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The 2009 ABC sitcom "The Middle" was never a major ratings hit, but it was never a ratings bust either. It might've always been under the shadow of "Modern Family," but it still sailed smoothly to nine full seasons, something few other shows can brag about. In fact, "The Middle" had a strong enough fan base that ABC nearly gave it a spinoff. There were plenty of spinoff options for the writers, too: maybe they could've followed the awkward Brick (Atticus Shaffer) as he made his way through college, or they could've followed Frankie (Patricia Heaton) and Mike (Neil Flynn) as they coped with being empty nesters.

Instead, Sue (Eden Sher) was chosen as the main character going forward. The spinoff was titled "Sue Sue in the City," and it would follow twentysomething Sue getting into all sorts of awkward hijinks in Chicago. "It took place, like, three years in the future,...

Seven years later, Eden Sher is contemplating where Sue Sue Heck ended up.

The Middle alum recently looked back on the unaired spinoff pilot she filmed for Sue Sue in the City, which centered on the middle Heck child, following the ABC parent show’s nine-season run from 2009 to 2018.

“We did shoot a pilot. It was actually a little bit tragic when it didn’t get picked up, because I didn’t even want to do the spinoff in the first place,” she told ScreenRant. “I didn’t want to do it at all. I was like, ‘No, I’m done with this character.’ And then, after months and months of developing it and creating this thing I felt good about, I was like, ‘Oh, actually I could play this for another show. I feel involved enough, and I feel good enough, and I feel like this is opening a new chapter.

Things are heating up on this ship! Following the plunge into the deep end by Max (Joshua Jackson), Avery (Philipa Soo), and Tristan (Sean Teale) in Doctor Odyssey Season 1, Episode 6, "I Always Cry at Weddings," Episode 7, "Oh, Daddy," is bound to be interesting as the trio navigates this new amorous arrangement. Details for the November 14 episode tease another stage for some potential smooches and more when Gay Week boards The Odyssey. The logline below teases the flair associated with Gay Week, while the promo video for the episode previews all the fun. New images from the episode tease guest appearances from Caldwell "Bob" Tidicue (Bob the Drag Queen), Brock Ciarlelli, Cheyenne Jackson, and Johnny Sibilly. John Stamos returns after an eventful Singles Week.

Sue Heck (Eden Sher), or Sue Sue Heck if we're going by her ridiculous full name, was one of the best characters in The Middle, and I'm so disappointed that we never got her spinoff series. The overlooked middle child of the Heck family and the only girl, Sue Heck is a hilarious character in The Middle and one of the most loveable. Optimistic and sunny to a fault, Sue is often let down by those around her, but her ability to spring back up from every setback was always as funny to me as it was inspiring.

I was never disappointed when Sue appeared on-screen, and she wasn't a one-note character either. Sue had plenty of struggles and was also well aware of how indifferently even her own family often treated her. Sue was in some ways the perfect avatar for The Middle. Sandwiched between juggernaut shows like Modern Family,...

Six years ago, ABC’s hit comedy The Middle ended. However, Eden Sher and Brock Ciarlelli, who portrayed Sue and her best pal Brad, have just revealed that there was a spinoff pilot made. This was for the series tentatively titled Sue Sue In The City.

Here is more about this surprise announcement, as well as a Middle-related project that Eden and Brock have been working on.

The Middle ‘ Eden Sher, Brock Ciarlelli – Instagram ABC Filmed The Middle Spinoff Pilot Starring Eden Sher And Brock Ciarlelli

On Tuesday, The Middle alums Eden Sher and Brock Ciarlelli went to Instagram with some shocking news. They filmed a pilot spinoff for the Og series, but ABC canceled it. They explained that they were feeling great because the original series had just ended. Moreover, people seemed excited about the prospect for more. ABC ordered the pilot in August 2018. This was Sue Heck after...

Eden Sher and Brock Ciarlelli reveal details of a canceled The Middle spinoff series in an Instagram video. The spinoff, Sue Sue in the City, would have followed Sue in her mid-20s in Chicago. Despite high hopes for the spinoff, ABC ultimately decided to pass on the show after seeing the pilot in November 2018.

