The Middle
Series aired:
September 30, 2009
Number of seasons:2
Genre:Situation comedy, Comedy
The Middle is an American sitcom television series, airing on ABC since September 30, 2009. The series features Frances "Frankie" Heck , a working-class, Midwestern woman married to Mike Heck who resides in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana. They are the parents of three children, Axl , Sue , and Brick . The series was picked up for a full season of 22 episodes after airing just two episodes. On January 10, 2011, the series was renewed... for a third season by ABC. The third season premiered with a 1-hour episode on September 21, 2011. Frankie Heck and her husband Mike, a manager at a quarry, have lived their whole lives in Orson, a fictitious small town in Indiana. Frankie is so far the least successful salesperson at the local car dealership, a job she explains she took only after the dentist office she worked in had closed down. Axl, the oldest, is her rebellious teenage son. He usually appears at home wearing only boxer shorts and regards any task or chore asked of him to be an enormous imposition. A handsome and confident teen, he is a school star athlete but struggles academically.
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