

#STUCK IN THE MIDDLE CHARACTERS SERIES#
The series was created by Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline (who is from Muncie, Indiana) and the pilot was directed by Julie Anne Robinson. ABC later ordered a second pilot tied to Patricia Heaton being cast in the leading role for the 2008-09 development cycle. Atticus Shaffer was the only actor to retain his role when the show was re-developed. The series was originally developed in the 2006–07 development cycle for ABC and was to star Ricki Lake as Frankie. Main article: List of The Middle episodes Season

Other characters include Frankie’s elderly Aunt Edie, Sue's first boyfriend Brad, and Mike’s brother Rusty. The kids are quite different from one another: oldest son Axl, a popular but lazy teenager, does well in sports but not in academics daughter Sue is an enthusiastic young teen but chronically unsuccessful and socially awkward and youngest son Brick is an intelligent but introverted compulsive reader with odd behavioral traits loosely hinted to derive from Asperger syndrome. Her stoic husband Mike manages a local quarry and serves as a stabilizing influence in the family, though Frankie complains about his lack of affection at times. The series is narrated by Frankie, initially an under-performing salesperson at a used-car dealership and later a dental assistant. They are the parents of three children, Axl ( Charlie McDermott), Sue ( Eden Sher), and Brick ( Atticus Shaffer). The series features Frances "Frankie" Heck ( Patricia Heaton), a middle class, middle aged, Midwestern woman and her husband Mike ( Neil Flynn), who reside in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana, based on the real town of Jasper, Indiana. It was shopped to other networks but was never picked up. The Middle was praised by television critics and earned numerous award nominations.Ī spin-off of the series, centered around Eden Sher's character, Sue Heck, was set to launch in 2019. Television and Blackie and Blondie Productions. The Middle was created by former Roseanne and Murphy Brown writers Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline of Blackie and Blondie Productions. The series stars Patricia Heaton and Neil Flynn. The series, set in Indiana, follows a lower middle class family living and facing the day-to-day struggles of home life, work, and raising children. The Middle (stylized as the middle.) is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 30, 2009, to May 22, 2018.
