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New Episode The Middle Season 7, Episode 16

The Middle (season 7)
Season 7
File:The Middle Season 7 Key Art.jpg
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseSeptember 23, 2015 (2015-09-23) –
present (present)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The seventh season of the television comedy series The Middle began airing on September 23, 2015, on ABC in the United States. It is produced by Blackie and Blondie Productions and Warner Bros. Television with series creators DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler as executive producers.

The show is about Frances "Frankie" Heck (Patricia Heaton), a middle-class, middle-aged Midwestern woman married to Michael "Mike" Heck (Neil Flynn) who resides in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana. They are the parents of three children, Axl (Charlie McDermott), Sue (Eden Sher), and Brick (Atticus Shaffer).

On May 7, 2015, ABC renewed The Middle for a seventh season.

Cast

Main cast

Recurring

  • Alphonso McAuley as Hutch, Axl's football teammate and best friend at college
  • Tommy Bechtold as Kenny, Axl and Hutch's weird roommate who is a hardcore gamer. He speaks for the first time in "Halloween VI: Tick Tock Death".
  • Casey Burke as Cindy, Brick's classmate, with whom he is in the early stages of a relationship
  • Jen Ray as Nancy Donahue, the Heck's neighbor and friend
  • Pat Finn as Bill Norwood, the Heck's neighbor and friend.
  • Julie Brown as Paula Norwood, the Heck's neighbor and friend.
  • Lyndon Smith as Holly, Sue's hard-partying, negative dorm roommate
  • Beau Wirick as Sean Donahue, one of Axl's friends who is away at college. He shows up this season with a hipster look, and claims he is now a vegan.
  • Brock Ciarlelli as Brad Bottig, Sue's best friend who briefly dated her in high school. He was about to tell Sue his secret, but she already knew and showed him love and support.
  • Gia Mantegna as Devin Levin, a relative of Frankie's hairdresser and Axl's college classmate/ex-girlfriend. They break up due to Devin feeling they should see other people.
  • Brittany Ross and Natalie Lander as Courtney and Debbie, airheaded cheerleaders who dated Axl as one in high school.
  • Paul Hipp as Reverend Timothy "Tim-Tom" Thomas, the preacher at the Heck's church.
  • Jack McBrayer as Dr. Ted Goodwin, Frankie's boss at the dental office.
  • Jovan Armand as Troy, Brick's large classmate who initially protects him at school, then later becomes his friend.
  • Daniela Bobadilla as Lexie, Sue's college classmate who, like Sue, fails to get accepted by any sororities at the school. She later becomes Sue's dorm mate.

Guest

  • Norm McDonald as Rusty Heck, Mike's brother. He appears in "Risky Business".
  • David Hull as Logan, a guy Sue met on her senior prom night (season 6). He appears in "Land of the Lost".
  • Brooke Shields as Rita Glossner, Frankie and Mike's neighbor. She appears in "Halloween VI: Tick Tock Death".
  • Marsha Mason as Pat Spence, Frankie's mother. She appears in "Homecoming II: The Tailgate".
  • Faith Ford as Sheila, Frankie's co-worker at Heritage Village. She appears in "Thanksgiving VII".
  • John Cullum as "Big Mike" Heck, Mike's father. He appears in "The Convention".
  • Cheryl Hines as Dr. Sommer Samuelson, head of the company that takes over Frankie's dental office. She appears in "The Convention".
  • Josh Cooke as Mr. Grant, Sue's college professor. He appears in "Birds of a Feather".
  • Alan Ruck as Jack Kershaw, Axl's boss at Little Betty. He appears in "Birds of a Feather" and "Film, Friends and Fruit Pies".

