admin http://the-middle-abc.com/?p=50 Repeat nominees are the rule of thumb at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where the eligibility period is the calendar year—rather than the TV season, as is the case with the Emmys. So, new shows are traditionally given short shrift, as they’ve had only a few months of airtime, compared with the whole 12 of the returning series. But this year may be different, considering breakout shows such as “Modern Family,” “The Good Wife,” and “Nurse Jackie” have emerged as contenders.
“This has been an awfully good fall,” says USA Today’s TV critic Robert Bianco. “And I hope the trend would be that some of the new
work from the summer and fall will be recognized this year.” In addition to Bianco, Back Stage spoke with TV scribes Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly; Chris Beachum, contributor to TheEnvelope.com; and Barry Garron of The Hollywood Reporter to get their picks.

Here is were “The Middle” has potential for nominations:

Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Bianco likes Neil Flynn on “The Middle”.

Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Bianco is rooting for include Patricia Heaton for “The Middle”.

The SAG Awards will air Jan. 23, 2010, on TNT and TBS.

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