The Middle is an American sitcom created by DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler for the ABC network.
The Middle stars Patricia Heaton and Neil Flynn as Frankie and Mike Heck, a used-car saleswoman and the manager of a small mining firm respectively, who struggle to raise their children in the fictional middle-class town of Orson, Indiana.
Their three children include the athletic but underachieving, slow-witted Axl (Charlie McDermott), cluelessly unpopular daughter Sue (Eden Sher), and frustrated, odd child-genius Brick (Atticus Shaffer).
The Hecks find themselves embroiled in somewhat unusual events as they attempt to navigate their day-to-day lives.
The series was met with a positive reception from television critics when it premiered on September 30, 2009, with a score of 70 on the aggregated reviews website Metacritic.
[1] On January 25, 2017, ABC renewed the series for a ninth season, later announced to be the show's last.