The Middle 2009
“Oh, and your family's so perfect.”
- Status
- Ended
- First Aired
- September 30, 2009
- Last Aired
- May 22, 2018
- Format
- 9 seasons · 215 eps
- Total Runtime
- ~78.8 hours (22 min/ep)
- Highest Rated Episode
- S8E9 "A Very Marry Christmas" (★ 10/10)
- Created By
- Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline
- Network
- ABC
- Where to Stream
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★ TMDB users: 7.6/10 from 752 votes TV-PG Comedy 9 seasons · 215 eps Ended
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What is The Middle?
The Middle is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from September 30, 2009, until May 22, 2018. Created by Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline, the series is set in the fictional town of Orson, Indiana.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 2009
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 215
- Runtime
- 22 minutes
- First aired
- Sep 30, 2009
- Last aired
- May 22, 2018
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- US
- Networks
- ABC
- Genres
- Comedy
- Updated
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- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 7.6/10 from 752 votes
- Format
- 9 seasons · 215 episodes
- Episode runtime
- ~22 minutes
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- ABC
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The Middle is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from September 30, 2009, until May 22, 2018. Created by Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline, the series is set in the fictional town of Orson, Indiana. The program follows the daily life of a lower middle class family as they navigate the struggles of home life, work, and raising children. The narrative centers on a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family as they encounter various mishaps and attempt to survive life in general. The main cast of the series includes Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn, Charlie McDermott, and Eden Sher. Throughout its run, the show depicted the central challenges faced by the family members in their day-to-day existence. By focusing on these domestic experiences, the series provided a look at the efforts of the characters to manage their responsibilities and interactions within their household and community. The show concluded its broadcast run in 2018 after nine years on the air.
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Should you watch it?
“A lower middle class family navigates the daily struggles of life in small-town Indiana.”
Reasons to watch
- relatable family dynamics
- heartwarming storytelling
Keep in mind
- depicts chaotic home life
Watch it if you enjoy sitcoms about the everyday challenges of raising a family.
The show is a family-oriented sitcom featuring typical domestic mishaps.
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Season 1 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 Pilot Mytharc Sep 30, 2009
- E2 The Cheerleader Core Oct 7, 2009
- E3 The Floating Anniversary Core Oct 14, 2009
- E4 The Trip Core Oct 21, 2009
- E5 The Block Party Core Oct 28, 2009
- E6 The Front Door Core Nov 4, 2009
- E7 The Scratch Core Nov 18, 2009
- E8 Thanksgiving Core Nov 25, 2009
- E9 Siblings Core Dec 2, 2009
- E10 Christmas Core Dec 9, 2009
- E11 The Jeans Core Jan 6, 2010
- E12 The Neighbor Core Jan 6, 2010
- E13 The Interview Core Jan 13, 2010
- E14 The Yelling Core Feb 3, 2010
- E15 Valentine's Day Core Feb 10, 2010
- E16 The Bee Core Mar 3, 2010
- E17 The Break-Up Core Mar 10, 2010
- E18 The Fun House Core Mar 24, 2010
- E19 The Final Four Mytharc Mar 31, 2010
- E20 TV or Not TV Core Apr 14, 2010
- E21 Worry Duty Core Apr 28, 2010
- E22 Mother's Day Core May 5, 2010
- E23 Signals Mytharc May 12, 2010
- E24 Average Rules Mytharc May 19, 2010
Season 2 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 Back to School Mytharc Sep 22, 2010
- E2 Homecoming Core Sep 29, 2010
- E3 The Diaper Incident Core Oct 6, 2010
- E4 The Quarry Core Oct 13, 2010
- E5 Foreign Exchange Core Oct 20, 2010
- E6 Halloween Core Oct 27, 2010
- E7 A Birthday Story Core Nov 3, 2010
- E8 Errand Boy Core Nov 17, 2010
- E9 Thanksgiving II Core Nov 24, 2010
