Airtime: 20:00:00(US/Eastern) on ABC. Status: Returning Series. Country: US. Runtime: 30 min

The Middle is an American sitcom television series that premiered on ABC on September 30, 2009. The show features Frances "Frankie" Heck (née Spence, Patricia Heaton), a middle-class, Midwestern woman married to Mike Heck (Neil Flynn) who resides in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana. They are the parents of three children, Axl, Sue, and Brick. It premiered with a 1-hour episode on September 21, 2011.