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The Middle

Genres: Comedy
Broadcast on: SABC3, M-Net, M-Net Series, M-Net Series Zone, Vuzu, Comedy Central Africa, M-Net City, M-Net Family

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7.7

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Seasons

Season 1

Channel Premiere Finale TX Time Episodes
ABC 30 Sep 2009 19 May 2010 Wednesdays, 20h30 - 21h00 24
M-Net 17 Mar 2010 25 Aug 2010 Wednesdays, 20h00 - 20h30 24
M-Net Series 01 Apr 2010 09 Sep 2010 Thursdays, 18h00 - 18h30 24
SABC3 05 Dec 2011 14 May 2012 Mondays, 21h00 - 21h30 24
Comedy Central Africa 25 Jul 2012 04 Sep 2012 Tue-Fri, 19h40 - 20h05 24


Season 1

Forget about athletes, movie stars and politicians. Parents are the real heroes — but Frankie Heck (Patricia Heaton) must be some kind of superhero.

A loving wife and mother of three, she's middle class in the middle of the country and is rapidly approaching middle age.

Frankie and her husband, Mike (Neil Flynn), have lived in Orson, Indiana, their whole lives. A man of few words (every one a zinger), Mike is a manager at the town quarry and Frankie is the third-best used car salesman (out of the three) at the local dealership.

She may not be a high-powered career woman, but when it comes to her family, she'll go to just about any length. And with kids like these, she had better.

There's Axl (Charlie McDermott), her semi-nudist teenage son conceived while under the influence of Guns N' Roses; Sue (Eden Sher), the awkward teenage daughter who fails at everything... but with the utmost of gusto; and their seven-year-old son Brick (Atticus Shaffer), whose best friend is his backpack.

Sometimes it seems like everyone is trying to get to the top, or struggling not to hit bottom, but Frankie and her family will find a lot of love, and a lot of laughs, somewhere in The Middle.


Season 1 Cast

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Frankie Heck

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Mike Heck

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Axl Heck

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Sue Heck

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Brick Heck

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Bob

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Aunt Edie

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Aunt Ginny

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Beth

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Big Mike

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Car Lot P.A. (voice)

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Carly

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Charles F. Barnes

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Darrin

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Guidance Counselor

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Morgan

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Mr. Ehlert

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Mr. Perez

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Mrs. Nethercott

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Mrs. Rettig

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Ms. Barry

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Nancy Donahue

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Old Man/Janitor

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Owen Ehlert

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Pat Spence

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Principal Sholin

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Rita Glossner

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Rodney Gossner

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Sean Donahue

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Sound Guy

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Steve

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Brad Bottig

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Teenage Sales Clerk

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Corey

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Mitch

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Three-year-old Axl


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