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [note 1]Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
1451"Not Your Brother's Drop Off"Lee Shallat ChemelTim HobertSeptember 23, 2015 (2015-09-23)4X71018.21[1]
1462"Cutting the Cord"Danny SallesRich DahmSeptember 30, 2015 (2015-09-30)4X71027.91[2]
1473"The Shirt"Lee Shallat ChemelJana Hunter & Mitch HunterOctober 7, 2015 (2015-10-07)4X71037.30[3]
1484"Risky Business"Phil TraillIlana WernickOctober 14, 2015 (2015-10-14)4X71047.12[4]
1495"Land of the Lost"Lee Shallat ChemelRoy BrownOctober 21, 2015 (2015-10-21)4X71057.08[5]
1506"Halloween VI: Tick Tock Death"Elliot HegartyTim HobertOctober 28, 2015 (2015-10-28)4X71067.43[6]
1517"Homecoming II: The Tailgate"Lee Shallat ChemelIlana WernickNovember 11, 2015 (2015-11-11)4X71077.62[7]
1528"Thanksgiving VII"Elliot HegartyRich DahmNovember 18, 2015 (2015-11-18)4X71087.93[8]
1539"The Convention"Lee Shallat ChemelJana Hunter & Mitch HunterDecember 2, 2015 (2015-12-02)4X71097.64[9]
15410"Not So Silent Night"Melissa KosarDeAnn Heline & Eileen HeislerDecember 9, 2015 (2015-12-09)4X71108.06[10]
15511"The Rush"Lee Shallat ChemelRoy BrownJanuary 6, 2016 (2016-01-06)4X71117.84[11]
15612"Birds of a Feather"Victor NelliTim HobertJanuary 13, 2016 (2016-01-13)4X71127.46[12]
15713"Floating 50"Lee Shallat ChemelRich DahmJanuary 20, 2016 (2016-01-20)4X71137.24[13]
15814"Film, Friends and Fruit Pies"Blake T. EvansJana Hunter & Mitch HunterFebruary 10, 2016 (2016-02-10)4X71146.85[14]
15915"Hecks at a Movie"Lee Shallat ChemelIlana WernickFebruary 17, 2016 (2016-02-17)4X71157.29[15]
16016"The Man Hunt"[16]Danny SallesRoy BrownFebruary 24, 2016 (2016-02-24)TBAN/A

U.S. ratings

No. Title Air date Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Not Your Brother's Drop Off" September 23, 2015 (2015-09-23) 2.1/8[1] 8.21[1] 0.9 2.13 3.0 10.34[17]
2 "Cutting the Cord" September 30, 2015 (2015-09-30) 2.2/8[2] 7.91[2]
3 "The Shirt" October 7, 2015 (2015-10-07) 2.0/7[3] 7.30[3] 0.9 2.9[18]
4 "Risky Business" October 14, 2015 (2015-10-14) 2.0/7[4] 7.12[4] 0.8 2.8[19]
5 "Land of the Lost" October 21, 2015 (2015-10-21) 1.9/7[5] 7.08[5]
6 "Halloween VI: Tic Toc Death" October 28, 2015 (2015-10-28) 2.0/7[6] 7.43[6] 0.8 2.8[20]
7 "Homecoming II: The Tailgate" November 11, 2015 (2015-11-11) 2.0/7[7] 7.62[7]
8 "Thanksgiving VII" November 18, 2015 (2015-11-18) 2.1/7[8] 7.93[8] 0.8 TBA 2.9[21] TBA
9 "The Convention" December 2, 2015 (2015-12-02) 2.0/7[9] 7.64[9] 0.7 1.77 2.7 9.44[22]
10 "Not So Silent Night" December 9, 2015 (2015-12-09) 2.0/7[10] 8.06[10] TBA TBA TBA TBA
11 "The Rush" January 6, 2016 (2016-01-06) 2.1/7[11] 7.84[11] 0.8 2.9[23]
12 "Birds of a Feather" January 13, 2016 (2016-01-13) 1.9/7[12] 7.46[12] 0.7 1.73 2.6 9.18[24]
13 "Floating 50" January 20, 2016 (2016-01-20) 1.8/6[13] 7.24[13] 0.7 2.5[25]
14 "Film, Friends and Fruit Pies" February 10, 2016 (2016-02-10) 1.8/7[14] 6.85[14] TBA TBA TBA TBA
15 "Hecks at a Movie" February 17, 2016 (2016-02-17) 1.9/7[15] 7.29[15] TBA TBA TBA TBA
16 "The Man Hunt" February 24, 2016 (2016-02-24) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

Notes

  1. ^ Beginning October 26, season seven episodes were broadcast two days earlier in Canada.

References

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