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[[File:Malcolm in the Middle (maison de tournage) par Lunon.JPG|thumb|The house at 12334 Cantura Street as it appeared in 2009.]]
[[File:Malcolm in the Middle (maison de tournage) par Lunon.JPG|thumb|The house at 12334 Cantura Street as it appeared in 2009.]]
Much of the filming for ''Malcolm in the Middle'' was done [[location shooting|on location]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Finer|first1=Abby|last2=Pearlman|first2=Deborah|title=Starting Your Television Writing Career: The Warner Bros. Television Writers Workshop Guide|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Z46yeRpalUYC&pg=PA234|accessdate=February 3, 2014|date=January 2004|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=978-0-8156-0831-8|page=234}}</ref> in various parts of the [[studio zone|Thirty Mile Zone]] around [[Los Angeles]]. A privately owned home, located at 12334 Cantura Street in [[Studio City, Los Angeles|Studio City]], was rented for upwards of $3,000 a day to film as Malcolm's house.<ref>{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Tricia|title=As seen on TV!|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,165987,00.html|accessdate=February 4, 2014|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 5, 2001|quote=They pay about $3,000 to $4,000 a day.}}</ref> Rebuilt in 2011, the property is no longer recognisable due to its modern two-floor design.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/12334-Cantura-St-Studio-City-CA-91604/20027798_zpid/|title=12334 Cantura St., Studio City, CA 91604|accessdate=November 5, 2014}}</ref> School scenes were filmed at [[Walter Reed Middle School]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvmaps.co.uk/school-where-malcolm-middle-was-filmed |title=The school where Malcolm in the Middle was filmed |accessdate=March 13, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Filming locations for Malcolm in the Middle |publisher=IMDB |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212671/locations}}</ref> also in Studio City, and the Lucky Aide was represented by a Drug Emporium at 6020 [[Lankershim Boulevard]] in [[North Hollywood]]. In "Stock Car Races," when Hal and the boys are entering a race track, the billboard behind the entrance displays the place as [[Irwindale Speedway]], a real race track in Southern California. The last episode in the first season ("Waterpark") was filmed at a water park called [[Wild Rivers (water park)|Wild Rivers]] located in [[Irvine, California]].
Much of the filming for ''Malcolm in the Middle'' was done [[location shooting|on location]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Finer|first1=Abby|last2=Pearlman|first2=Deborah|title=Starting Your Television Writing Career: The Warner Bros. Television Writers Workshop Guide|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Z46yeRpalUYC&pg=PA234|accessdate=February 3, 2014|date=January 2004|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=978-0-8156-0831-8|page=234}}</ref> in various parts of the [[studio zone|Thirty Mile Zone]] around [[Los Angeles]]. A privately owned home, located at 12334 Cantura Street in [[Studio City, Los Angeles|Studio City]], was rented for upwards of $3,000 a day to film as Malcolm's house.<ref>{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Tricia|title=As seen on TV!|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,165987,00.html|accessdate=February 4, 2014|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 5, 2001|quote=They pay about $3,000 to $4,000 a day.}}</ref> Rebuilt in 2011, the property is no longer recognisable due to its modern two-floor design.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gmapslocationtours.blogspot.com/2014/07/malcolmshousetorndown.html|title=Malcolm's House Torn Down|accessdate=January 4, 2015}}</ref> School scenes were filmed at [[Walter Reed Middle School]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvmaps.co.uk/school-where-malcolm-middle-was-filmed |title=The school where Malcolm in the Middle was filmed |accessdate=March 13, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Filming locations for Malcolm in the Middle |publisher=IMDB |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212671/locations}}</ref> also in Studio City, and the Lucky Aide was represented by a Drug Emporium at 6020 [[Lankershim Boulevard]] in [[North Hollywood]]. In "Stock Car Races," when Hal and the boys are entering a race track, the billboard behind the entrance displays the place as [[Irwindale Speedway]], a real race track in Southern California. The last episode in the first season ("Waterpark") was filmed at a water park called [[Wild Rivers (water park)|Wild Rivers]] located in [[Irvine, California]].