The Middle actors Eden Sher and Brock Ciarlelli recall the details of a canceled Middle spinoff series. The Middle was an ABC show that ran for nine seasons from 2009 to 2018. The series followed the story of the Heck family, who work to get through life's daily antics in the suburban town of Orson, Indiana. The Middle featured a leading cast including Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn, Charlie McDermott, Eden Sher, Brock Ciarlelli, Atticus Shaffer, and Beau Wrick.

Speaking in an Instagram video (via TVLine), Ciarlelli and Sher comment on the canceled The Middle spinoff in which they would have starred.

Back in 2019, a spin-off of the well-loved ABC sitcom The Middle was set to debut but, unfortunately, the network passed on the project, which has fans devastated to this day. Now, Eden Sher and Brock Ciarlelli, who portray Sue Heck and Brad respectively in the series, are letting fans in on what would have gone down in the follow-up, which once had the working title Sue Sue in the City and was to be centered on the socially awkward Sue.

It could have been the year of Sue (and Brad).

Six years after ABC passed on an offshoot of the long-running family sitcom The Middle, would-be spinoff stars Eden Sher and Brock Ciarlelli (aka Sue and Brad) are telling fans what they would have seen in the show, which at one point went by the working title Sue Sue in the City.

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"Sue Sue in the City" was a planned spinoff of "The Middle" TV series. The spinoff would have followed Sue Heck as she navigates young adulthood in Chicago. The pilot for "Sue Sue in the City" was shot but ultimately not picked up by ABC or any other network.

Sue Sue in the City was a planned spinoff of the ABC sitcom, The Middle. The Middle is a highly underrated TV series that ran for nine seasons between 2009 and 2018 and centers on the Heck family: mother Frances "Frankie" (Patricia Heaton), eldest son Axl (Charlie McDermott), youngest son Brick (Atticus Shaffer), middle daughter Sue (Eden Sher), and father Mike Jr. played by the underrated actor Neil Flynn appearing post-Scrubs. Set in the fictional town of Orson, Indiana, the Hecks are a lower middle class family facing the daily struggles that come with work, school, and relationships.

Sue is by far the...

The beauty industry isn’t all glitz and glitter in the Netflix dramedy, Glamorous.

The streamer released a trailer on Monday for the upcoming series, which debuts on Thursday, June 22. In it, Sex and the City‘s Kim Cattrall plays supermodel-turned-ceo Madolyn Addison, who takes a chance on a young gender non-conforming queer man, Marco Mejia (played by Love, Victor‘s Miss Benny), whose life seems to be stuck in place. While Marco appears to be fumbling his way toward success, some close to Madolyn worry he’s bad for the company’s image.

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Netflix’s upcoming series “Glamorous” is like “The Devil Wears Prada” if Meryl Streep were replaced by “Sex and the City’s” Kim Cattrall and instead of Anne Hathaway, she hired drag queens and non-binary actor Miss Benny to work for her. The 10-episode LGBTQ comedy series premieres June 22 on the streamer.

“Glamorous” follows baby-faced new hire Marco Mejia (Miss Benny), a young, queer man who lands a job for the legendary CEO Madolyn Addison (Cattrall). Madolyn’s makeup line, Glamorous Cosmetics, is plummeting. Suspecting her business is being sabotaged by someone on the inside, she hires Marco to sleuth around.

“She wants him to be her eyes and ears, to make friends — and find out what’s going on behind her back, to discover what they’re hiding and what they’re stealing. In exchange, she’ll teach Marco everything she knows – but she warns him, ‘This business isn’t all glitter and glamour,...

Get ready to take a walk on the “Glamorous” side.

The upcoming Netflix comedy tells the story of Marco Mejia (Miss Benny), a young gender non-conforming queer man whose life seems to be stuck in place until he lands a job working for legendary makeup mogul Madolyn Addison (Kim Cattrall).

The job provides Marco with his first real chance to figure out what he wants out of life, who he actually is, and what it really means for him to be queer — while also helping Madolyn rejuvenate her iconic but now-stale beauty brand.

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Madolyn is described as a “veteran from the Golden Age of Supermodels,” founder and CEO of the boutique beauty brand that bears her name. “The quick-witted executive is focused on shaking up her business and sees an opportunity in Marco,...

Consider your summer officially snatched. Netflix’s Glamorous, a new dramedy about the beauty industry that’s already drawing Ugly Betty comparisons, has set a release date of Thursday, June 22.