- E10 A Simple Christmas Core Dec 8, 2010
- E11 Taking Back the House Core Jan 5, 2011
- E12 The Big Chill Core Jan 12, 2011
- E13 Super Sunday Core Jan 19, 2011
- E14 Valentine's Day II Core Feb 9, 2011
- E15 Friends, Lies and Videotape Core Feb 16, 2011
- E16 Hecks on a Plane Core Feb 23, 2011
- E17 The Math Class Core Mar 2, 2011
- E18 Spring Cleaning Core Mar 23, 2011
- E19 The Legacy Core Apr 13, 2011
- E20 Royal Wedding Core Apr 20, 2011
- E21 Mother's Day II Core May 4, 2011
- E22 The Prom Core May 11, 2011
- E23 The Bridge Mytharc May 18, 2011
- E24 Back to Summer Mytharc May 25, 2011
Season 3 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 Forced Family Fun (1) Mytharc Sep 21, 2011
- E2 Forced Family Fun (2) Core Sep 21, 2011
- E3 Hecking Order Core Sep 28, 2011
- E4 Major Changes Core Oct 5, 2011
- E5 The Test Core Oct 12, 2011
- E6 Bad Choices Core Oct 19, 2011
- E7 Halloween II Core Oct 26, 2011
- E8 Heck's Best Thing Core Nov 2, 2011
- E9 The Play Core Nov 16, 2011
- E10 Thanksgiving III Core Nov 23, 2011
- E11 A Christmas Gift Core Dec 7, 2011
- E12 Year of the Hecks Core Jan 4, 2012
- E13 The Map Core Jan 11, 2012
- E14 Hecking It Up Core Jan 18, 2012
- E15 Valentine's Day III Core Feb 8, 2012
- E16 The Concert Core Feb 15, 2012
- E17 The Sit Down Core Feb 22, 2012
- E18 Leap Year Core Feb 29, 2012
- E19 The Paper Route Core Mar 14, 2012
- E20 Get Your Business Done Mytharc Apr 11, 2012
- E21 The Guidance Counselor Core May 2, 2012
- E22 The Clover Core May 9, 2012
- E23 The Telling Mytharc May 16, 2012
- E24 The Wedding Mytharc May 23, 2012
Season 4 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 Last Whiff of Summer (1) Mytharc Sep 26, 2012
- E2 Last Whiff of Summer (2) Mytharc Sep 26, 2012
- E3 The Second Act Core Oct 3, 2012
- E4 Bunny Therapy Core Oct 10, 2012
- E5 The Hose Core Oct 17, 2012
- E6 Halloween III: The Driving Core Oct 24, 2012
- E7 The Safe Core Nov 7, 2012
- E8 Thanksgiving IV Core Nov 14, 2012
- E9 Christmas Help Core Dec 5, 2012
- E10 Twenty Years Core Dec 12, 2012
- E11 Life Skills Core Jan 9, 2013
- E12 One Kid at a Time Core Jan 16, 2013
- E13 The Friend Core Jan 23, 2013
- E14 The Smile Core Feb 6, 2013
- E15 Valentine's Day IV Core Feb 13, 2013
- E16 Winners and Losers Core Feb 20, 2013
- E17 Wheel of Pain Core Feb 27, 2013
- E18 The Name Core Mar 27, 2013
- E19 The Bachelor Core Apr 3, 2013
- E20 Dollar Days Core Apr 10, 2013
- E21 From Orson with Love Core May 1, 2013
- E22 Hallelujah Hoedown Core May 8, 2013
- E23 The Ditch Mytharc May 15, 2013
- E24 The Graduation Mytharc May 22, 2013
Season 5 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Drop Off Mytharc Sep 25, 2013
- E2 Change in the Air Core Oct 2, 2013
- E3 The Potato Core Oct 9, 2013
- E4 The 100th Core Oct 23, 2013
- E5 Halloween IV: The Ghost Story Core Oct 30, 2013
- E6 The Jump Core Nov 13, 2013
- E7 Thanksgiving V Mytharc Nov 20, 2013
- E8 The Kiss Core Dec 4, 2013
- E9 The Christmas Tree Core Dec 11, 2013
- E10 Sleepless in Orson Core Jan 8, 2014
- E11 War of the Hecks Core Jan 15, 2014
- E12 The Carpool Core Jan 22, 2014
- E13 Hungry Games Core Feb 5, 2014
- E14 The Award Core Feb 26, 2014
- E15 Vacation Days Core Mar 5, 2014
- E16 Stormy Moon Core Mar 12, 2014
- E17 The Walk Core Mar 26, 2014
- E18 The Smell Core Apr 2, 2014
- E19 The Wind Chimes Core Apr 23, 2014
- E20 The Optimist Core Apr 30, 2014
- E21 Office Hours Core May 7, 2014
- E22 Heck on a Hard Body Core May 14, 2014
- E23 Orlando Mytharc May 21, 2014
- E24 The Wonderful World of Hecks Mytharc May 21, 2014
Season 6 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 6 guide & lore primer →- E1 Unbraceable You Mytharc Sep 24, 2014
- E2 The Loneliest Locker Core Oct 1, 2014
- E3 Major Anxiety Core Oct 8, 2014
- E4 The Table Core Oct 22, 2014
- E5 Halloween V Core Oct 29, 2014
- E6 The Sinkhole Core Nov 12, 2014
- E7 Thanksgiving VI Core Nov 19, 2014
- E8 The College Tour Core Dec 3, 2014
- E9 The Christmas Wall Core Dec 10, 2014
- E10 Pam Freakin' Staggs Core Jan 7, 2015
- E11 A Quarry Story Core Jan 14, 2015
- E12 Hecks on a Train Core Feb 4, 2015
- E13 Valentine’s Day VI Core Feb 11, 2015
- E14 The Answer Core Feb 18, 2015
- E15 Steaming Pile of Guilt Core Feb 25, 2015