Studio filming for ''Malcolm in the Middle'' took place at the Radford Avenue [[CBS Studio Center]] in Studio City.<ref>{{cite book|last=Alleman|first=Richard|title=Hollywood: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie L.A.|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=OPRKEpwjfLQC&pg=PA426|accessdate=February 4, 2014|date=March 6, 2013|publisher=Crown Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8041-3777-5|pages=424–426}}</ref>
Studio filming for ''Malcolm in the Middle'' took place at the Radford Avenue [[CBS Studio Center]] in Studio City.<ref>{{cite book|last=Alleman|first=Richard|title=Hollywood: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie L.A.|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=OPRKEpwjfLQC&pg=PA426|accessdate=February 4, 2014|date=March 6, 2013|publisher=Crown Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8041-3777-5|pages=424–426}}</ref>

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Malcolm in the Middle
GenreSitcom
Created byLinwood Boomer
StarringFrankie Muniz
Jane Kaczmarek
Bryan Cranston
Christopher Masterson
Justin Berfield
Erik Per Sullivan
James Rodriguez
Lukas Rodriguez
Catherine Lloyd Burns
Opening theme"Boss of Me" by They Might Be Giants
Ending theme"Boss of Me" (instrumental)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes151 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setupPanavision; Single-camera
Running time21–23 minutes
Production companiesSatin City
Regency Television
Fox Television Studios
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseJanuary 9, 2000 (2000-01-09) –
May 14, 2006 (2006-05-14)

Malcolm in the Middle is an American sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000 and ended its six-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes. The series received critical acclaim, and won a Peabody Award, seven Emmy Awards, one Grammy Award, and seven Golden Globe nominations.[1]

The series follows a family of six (later seven), and stars Frankie Muniz in the lead role of Malcolm, a more-or-less normal boy who tests at genius level. He enjoys being smart, but he despises having to take classes for gifted children, who are mocked by the other students who call them "Krelboynes", a reference to the nerdy Seymour Krelboyne from The Little Shop of Horrors. Jane Kaczmarek is Malcolm's overbearing, authoritarian mother, Lois, and Bryan Cranston plays his immature but loving father, Hal. Christopher Masterson plays eldest brother Francis, a former rebel who, in earlier episodes, was in military school, but eventually marries and settles into a steady job. Justin Berfield is Malcolm's dimwitted older brother Reese, a schoolyard bully who tortures Malcolm at home even while he defends him at school. Younger brother Dewey, a genius musician, is portrayed by Erik Per Sullivan. For the first few seasons, the show's focus was on Malcolm. As the series progressed, however, it began to explore all six members of the family equally. A fifth son—Jamie—was introduced as a baby towards the middle of the series.

Malcolm in the Middle was produced by Satin City and Regency Television in association with Fox Television Studios (syndicated by Fox corporate sibling 20th Television). The show has proven popular worldwide and has been syndicated in 57 countries. In the United States, it had been syndicated during the day on FX and at night on Nickelodeon's sister channel TeenNick, as well as local stations. In the United Kingdom, it originally aired on Sky1 then eventually began on BBC Two, its HD counterpart and Sky2, however after Sky stopped airing repeats of the show, the rights were bought by Channel 5 and are now shown on 5*. In Ireland it aired on TV3's sister channel 3e. It was also syndicated on Network Ten in Australia (originally airing on the Nine Network) and on Comedy Central in India. In Canada, episodes were shown on the Global Television Network.