Miss Benny (Love, Victor) stars as Marco Mejia, “a young gender non-conforming queer man whose life seems to be stuck in place until he lands a job working for legendary makeup mogul Madolyn Addison,” per Netflix’s official synopsis. “It’s Marco’s first chance to figure out what he wants out of life, who he actually is, and what it really means for him to be queer.”

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The first look of David E. Kelley’s investigative drama series “The Calling” were released Monday by Peacock, offering a glimpse into the show ahead of its Nov. 10 debut on the streamer.

Adapted from a series of novels by author Dror Mishani, the show’s plot follows a New York Police Department detective named Avraham Avraham (Jeff Wilbush), who typically relies on spirituality to guide his pursuit of truth until one investigation makes him rethink his beliefs.

The series stars Wilbush, Juliana Canfield, Karen Robinson and Michael Mosley.

One image highlights a particularly tense, yet slightly absurd moment where Wilbush is locked hands with a man wearing a hotdog suit in what looks like the context of an interrogation.

Behind the production is showrunner, writer and executive producer Kelley, whose lengthy career includes series such as “Picket Fences,” “The Practice,” “Ally McBeal” and “Big Little Lies.” Barry Levinson will also...

Damian Terriquez (All Rise) and Kaleb Horn (Hardy Boys) have been cast in key recurring roles opposite Miss Benny and Kim Cattrall in Netflix drama series Glamorous, from Jordon Nardino (Star Trek: Discovery) and Damon Wayans Jr.

Glamorous, which originally had been ordered to pilot at The CW in 2019, tells the story of Marco Mejia, played by Miss Benny, a young gender non-conforming queer man whose life seems to be stuck in place until he lands a job working for legendary makeup mogul Madolyn Addison (Cattrall). It’s Marco’s first chance to figure out what he wants out of life, who he actually is, and what it really means for him to be queer.

Terriquez will recur as Dizmal, a Bushwick fixture and drag performer who welcomes Marco (Benny) to the world of Brooklyn nightlife; while Horn will portray Nowhere, Glamorous by Madolyn’s (Cattrall) marketing assistant.

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File this under the most surprising TV news of the month:

ABC has decided against going forward with the Eden Sher-fronted spinoff of The Middle. 

The show was said to be titled "Sue Sue in the City" and would have continued the story of Sue Heck as she finished college and got ready to start her own life in Chicago. 

Brock Ciarlelli was also on board to reprise the role of Brad Bottig, Sue's best friend from The Middle. That casting decision made sense because Sue and Brad were such a dynamic duo on the original series. 

Chris Diamantopoulos, Kimberley Crossman, Finesse Mitchell, and Aaron Branch were also attached to the offshoot as series regulars. 

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ABC is home to several comedies, but given that the show was a spinoff of one of the network's better-received comedies, it was a sure bet to land a series pickup.

Well, this is one heck of a Thanksgiving bummer: ABC has decided not to go forward with its spinoff of The Middle centered on Eden Sher’s Sue Heck, TVLine has learned.

The scrapped spinoff Sue Sue in the City, which received a pilot order from the Alphabet network in August, was to see Sher reprise her Middle role as adorkable daughter Sue Heck, as she leaves Orson, Indiana to pursue a career in Chicago. Brock Ciarlelli, who recurred as best friend Brad on The Middle, was onboard as a series regular as well. The Middle creators Eileen Heisler and...

ABC has opted not to pick up to series its Sue Heck-centered spinoff from hit family comedy The Middle. I hear the project may be shopped by producing studio Warner Bros. TV.

Titled Sue Sue In the City, the single-camera comedy stars The Middle standout Eden Sher as Sue Heck and comes from The Middle creators/executive producers Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline. It was ordered by ABC to pilot in August, with Chris Diamantopoulos cast alongside Sher and fellow Middle alum Brock Ciarlelli as well as Kimberley Crossman, Finesse Mitchell and Aaron Branch.

The spinoff follows the twentysomething adventures of eternal optimist Sue Heck (Sher) as she leaves the small town of Orson to navigate the ups and downs of a career and young adulthood in the big city of Chicago.

Departing ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey had made developing series for the millennial audience a priority. This marks the second such comedy pilot,...

Silicon Valley’s Chris Diamantopoulos has signed on as a series regular opposite Eden Sher in ABC’s The Middle spinoff.

