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[07/30/12 - 11:19 PM]
Development Update: Monday, July 30
Updates include: "Backstrom" lands Hart Hanson, CBS; Ron Howard books "Conquest" at Showtime; and Noah Hawley, John Wells land projects at ABC, FOX.

[11/29/10 - 06:38 PM]
Development Update: Monday, November 29
Updates include: Eliza Dushku joins TNT's "Bird Dog"; D.B. Sweeney to lead "Brain Trust" at TBS; and "Life Unexpected's" Kristoffer Polaha inks talent deal with CBS.

[08/01/10 - 12:11 PM]
ABC at TCA: Lee Just 36 Hours Into New Job
"I am, as you can probably guess, super unprepared," incoming ABC topper Paul Lee told reporters.

[05/24/10 - 06:39 PM]
Development Update: Monday, May 24
Updates include: ABC asks for more "Edgar Floats" scripts; Ken Sanzel joins CBS's "Blue Bloods"; and Miles Millar and Alfred Gough take on ABC's "Charlie's Angeles" revival.

[02/04/10 - 06:45 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, February 4
Updates include: Gary Cole is "Uncle Nigel" for TBS; HBO's "True Blood" adds a 15th role for season three; and Emily Rose to topline Syfy's "Haven."

[10/22/09 - 03:42 PM]
USA Network to Debut New Original Series "White Collar" with Limited Commercials Exclusively Presented by Ford and Ketel One Vodka(R)
The partnership will also include in-show integration in the second half of the season, set to air in January.

[09/08/09 - 06:34 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, September 8
Updates include: trio joins USA's "Covert Affairs"; Richard Russo returns to HBO with drama series; and Natalie Morales lands role on USA's "White Collar."

[07/17/09 - 12:11 PM]
Disney/ABC Television Group Delivers a Packed Slate of Events at Comic-Con, July 23-26
Panels will be devoted to such network/studio-based series as "Lost," "Flash Forward" "Eastwick," "Ghost Whisperer," "Legend of the Seeker," "The Middle," "The Middleman" and "V."

[02/19/09 - 12:45 PM]
Great Hearts of Palm! ABC Family's "The Middleman" Series Finale to Be Released as Special Collector Comic Book Edition; Series to Be Released on DVD This Summer
"The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse" special collector's comic book edition will be released in July.

[08/04/08 - 06:48 PM]
Development Update: Monday, August 4
Updates include: Nigel Lythgoe exits "American Idol"; Kelli Williams to "Lie to Me" for FOX; and plenty of other casting news.

[07/24/08 - 02:00 PM]
Live at the San Diego Comic-Con: "The Middleman"

[06/30/08 - 02:06 PM]
ABC Family Heads to Comic-Con with Stars, Shwag and Sci-Fi Fun
"The Middleman," "Samurai Girl" and "Kyle XY" will all be showcased in panels and autograph sessions.

[06/16/08 - 12:21 AM]
The Futon's First Look: "Middleman, The" (ABC Family)

[05/06/08 - 11:58 AM]
Evil Meets Its Match on June 16! ABC Family's New Original Series "The Middleman" Is Here to Save the Day!
The cable channel confirms the show's time period as Mondays at 8:00/7:00c.

[05/01/08 - 03:54 PM]
ABC Family Announces 2008 Summer and Fall Schedule
Newcomers include "The Middleman," "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," "Samurai Girl," "Sophie" and "Roommates."

[02/01/08 - 06:16 PM]
Development Update: Week of January 28-February 1
Updates include: ABC Family adds four series (and says goodbye to "Wildfire"), Australian actress Anna Torv is named the lead of FOX's "Fringe" and Tyra Banks and Ken Mok are back in business with the CW.

[10/12/07 - 06:16 PM]
Development Update: Week of October 8-12
Updates include: "24's" Kiefer Sutherland reaches a plea agreement over his DUI arrest, CBS Television Distribution looks to spin off "Dr. Phil," FOX eyes an animated revamp of "The Pitts" and plenty of new casting news.

[09/14/07 - 08:45 PM]
Development Update: Week of September 10-14
Updates include: Jason Katims to help out on NBC's "Bionic Woman," TBS to extend "My Boys," FOX begins casting "The Oaks" and A&E issues another cast-contingent pilot order.







MIDDLEMAN, THE (ABC FAMILY)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
6/16/08 - 9/1/08
STATUS:
canceled/ended (2007-2008 season)
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season
SEASON(S):
1 (12 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
confirmed as canceled on 2/19/09
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC Family's press release, May 2008) There are the strange occurrences that can never be explainedincidents with creatures that couldn't possibly be realevil forces lurking in the dark, out of the sight of ordinary peoplebut there is one man out there who fights such evil every day so you don't have to: The Middleman. The wild and weird adventures of "The Middleman" begin Monday, June 16 (8:00 9:00 PM ET/PT) on ABC Family with the premiere of the new original series based on the graphic novels written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach ("Lost," "Medium"). The thirteen-one hour episodes star Matt Keeslar ("Snowglobe"), Natalie Morales ("CSI: Miami"), Mary Pat Gleason ("I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry"), Brit Morgan ("Buried Alive") and Jake Smollett ("Eve's Bayou"). Wendy Watson (Morales) is a 22 year-old art school graduate struggling to stay afloat at a series of dead-end temp jobs. Living with her best friend Lacey (Morgan) in an illegal sublet, she bounces from one temp job to another while putting off her mother's daily inquiries to what she is going to do with her life. Wendy's situation takes a drastic turn during a routine temp assignment at a local laboratory, when she is thrown into the middle of a science experiment gone very wrong. If that weren't bizarre enough, who should show up to save the day, but a mysterious, handsome, gun-wielding stranger who introduces himself only asThe Middleman (Keeslar). A covert hero who neutralizes any and all danger humanity isn't prepared to face, the milk-drinking, ruggedly wholesome Middleman is in need of a new colleague in the fight against otherworldly evil and thinks Wendy fits the bill. After a series of tests that would make grown astronauts weep and Navy Seals beg for mercy, Wendy is quickly recruited into the Middleman ranks. Now fighting comic book-esque criminals under the guidance of her new boss, Wendy tries to wrap her head around the new and definitely weird situation. But the Middleman is sure she can do the job, even though his cranky robot assistant Ida (Gleason) questions his choice every step of the way. Soon Wendy learns that there will always be another unfathomable peril to contain and focusing on her painting will be easier said than done. Now living a double life, can Wendy balance an undercover Middleman mission with "normal" life in her offbeat circle of artist friends?
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Brit Morgan as Lacey
· Jake Smollett as Noser
· Mary Pat Gleason as Ida
· Matt Keeslar as The Middleman
· Natalie Morales as Wendy Watson
CREW INFORMATION:
· Hans Beimler as CO-EP
· Javier Grillo-Marxuach as EP
· Javier Grillo-Marxuach as WRTR (Pilot)
· Jeremiah Chechik as DIR (Pilot)
· Jeremiah Chechik as SP
· John Ziffren as EP
· Jon Pare as PROD/UPM
· Sarah Watson as CO-PROD
· Tracey Stern as SP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Grillo-Marxuach Design Bureau
· Prodco, Inc.