The show placed No. 88 on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list,[2] and was named by Alan Sepinwall of HitFix as one of the 10 best shows in Fox network history.[3]

Premise

Set in a suburban neighborhood in the fictional Tri-County Area, Malcolm in the Middle is about a boy named Malcolm and his dysfunctional family.[4][5] The show stars Frankie Muniz as Malcolm, the third of four (later five) boys, his brothers, and their parents, Lois (Jane Kaczmarek) and Hal (Bryan Cranston). The oldest, Francis (Christopher Masterson), was sent away to military school, leaving at home his three younger brothers, Reese (Justin Berfield), Malcolm, and Dewey (Erik Per Sullivan), Malcolm being the middle child still at home. In season four, the character Jamie (James and Lukas Rodriguez) was added to the show as the fifth son. The show's early seasons centered on Malcolm dealing with the rigors of being an adolescent and enduring the eccentricities of his life. Later seasons gradually explored the other members of the family and their friends in more depth, including others such as Craig Feldspar, Lois' coworker, Stevie Kenarban, and Stevie's dad Abe.

The series was different from many others in that Malcolm broke the fourth wall by talking directly to the viewer,[6][7] all scenes were shot using a single-camera setup,[8] and the show employed neither a laugh track nor a live studio audience.[8][9] Emulating the style of hour-long dramas, this half-hour show was shot on film instead of video.[10] Another distinctive aspect of the show is that the cold open of every episode is unrelated to the main story. Exceptions were episodes which were the conclusions of "two-parters"; each part two episode opened with a recap of its part one episode.

Characters

Main article: Characters of Malcolm in the Middle

The family

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Francis (Masterson), Lois (Kaczmarek), Hal (Cranston), Malcolm (Muniz), Dewey (Sullivan), and Reese (Berfield), pictured in early season one
  • Malcolm (Frankie Muniz): the title character of the series. Malcolm is a genius with an IQ of 165 and a photographic memory.[11][12] Because of this, he is placed in a class for gifted students (or 'Krelboynes" as they are known at the school).[13] His intelligence, as well as feelings of not fitting in, and large ego cause numerous problems for him over the course of the series. As the title suggests, Malcolm is initially the middle child of the three living at home; chronologically, he is Hal and Lois' third son. His best friend is Stevie Kenarban.
  • Lois (Jane Kaczmarek): The family's hot-headed and stubborn mother. She struggles throughout the series to keep her badly behaved boys in check while maintaining a job at a Lucky Aide drugstore.[14]
  • Hal (Bryan Cranston): Hal is Lois's husband and Francis, Reese, Malcolm, Dewey, and Jamie's father. Hal is an inept but caring father, and completely dependent on Lois.
  • Reese (Justin Berfield): Hal and Lois' second son.[15] He is the older brother of Malcolm, Dewey, and Jamie, and younger brother of Francis. Reese is the most impulsive of the boys.[16] He lacks common sense and is frequently outwitted by other family members.[16] Despite being unwilling to think and having little intelligence, he excels at cooking and baking.[17]
  • Dewey (Erik Per Sullivan): Hal and Lois' fourth son. He is the youngest child until the birth of Jamie, and often falls victim to his brothers' pranks.[18] Dewey is very intelligent and musically gifted. He plays the piano.[19] Despite his intelligence, he is placed in a remedial class for slower students (or "Buseys") due to a misunderstanding.[20] Dewey remains in the class and serves as their self-appointed teacher. By the seventh and final season of the show, the Busey class is no longer mentioned.
  • Francis (Christopher Masterson): Hal and Lois' first son. At the beginning of the series, he is attending military school in Alabama,[21] run by the strict Commandant Spangler (Daniel von Bargen).[15] He has himself legally emancipated at the start of Season 3, leaves the school, and travels to Alaska.[22] He finds work at a logging camp and later meets and marries Piama (Emy Coligado), a woman of Inuit heritage.[23] When the camp closes, they move to the western United States and take jobs at a Wild West-themed hotel/ranch, run by kindly but eccentric German, Otto Mannkusser (Kenneth Mars), and his wife, Gretchen (Meagen Fay).[24] Francis and his mother have a mutual love-hate relationship. Although a juvenile delinquent, he is street-smart. Francis becomes a less frequently seen character after season 5, becoming an occasional recurring character and making only a small handful of appearances in Season 6 and the final Season 7.[15] Whereas he was featured regularly in previous seasons as a side-story to the main family, Francis' steady job disappeared in season 6 due to legal issues, and he returned to being a delinquent, leading a questionable and poor lifestyle with his wife, Piama.
  • Jamie (James and Lukas Rodriguez): Hal and Lois' fifth son, born at the end of Season 4.[25] Despite his infancy, he is shown to already have some of his brothers' habits, such as stealing and disrespecting Lois.[26]

