The Middleman televsion show premiers.
Last night saw the first "real" summer television show. The Middleman premiered last night on ABC Family airing at 7 p.m. Central. ABC Family has had a decent record of late of bringing new and unique shows for the summer viewing crowd. The commercial for The Middleman had me worried that this would be a less than serious attempt at a true summer offering though.
Now while I will hold a final verdict till the show has a couple episodes under its belt, last nights show was unique. This one shows promise and last nights episode was different than your usual fare, I found it enjoyable and was definitely family friendly.
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The shows hero is a quirky but interesting character with a love of milk. His side kick, the heroine, is an art student trying to get by working temp jobs till an accident at her most recent job brings her into contact with a mutant like monster and our hero, The Middleman. After being blamed for the incident at her last job, which is being explained away as a gas explosion, and our heroine being suspected as the culprit for starting it, she finds herself unemployable; on top of being dumped by her boyfriend for a film school project. Till she receives a call from an oddly named temp agency asking her to come in for a job placement. After a lengthy and weird application process, she finds out that the temp agency is a front for The Middleman to recruit possible help. After initially turning down the job, she relents and decides to join The Middleman.
Thus starts the unique and quirky show that is The Middleman. The Middleman has a bit of detective film noir feel to it. The series is based off a popular graphics novel series, i.e. comic book. For more be sure to check out TV.com and ABC Family for more about the series.
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