- E16 Flirting with Disaster Core Mar 4, 2015
- E17 The Waiting Game Core Mar 25, 2015
- E18 Operation Infiltration Core Apr 1, 2015
- E19 Siblings and Sombreros Core Apr 8, 2015
- E20 Food Courting Core Apr 15, 2015
- E21 Two of a Kind Core Apr 22, 2015
- E22 While You Were Sleeping Core Apr 29, 2015
- E23 Mother's Day Reservations Mytharc May 6, 2015
- E24 The Graduate Mytharc May 13, 2015
Season 7 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 7 guide & lore primer →- E1 Not Your Brother's Drop Off Mytharc Sep 23, 2015
- E2 Cutting the Cord Core Sep 30, 2015
- E3 The Shirt Core Oct 7, 2015
- E4 Risky Business Core Oct 14, 2015
- E5 Land of the Lost Core Oct 21, 2015
- E6 Halloween VI: Tick Tock Death Core Oct 28, 2015
- E7 Homecoming II: The Tailgate Core Nov 11, 2015
- E8 Thanksgiving VII Core Nov 18, 2015
- E9 The Convention Core Dec 2, 2015
- E10 No Silent Night Core Dec 9, 2015
- E11 The Rush Core Jan 6, 2016
- E12 Birds of a Feather Core Jan 13, 2016
- E13 Floating 50 Core Jan 20, 2016
- E14 Film, Friends and Fruit Pies Core Feb 10, 2016
- E15 Hecks at a Movie Core Feb 17, 2016
- E16 The Man Hunt Core Feb 24, 2016
- E17 The Wisdom Teeth Core Mar 16, 2016
- E18 A Very Donahue Vacation Core Mar 23, 2016
- E19 Crushed Core Apr 6, 2016
- E20 Survey Says… Core Apr 13, 2016
- E21 The Lanai Core Apr 27, 2016
- E22 Not Mother's Day Core May 4, 2016
- E23 Find My Hecks Mytharc May 11, 2016
- E24 The Show Must Go On Mytharc May 18, 2016
Season 8 · 23 episodes
Open the complete Season 8 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Core Group Mytharc Oct 11, 2016
- E2 A Tough Pill to Swallow Core Oct 18, 2016
- E3 Halloween VII: The Heckoning Core Oct 25, 2016
- E4 True Grit Core Nov 1, 2016
- E5 Roadkill Core Nov 15, 2016
- E6 Thanksgiving VIII Core Nov 22, 2016
- E7 Look Who's Not Talking Core Nov 29, 2016
- E8 Trip and Fall Mytharc Dec 6, 2016
- E9 A Very Marry Christmas Core Dec 13, 2016
- E10 Escape Orson Mytharc Jan 3, 2017
- E11 Hoosier Maid Core Jan 10, 2017
- E12 Pitch Imperfect Core Jan 17, 2017
- E13 Ovary And Out Core Feb 7, 2017
- E14 Sorry Not Sorry Core Feb 14, 2017
- E15 Dental Hijinks Core Feb 21, 2017
- E16 Swing and a Miss Core Mar 7, 2017
- E17 Exes and Ohhhs Core Mar 14, 2017
- E18 The Par-tay Core Apr 4, 2017
- E19 The Confirmation Core Apr 11, 2017
- E20 Adult Swim Core Apr 18, 2017
- E21 Clear And Present Danger Core May 2, 2017
- E22 The Final Final Mytharc May 9, 2017
- E23 Fight or Flight Mytharc May 15, 2017
Season 9 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 9 guide & lore primer →- E1 Vive La Hecks Mytharc Oct 3, 2017
- E2 Please Don’t Feed the Hecks Core Oct 10, 2017
- E3 Meet the Parents Core Oct 17, 2017
- E4 Halloween VIII: Orson Murder Mystery Core Oct 3, 2017
- E5 Role of a Lifetime Core Oct 31, 2017
- E6 The Setup Core Nov 7, 2017
- E7 Thanksgiving IX Core Nov 14, 2017
- E8 Eyes Wide Open Core Nov 21, 2017
- E9 The 200th Core Dec 5, 2017
- E10 The Christmas Miracle Core Dec 12, 2017
- E11 New Year’s Revelations Core Jan 2, 2018
- E12 The Other Man Core Jan 9, 2018
- E13 Mommapalooza Core Jan 16, 2018
- E14 Guess Who's Coming to Frozen Dinner Core Feb 6, 2018
- E15 Toasted Core Feb 27, 2018
- E16 The Crying Game Core Mar 13, 2018
- E17 Hecks vs. Glossners: The Final Battle Mytharc Mar 20, 2018
- E18 Thank You For Not Kissing Core Apr 3, 2018
- E19 Bat Out Of Heck Core Apr 10, 2018
- E20 Great Heckspectations Core May 1, 2018
- E21 The Royal Flush Core May 8, 2018
- E22 Split Decision Core May 15, 2018
- E23 A Heck of a Ride (1) Mytharc May 22, 2018
- E24 A Heck of a Ride (2) Mytharc May 22, 2018
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Frequently asked questions
What is the setting of the series?
The series is set in the fictional town of Orson, Indiana.
Who are the primary characters?
The series follows a mother named Frankie Heck, her husband Mike, and their three children.
What is the premise of the show?
The show focuses on the daily mishaps of a semi-dysfunctional family attempting to survive life.
When did the series air?
The series aired on ABC from September 30, 2009, to May 22, 2018.
Who created the show?
The series was created by Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline.
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