Recurring characters

  • Craig Lamar Traylor as Stevie Kenarban, Malcolm's best friend who's in the Krelboyne class and uses a wheelchair. Stevie has difficulty breathing and is revealed in season 5 to have only one lung.
  • David Anthony Higgins as Craig Feldspar, Lois' overweight coworker, who has a crush on Lois. He is very geeky and self-absorbed. In the rare event he is given actual power, he can also be as bossy as Lois, but much less competent.
  • Emy Coligado as Piama Tananahaakna, Francis' wife. She is an Iñupiat Alaska Native. She is a good wife to Francis and helps him resolve troublesome situations, but is disliked by Francis' mother, Lois.
  • Eric Nenninger as Eric Hanson, Francis' somewhat naive friend from military school who precedes Francis to Alaska. It is his call which brings Francis to Alaska.
  • Catherine Lloyd Burns as Caroline Miller, Malcolm's "overly earnest" teacher. She ardently adores Malcolm due to his intelligence. Francis uses her adoration to pay a medical bill to stitch up Malcolm in one episode.[27] She is the teacher of the Krelboynes in Season 1.
  • Kenneth Mars as Otto Mannkusser, Francis' boss who owns the ranch he works at after he leaves Alaska. He is of German descent and he is a kind-hearted person. He is married to Gretchen.
  • Evan Matthew Cohen, Kyle Sullivan, Kristin Quick, Will Jennings, and Victor Z. Isaac all play Krelboynes from Malcolm's class.
  • Gary Anthony Williams as Abe Kenarban, Stevie's overprotective father and Hal's best friend.
  • Daniel von Bargen as Commandant Edwin Spangler, the head of Marlin Academy. He is missing his right eye, his left hand, and his ring finger on his right hand, and he actually never served war time. He despises Francis because he fought against him. In the end, he loses his other hand.
  • Cloris Leachman as Grandma Ida, Lois' mother and Malcolm's grandmother. She despises Francis and Lois, except on one occasion when she was kind to Lois. and the whole family hates her. She lost her leg saving Dewey from being hit by a truck, one of her few recorded good deeds. She once tried to sue Lois, her own daughter, for slipping on a leaf in the walkway of Lois's house and becoming temporarily injured.
  • Meagen Fay as Gretchen Mannkusser, Otto's wife who helps out at the ranch.
  • Karim Prince as Cadet Stanley, Marlin Academy student, Francis' best friend and informal bodyguard during the show's first season.
  • Kasan Butcher, Drew Powell, and Arjay Smith all play Francis' friends at Marlin Academy.
  • Sandy Ward, John Ennis, Richard Gross, and Christopher Michael Moore all play Francis' friends at the Alaskan logging camp.
  • Dan Martin, Jonathan Craig Williams, Edward James Gage, and Alex Morris all play Hal's poker friends.
  • Chris Eigeman as Lionel Herkabe, the second teacher of the Krelboyne class and a former Krelboyne himself. Despite sharing many of the same personality traits, he and Malcolm hate each other. He is also bossy, stubborn, and sadistic.
  • Brenda Wehle as Lavernia, Francis' first boss, a malevolent woman.
  • Merrin Dungey played two different, unrelated characters.[28] In the pilot episode Dungey plays Malcolm's teacher before he transfers to the Krelboyne class. Later in the first season, she appears as Kitty Kenarban, Stevie's mother who left him and Abe, but then returned.
  • Todd Giebenhain as Richie, Francis' friend.
  • Cameron Monaghan, Danny McCarthy, and Amy Bruckner as Dewey's special-ed class friends.
  • Tania Raymonde as Cynthia, a Krelboyne girl who had a crush on Malcolm but left for Europe and later returned. Her dad is played by Fred Sanders.
  • Hayden Panettiere as Jessica, a girl hired to babysit Reese, Malcolm, and Dewey who later ends up living on their couch temporarily after her dad is arrested.
  • Landry Allbright as Julie Houlerman, a girl who Malcolm had a crush on.
  • Julie Hagerty as Polly, Jamie's babysitter, who is extravagantly open about her personal problems and medical conditions.
  • Steve Vinovich as Mr. Hodges, the school principal (season 7).

