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Sitcom vets head for 'The Middle' and 'Hank'

source: The Watcher

Grammer's most recent sitcom, Fox's long-gone "Back to You," didn't survive, despite the ample skills he and his co-star, Patricia Heaton, displayed (I liked the show). Heaton returns this season with "The Middle" (7:30 p.m. Central Wednesday, ABC; two and a half stars), another show abo...

Published Tue, Sep 29

Hank Will Tank; The Middle May Rise to the Top

source: TV.com

Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton must be a package deal. Or something. Only a year has passed since their feeble FOX comedy, Back to You, was canceled, but both of them have found work in a pair of back-to-back ABC comedies premiering Wednesday night. Grammer plays Hank, a recently-fired e...

Published Tue, Sep 29

Fall TV 2009: The Eight New Shows Worth Watching

source: TVaholic.com

Modern Family (ABC) - Of all the new comedies this season, this is the best written and executed. It is consistently funny and has a great cast. It stars Ed O’Neil (Married…With Children), Julie Bowen (Boston Legal, Ed), Ty Burrell (Back to You, Out of Practice), Sofia Vergara (Dirty Sexy Mo...

Published Sun, Sep 20

"Dancing" with Paula Abdul, Katherine Heigl, and "Ugly Betty": ABC's Steve McPherson Talks to the Press

source: Televisionary

ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson wasn't given in to critics baying for blood at today's executive session at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Pasadena, offering an extremely measured and political response to questions about the departure of riva...

Published Sat, Aug 8

Pilot Inspektor: An Advance Review of ABC's "The Middle"

source: Televisionary

My favorite thing about ABC's new comedy series The Middle might just be youngest son Brick, played with unapologetic realness by Atticus Shaffer. I had the opportunity a few weeks back to watch the full pilot episode of The Middle, which launches on ABC this fall on Wednesday evenings, an...

Published Tue, Jun 2

Predicting the Winners and Losers of Fall TV 2009

source: Film.com

 WA abc's Wednesday Night Comedies: Kelsey Grammar and Patricia Heaton each get another chance to fail like they did with Back to You, only now it's separately in Hank and The Middle. Modern Family is already the low-rated critical darling that gets a full ...

Published Wed, May 27

Fall TV season preview: Networks offer a healthy dose of medical ...

source: Philadelphia Inquirer

 PA Look for: ABC's "Hank," which stars "Frasier's" Kelsey Grammer as a corporate hot shot whose downsizing finds him actually spending more time with his family; ABC's "The Middle," which stars Grammer's "Back to You" co-star, Patricia Heaton ("Everybody ...

Published Wed, May 27

Edie Falco, from Carmela Soprano to Nurse Jackie'

source: Belleville News-Democrat

  USA Both Patricia Heaton ("Everybody Loves Raymond") and Kelsey Grammer ("Frasier") fresh from the flop of their sitcom, "Back to You," will return to the telly in two different comedies on ABC this fall. Grammer plays an industry mogul who loses his job ...

Published Mon, May 25