" The Sino-Mexican Revelation" There are two reasons to love this show. So, all things considered I'm pretty happy with The Middleman.Įpisode 3. It has echoes of the best ideas of Reaper and the pace of Pushing Daisies. So much so that you are inclined to think: I can't believe they are doing this. The dialogue is snappy and witty and guaranteed to provoke a laugh or two. " The Accidental Occidental Conception" This is a funny show. Javier Grillo-Marxuach has had a hand in some of the very best TV shows of the past decade and this looks like a worthy addition to the list.Įpisode 2. A young woman (the gorgeous Natalie Morales) becomes sidekick to a mysterious superhero ( Matt Keeslar) and helps him defeat a talking gorilla with designs on world domination (by killing mob leaders and leaving bananas at the murder scenes!). It's quirky, funny and full of references to everything I love: sixties TV, comics, movie icons. It's easily the best pilot I'm seen this Summer so far and I can't wait to see more. " The Pilot Episode Sanction" is a blast from start to finish. ABC Family is also the destination for Holiday events with 13 Nights of Halloween and 25 Days of Christmas branded programming events. ![]() ABC Family's programming is a mix of quality acquired series and theatricals as well as original movies and scripted dramas. Part of the Disney-ABC-TV Group, ABC Family, distributed in over 95 million homes, features original movies, series and specials reflecting today's families and entertaining and connecting with adults through relevant stories about today's relationships, all told with diversity, dysfunction, passion, humor and heart. Director Jeremiah Chechik acts as supervising producer, with producer Jon Pare, co-producer Sarah Watson and supervising producer Tracey Stern. The series is also executive produced by John Ziffren and co-executive produced by Hans Beimler. The Middleman is created and executive produced by Javier Grillo-Marxuach, based on his Viper Comics Graphic Novels (illustrated by Les McClaine). Now living a double life, can Wendy balance an undercover Middleman mission with "normal" life in her offbeat circle of artist friends? Soon Wendy learns that there will always be another unfathomable peril to contain and focusing on her painting will be easier said than done. 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. 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. 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. The Middleman (Keeslar).Ī 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. 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 as. 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. 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 Watson (Morales) is a 22 year-old art school graduate struggling to stay afloat at a series of dead-end temp jobs. The thirteen one-hour episodes star Matt Keeslar, Natalie Morales ( CSI: Miami), Mary Pat Gleason (I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry), Brit Morgan ( Buried Alive) and Jake Smollett. 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). but there is one man out there who fights such evil every day so you don't have to: The Middleman. evil forces lurking in the dark, out of the sight of ordinary people. incidents with creatures that couldn't possibly be real. There are the strange occurrences that can never be explained.
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