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MIDDLE, THE
Air Date: Tuesday, September 04, 2012
Time Slot: 8:00 PM-8:30 PM EST on ABC
Episode Title: (#3X6920) "Get Your Business Done" (Repeat)
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A CHURCH SERMON INSPIRES THE HECK FAMILY TO LIVE LIFE TO ITS FULLEST AND TO HAVE NO REGRETS, AND WHILE MIKE AND THE KIDS SEEM TO HAVE NO PROBLEM PUTTING THIS INTO ACTION, FRANKIE STRUGGLES TO FIND HER OWN LIFE'S MISSION, ON ABC'S "THE MIDDLE"

"Get Your Business Done" - When the Hecks attend a new church, Frankie is inspired by the pastor's sermon about getting one's business in life completed before death rears its ugly head. So she makes it her mission to ensure that her family puts it into practice. To that end, Mike wants to thank his dad for being there for him and his brother after their mom died, Sue starts up her own baby-sitting service, and Brick thinks a new bed will meet the requirement, while Axl believes that helping Brick get his new bed will fulfill his. But Frankie finds it difficult to figure out what it is that she should be doing to fulfill her own life's destiny, on "The Middle," TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. OAD: 4/11/12)

"The Middle" stars Patricia Heaton as Frankie, Neil Flynn as Mike, Charlie McDermott as Axl, Eden Sher as Sue and Atticus Shaffer as Brick.

Guest starring are Malcolm Foster Smith as Dave, Richard Gant as Pastor Watkins, Dierk Torsek as Reverend Hayver, Judith Hoag as Mrs. Jennings, Jeremy Scott Johnson as Mr. Jennings, Robert Capron as Tyler, Alex Staggs as clerk, Lynette DuPree as woman no. 1, Roger J. Timber as man no. 1, Marilyn Sue Perry as woman no. 2 and Chris Erric Maddox as man no. 2.

"Get Your Business Done" was written by Vijal Patel and directed by Blake Evans.

"The Middle" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format with a 5.1 channel surround sound. This program carries a TV-PG,L parental guideline.

For more information on "The Middle," visit ABC.com/TheMiddle

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MIDDLE, THE (ABC)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
9/30/09 - ???
STATUS:
currently airing (spring 2013)
TIME SLOT:
wednesdays from 8:00 PM-8:30 PM EST
CURRENT SEASON:
4 (24 episodes)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
renewed through the 2013-14 season (the show's fifth) on 5/10/13
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's press release, May 2013) Two-time Emmy winner Patricia Heaton stars in this warm and witty single-camera comedy about raising a family and lowering your expectations. Middle-aged, middle class and living in the middle of the country in Orson, Indiana, Frankie Heck is a harried wife and mother of three who uses her wry wit and sense of humor to get her family through each day intact. Having been fired as the least successful sales woman at the town's only surviving car dealership, Frankie re-evaluated her career path and is now working as a dental assistant. Her unflappable husband, Mike, is manager at the local quarry and her sardonic partner in the daily grind that is raising their average - yes, most definitely average - family. "The Middle" stars Patricia Heaton as Frankie, Neil Flynn as Mike, Charlie McDermott as Axl, Eden Sher as Sue and Atticus Shaffer as Brick. "The Middle" was created and is executive-produced by Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline. The series is from Warner Bros. Television.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Atticus Shaffer as Brick
· Charlie McDermott as Axl
· Eden Sher as Sue
· Neil Flynn as Mike
· Patricia Heaton as Frankie
RECURRING/PREVIOUS CAST INFORMATION:
· Chris Kattan as Bob
CREW INFORMATION:
· DeAnn Heline as WRTR (Pilot)
· Eileen Heisler as WRTR (Pilot)
· Julie Anne Robinson as DIR (Pilot)
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Black and Blondie Productions
· Warner Bros. Television