Episodes

Main article: List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
116January 9, 2000 (2000-01-09)May 21, 2000 (2000-05-21)
225November 5, 2000 (2000-11-05)May 20, 2001 (2001-05-20)
322November 11, 2001 (2001-11-11)May 12, 2002 (2002-05-12)
422November 3, 2002 (2002-11-03)May 18, 2003 (2003-05-18)
522November 2, 2003 (2003-11-02)May 23, 2004 (2004-05-23)
622November 7, 2004 (2004-11-07)May 15, 2005 (2005-05-15)
722September 30, 2005 (2005-09-30)May 14, 2006 (2006-05-14)

Production

Opening titles

The opening titles feature short clips from cult films or television shows, edited together with clips from the early seasons of the TV series. The original opening includes, in order of appearance:

Filming

The house at 12334 Cantura Street as it appeared in 2009.

Much of the filming for Malcolm in the Middle was done on location[33] in various parts of the Thirty Mile Zone around Los Angeles. A privately owned home, located at 12334 Cantura Street in Studio City, was rented for upwards of $3,000 a day to film as Malcolm's house.[34] Rebuilt in 2011, the property is no longer recognisable due to its modern two-floor design.[35] School scenes were filmed at Walter Reed Middle School,[36][37] also in Studio City, and the Lucky Aide was represented by a Drug Emporium at 6020 Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood. In "Stock Car Races," when Hal and the boys are entering a race track, the billboard behind the entrance displays the place as Irwindale Speedway, a real race track in Southern California. The last episode in the first season ("Waterpark") was filmed at a water park called Wild Rivers located in Irvine, California.

Studio filming for Malcolm in the Middle took place at the Radford Avenue CBS Studio Center in Studio City.[38]

Chris Masterson would take a diminished role starting with Season 6 of the show in favor of getting behind the camera, directing and writing some episodes in Seasons 6 and 7.

Music

The show's theme song, "Boss of Me", was written and recorded by the alternative rock group They Might Be Giants.[39] The song won the "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" award at the 2002 Grammy Awards.[40] The band also performed nearly all of the incidental music for the show in its first two seasons.[41]

Mood setting music is sprinkled throughout the series, in lieu of audience laughter, in a way that resembles feature film more than other TV sitcoms. Some examples of this highly varied music include ABBA, Basement Jaxx, Sum 41, Kenny Rogers, Lords of Acid, The Getaway People, En Vogue, Electric Light Orchestra, Phil Collins, Tears for Fears, Quiet Riot, Queen, Titán, and Citizen King whose song "Better Days" is played at the end of both the pilot episode and the series finale. The Southern California pop-punk band Lit have many of their songs featured in several episodes. Lit songs that were never released as singles were also used.

