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The Middle: Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 30, 2009
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 3
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Metascore
71 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 95 Ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
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  • Summary: Patricia Heaton is a mother and wife working an average job in Indiana.
  • Genre(s): Comedy

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    100
    The writers have great ears for "real" dialogue, and, in fact, not a single line here feels like a dead ball. The characters, too, arrive fully formed and believable. First impressions are absolutely vital in TV, and The Middle makes an excellent one.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Paige Wiser
    88
    The Middle isn't the kind of sitcom you laugh at; it's the kind you laugh with.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    60
    Ms. Heaton is less acerbic than she was on "Everybody Loves Raymond," but just as comical playing an overwhelmed Midwesterner who works at Orson's only surviving car dealership.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 51
  3. Negative: 12 out of 51
  1. KimmyTee
    10
    This show is great. It is always funny. The cast has great chemistry. They are just a working family with three very different kids. They are such a likable family that a lot of people can relate to.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. alexandergreen
    4
    Despite the brilliant Neil Flynn as a major cast member, this show just didn't tickle my funny bone. The premises are possibly funny, and some moments I thought were kind of clever, but overall it didn't impress.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. BobSmith
    3
    Show isn't terrible, and deserves more than 3 stars, but it is SUCH A COPY of Malcom in the Middle that watching the show is disturbing and uncomfortable. Sure, there are legitimate differences, but they don't overcome the fact that the show is such an obvious copy. Can't anyone come up with something original anymore?… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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