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admin on December 21st, 2009

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California Chronicle talks about three strong comedy series that debuted this year and one of them is The Middle.
‘The Middle’
There’s no question that “Modern Family” is quickly becoming the best comedy on TV, but “The Middle” (8:30 p.m. Wednesday, WTAE) needs more support.
“The Middle” is a loopy, single-camera comedy about a family [...]

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Cleveland.com has an interview with Patricia Heaton, the star of “The Middle”. Here are some of the highlights:
If you’re wondering what she wants on Dec. 25, her wish list is short: “world peace and champagne.” And never mind the candy canes and Hershey kisses, said Heaton, 51, the mother of four sons. She wants [...]

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admin on December 19th, 2009

Another list rankes “The Middle” – the show that most people are missing and the people who watch love — high on the Best of 2009 , this time from TV Squad:
7. The Middle. A lot of people will pick Modern Family over this, but I think The Middle is funnier and isn’t tired up [...]

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admin on December 17th, 2009

What seemed in early fall a rare outbreak of inspired television writing has in recent months become something rarer—not an epidemic, exactly, but a season impressively stocked with creations drenched in wit and enterprise, all unmistakably reflective of a drive toward formula busting. These things are, of course, always relative. In television these days, one [...]

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admin on December 17th, 2009

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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. That, my [...]

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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 11th, 2009

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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 [...]

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admin on December 11th, 2009

Jumping Year to Year, ABC Marks One of its Strongest Wednesdays of the Season

ABC’s Second Replay This Season of “Shrek the Halls” Wins at 8pm

ABC’s “The Middle” Leads its Time Slot, Posting Best-Since-Debut Numbers

With its Strongest Performance in 10 Weeks, ABC’s “Modern Family”
Stands as Wednesday’s No. 1 TV Show in Adults 18-49 and [...]

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Great news – full season for The Middle!
ABC has locked in its scripted commitments for the 2009-10 season.
The news, which was confirmed to the site exclusively by network and studio sources, includes some adjustments to its previously indicated episode orders.

The rest of its lineup – including “Castle,” “The Middle,” “Modern Family,” “Cougar Town,” [...]

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