The Middle on ABC
Are you watching this show, “The Middle” ? If you are not, you are missing out! I stumbled upon this show by accident. I tuned in for “Hank” since I love Kelsey Grammar and I sat through an entire 30 minutes (even though I hate live tv) and it was a horrible, painful experience. It seems that if you take away the Fraiser character, Mr. Grammar is a terrible actor, who knew? Well, I sat there on the couch knitting something and forgot to change the channel… “The Middle” came on and I said “AHA! Its the janitor dude from “Scrubs” !” So I watched it and what an amusing show! To sum it up, it is a Dad, Mike Heck, working hard at in his construction business, Mom, Frankie Heck, working hard trying to sell cars, all while they are raising 3 kids…Axl, the tortured teenager who rarely wears anything more than boxers, watches too much tv and picks on his younger siblings. Sue, the poster girl for awkward, trying to survive as the middle child who really cant find her niche, since she isnt good at anything. She tries out for everything and never makes it and even gets a “boyfriend” who is more feminine than she is. Last but not least is Brick, the adorable youngest who is overlooked a lot and is uncontrollably weird, yet considerably charming. He just plods along, cute as can be and does this catchy thing where he repeats things he just said under his breath… we are all doing this at my house now. Have you seen “House Bunny” ? It was undeniably stolen from that movie, but much cuter when Brick does it. Add Chris Kattan to the mix and you really have a great sitcom.
"The Middle"
ABC spent so much time advertising “Modern Family”, “Hank”, and “Cougar Town” when they really should have pushed this gem. I was not impressed by “Hank” and I think it was cancelled after 3 or 4 episodes… “Modern Family” clashed with “Law & Order:SVU” (MY FAVE) and “Glee” (JOSH’S FAVE) So we did not catch that one… “Cougar Town” was amusing, but I had to catch that on FOX’s Reality Channel and I dont think they played more than 4 episodes over there… So sorry ABC I think you really missed the boat, but I hope you keep “The Middle” since it is by far my favorite family comedy since “Roseanne”. I read on Wikipedia that after airing just 2 shows they were renewed for a full season with 22 episodes.