A soundtrack, Music from Malcolm in the Middle, was released on November 21, 2000.[42]

Home media releases

Only the first season of Malcolm in the Middle has been released on DVD in the U.S. Season 2 was set to be released in the fall of 2003, but was cancelled due to high costs of music clearances.[43]

DVD name Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 French release date Ep # # of discs Extras and notes
The Complete First Season October 29, 2002 September 24, 2012[44] September 4, 2013[45] March 4, 2014[46] 16 3 Extended pilot episode, A Stroke of Genius featurette, commentary on select episodes, gag reel, deleted scenes, alternate show openings, bloopers, Dewey's Day Job featurette.
The Complete Second Season N/A November 19, 2012[47] September 4, 2013[48] Spring 2014 25 4 Still Gallery
The Complete Third Season February 4, 2013[49] September 4, 2013[50] 22 3 Still Gallery is written in the boxset but its absent from the actual DVDs
The Complete Fourth Season March 4, 2013[51] September 4, 2013[52] 22 3 Still Gallery is written in the boxset but its absent from the actual DVDs
The Complete Fifth Season April 29, 2013[53] September 4, 2013[54] 22 3
The Complete Sixth Season May 27, 2013[55] September 4, 2013[56] 22 3
The Complete Seventh and Final Season October 7, 2013[57] September 4, 2013[58] 22 3
The Complete Collection Box Set October 17, 2013[59] September 4, 2013[60] 151 22 Extended pilot episode, A Stroke of Genius featurette, commentary on select episodes, gag reel, deleted scenes, alternate show openings, bloopers, Dewey's Day Job featurette, Season 2 Still Gallery.

In February 2012, it was announced that Fabulous Films would be releasing the first season of the show in the UK in April, as well as releasing each subsequent season the following month, ending with a complete series set near Christmas 2012.[61] However, in late March 2012, several retailers had removed the release date from their websites; this was later revealed to be because of "technical issues with the Masters" and that the release date had been pushed back to June.[62] Other seasons will now follow on either a monthly or bi-monthly basis.[63]

All the UK DVD releases are intact as originally aired with no cuts, with the original music, with the exception of one Season 3 episode "Company Picnic" which was originally aired as a one-hour special, before being re-edited and split into two parts for syndication. The DVD presents the syndicated version.

All seven seasons as well as the complete series set were released in Australia in September 2013. The complete series set altered the separate seven season sets to fit into four volumes.[60]

All episodes are in NTSC format, despite several sets being listed as PAL. They are also in 16:9 widescreen format and lack optional subtitles, although they are mistakenly labeled as including them (with the exception of the first season, which is ported from the U.S. release and includes subtitles). The subtitles being labeled as included was fixed in the complete boxset. The opening theme of Season 1, the extended pilot and all extras are in 4:3. In season 2 and 7 opening theme is not 4:3 but has an extended picture effect instead of the black bars. In seasons 3 to 6 the opening theme is in 16:9. Some episodes, due to the only widescreen source having them, includes the TV PG and fox widescreen logos on them but no TV logo.

The show is rated  PG  for Parental Guidance in Australia and  PG  in New Zealand for violence, coarse language and sexual references.

Reception

Season one holds a Metacritic score of 88 out of 100, based on 25 reviews, indicating "Universal Acclaim".[64]

Ratings

The show quickly gained a large viewer base, starting off with ratings of 23 million for the debut episode[65] and 26 million for the second episode.[66]

Fox shuffled the show's air time repeatedly to make room for other shows, eventually giving it a free pass[clarification needed] in its seventh and last season. On January 13, 2006, Fox announced that the show would be moving to 7:00 pm on Sundays effective January 29, 2006.[67] On January 17, 2006, Fox announced the cancellation of the series, with the 151st and final episode airing at 8:30 pm ET/PT (the show's original timeslot) on May 14, 2006.[68] The finale was watched by 7.4 million.[69]

