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- 2008
- TV-14
- ABC Family
- 2008
- TV-14
- ABC Family
Summary Fighting evil so you don't have to.Wendy Watson is recruited by The Middleman as his protégée. The Middleman, a milk-guzzling comic-book-like superhero, protects humanity from the supernatural forces that lurk in the shadows.The Middleman is based on Javier Grillo-Marxuach's series of graphic novels.
- 2008
- TV-14
- ABC Family
- 2008
- TV-14
- ABC Family
The Middleman
Season 1 Premiere: Jun 16, 2008
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Summary Fighting evil so you don't have to.Wendy Watson is recruited by The Middleman as his protégée. The Middleman, a milk-guzzling comic-book-like superhero, protects humanity from the supernatural forces that lurk in the shadows.The Middleman is based on Javier Grillo-Marxuach's series of graphic novels.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
73
88% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
13% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Bright and breezy, The Middleman manages the increasingly rare feat of being knowing but not snide. It's a show, frankly, for people who love (and have probably watched too much) TV. By that standard, it's far from the middle, but rather rises straight to the top.
Middleman skillfully incorporates real-life details into its fantastic scenarios. Its characters aren’t just Manichaean warriors; they also live the kinds of lives that people read comic books to escape from.
The special effects have wacky charm--not surprising for a series based on graphic novels. Yet the dialogue is even more special. Javier Grillo-Marxuach, creator of the novels and the series, gives his characters witty, distinctive things to say.
The Middleman is at once retro and post-modern, the sort of result you'd get if you threw "The Tick" and the '50s black-and-white "Superman" TV show into a blender. And it's quite a lot of fun.
This is good summer entertainment, like a Saturday afternoon B-movie matinee transposed to Monday-night TV.
The Middleman is so light as to feel almost weightless, and compared to much TV, that comes as a relief. If comic books are meant to be escape, there are far worse worlds to camp in for the summer.
The creatures are essentially designed as bowling pins for our protagonists to knock over with a well-placed shot and a quip, and Keeslar and Morales’ interaction is nothing if not playful and lively. But you’re left not really knowing if you want to come return and spend a whole lot more time with this quarrelsome twosome.
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 7 User Ratings
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Production Company:
- ABC Family
Initial Release Date: Jun 16, 2008
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