Season Season premiere Season finale TV season Ranking Viewers
(in millions)
1st January 9, 2000 May 21, 2000 1999–2000 #18[70] 15.2[70]
2nd November 5, 2000 May 20, 2001 2000–2001 #22[71] 14.5[71]
3rd November 11, 2001 May 12, 2002 2001–2002 #25[72] 13.0[72]
4th November 3, 2002 May 18, 2003 2002–2003 #43[73] 10.7[73]
5th November 2, 2003 May 23, 2004 2003–2004 #71[74] 8.4[74]
6th November 7, 2004 May 15, 2005 2004–2005 #99[75] 5.6[75]
7th September 30, 2005 May 14, 2006 2005–2006 #127[76] 3.8[76]

In Australia, in 2001 Malcolm in the Middle premiered on Channel Nine, Monday nights at 8:00 pm. It rated strongly, with the help from its lead-in Friends, which at the time rated 2,279,000, 2,031,000 and 2,410,000 as the night's most watched show, and year's 2nd most watched TV program. Malcolm in the Middle's ratings included 1,952,000, 1,925,000, 1,712,000, 1,644,000, and sometimes rating over the 2 million mark: 2,002,000, 2,008,000.

In France, the show first aired daily at 8 pm in December 2001, on M6, but did not find its public and was quickly off schedule. Then, when the show made its comeback in the summer of 2003 at noon, it had a big success. The last seasons had over 1.5 million viewers and a share sometimes over 30%. Due to the show's popularity, the network is currently still broadcasting reruns.

In the UK, in April 2001, 6 months after it was shown on Sky1 it premiered on terrestrial television on BBC2 at 6:45 pm on Fridays, where the first episode gained 3.3 million. With the success of the first season, season 2 was moved to prime-time the following year at 8:30 pm. It is now shown weekdays on 5* which began January 3, 2011.

In Mexico, the national channel Canal 5 began airing the show in 2001. It screens five-episode blocks of the series on weekdays from 7:00 pm to 9:20 pm.

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Malcolm in the Middle

Jane Kaczmarek and Cloris Leachman gained the highest honors in the cast for being nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award every year they appeared on Malcolm in the Middle.[77][78] Leachman succeeded in winning 2002 and 2006.[78] The show won a total of 7 Emmys during its six-year run[79] and a Peabody Award.[80]

Syndication

The show entered barter syndication one month before the sixth season premiered on Fox and was later aired on FX in the fall of 2007 until the fall of 2010.[81] When the show entered syndication all of the TV-14 episodes had to be changed to TV-PG since they did not meet the syndication standards for a TV-14 rating. However Netflix categorizes the show under TV-14 (despite the only episode to use that rating is "Poker #2").

The show was launched on Nick at Nite on July 5, 2009 at 8:00 pm with an all night marathon.[82] However, Nick at Nite aired the show with a PG rating and the episodes were either banned or heavily edited due to content that was too strong for the PG rating. When Nick at Nite pulled Malcolm it began airing on TeenNick[83] from November 26, 2010 and continued until December 2010. The show returned to TeenNick's line-up on July 18, 2011.

On September 26, 2011, Malcolm in the Middle began airing on IFC.[84] As of March 2013, the show has returned to TeenNick, airing weeknights at 10:00 pm (EST) and again at 10:30 pm (EST). Later during 2013 the show aired from 3:00 am (EST) till 5:00 am (EST), but has since switched to just a one hour block from 4:00 am (EST) to 5:00 am (EST) after the 90's Are All That block was pushed back an hour.

In the UK, the show was originally aired on Sky1 from September 3, 2000, later also airing on Sky2 and Sky3 before finally leaving all Sky channels in December 2010. It was also shown on BBC2 from April 6, 2001 until March 7, 2009. From January 4, 2010, it was shown on Fiver (now 5*) at 6:00 pm and again at about 7:30 pm. By 2014 it was only being shown weekly on Saturday at 3:15 pm in the order originally broadcast, the last repeat of the show in the UK (also the last ever episode produced) was shown for last time on 5* at 3:15 pm on Saturday January 18, 2014.

Adaptation

Russian channel STS made a shot-for-shot adaptation called Супер Макс ([Super Max] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) that comprises 1 season so far.[85]

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