Diamantopoulos will play Nick, the owner of the hotel where Sue (Sher) takes a new job. He joins fellow series regulars Brock Ciarlelli, Kimberley Crossman, Finesse Mitchell and newcomer Aaron Branch who plays Otis, the hotel’s naïve but endearing bellhop/concierge.

The as-yet untitled Sue Heck spinoff follows the twentysomething adventures of eternal optimist Sue Heck (Sher) as she leaves the small town of Orson to navigate the ups and downs of a career and young adulthood in the big city of Chicago.

The half-hour single-camera comedy from The Middle creators/executive producers Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline and studio Warner Bros. TV. received a pilot production commitment at ABC.

Heisler and Heline penned the pilot script and executive produce vie Blackie and Blondie Productions, which produces in association with Warner Bros.

Saturday Night Live alum Finesse Mitchell is set as a series regular opposite Eden Sher in the Sue Heck spinoff, a half-hour single-camera comedy that received a pilot production commitment at ABC, Deadline has confirmed. The p[roject hails from The Middle creators/executive producers Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline and studio Warner Bros. TV.

Written by Heisler and Heline, the Untitled Sue Heck Spinoff follows the twentysomething adventures of eternal optimist Sue Heck (Sher) as she leaves the small town of Orson to navigate the ups and downs of a career and young adulthood in the big city of Chicago, where she takes a new job at a hotel.

Mitchell will play Hudson, a bartender with a big heart who works at the hotel. He joins fellow series regulars Brock Ciarlelli and Kimberley Crossman.

Heisler and Heline executive produce vie Blackie and Blondie Productions, which produces in association with Warner Bros. TV.

ABC's spinoff of The Middle is starting to take shape. 

According to TV Line, Finesse Mitchell is the latest series regular to board the series which will be titled Sue Sue in the City. 

The Saturday Night Live veteran will take on the role of Hudson, a bartender who works at the same hotel as Sue. 

As previously reported, the series follows Sue Heck (Eden Sher) as she leaves her hometown behind in favor of a career as well as to embrace adulthood.

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It was recently revealed that Sue's Bff, Brad (Brock Ciarlelli) would be following her to the city, and has also been added as a series regular. 

Per Deadline, Kimberly Crossman will also be part of the cast. She will play Remi, the unlucky in love chef at the hotel.

It's still unclear at this stage whether Beau Wirick will be part of the cast.

When Sue relocates to Chicago for The Middle‘s spinoff pilot, she’ll have a fairy godfather to show her around town — and this one can get her free drinks! Finesse Mitchell (Saturday Night Live) has joined ABC’s yet-untitled project in the series-regular role of Hudson, a bartender with a big heart who works at the same hotel as Sue, TVLine has learned exclusively.

Aside from his stint on SNL (2003–2006), Mitchell’s TV credits include roles on comedies like Showtime’s Roadies, Disney Channel’s A.N.T. Farm and ABC’s Splitting Up Together.

Though a flash-forward sequence at the...

Less than five months after The Middle wrapped its nine-season run on ABC, star Patricia Heaton has already found her next major project: the title role in a new CBS comedy, our sister site Deadline reports. Carol’s Second Act, which has received a series commitment at CBS, finds Heaton playing a mother of two who retires from teaching to become a doctor.

Heaton (via her and David Hunt’s FourBoys Entertainment) will also executive-produce the multi-camera comedy, which comes from Trophy Wife creators Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins, as well as Kapital Entertainment and CBS TV Studios. This new...

Heck hath no fury like a chef scorned. Kimberley Crossman (Smilf) has joined the pilot of ABC’s Sue-centric Middle spinoff, TVLine has learned, playing Remi, a talented hotel chef still recovering from a messy breakup that ended with her boyfriend driving away with their food truck — taking all of her dreams with it.

If you’re wondering what puts Sue (Eden Sher) in the path of this particular chef, we’ve got another bit of scoop for you: When Sue moves to Chicago, she’ll find herself working at the same hotel. Speaking with TVLine back in July, Sher...

The Middle spinoff will no longer be called “The Middle spinoff.” The ABC comedy has been officially titled Sue Sue In the City. In addition, Eden Sher’s Sue Heck will be joined by Brock Ciarlelli, who appeared as her Bff Brad Bottig in all nine seasons of The Middle, in the offshoot as a series regular.

The title seems like a play on Sex and the City, but it is a nod to Sue’s full name: Sue Sue Heck. Written by Heisler and Heline, the half-hour single-camera comedy follows the twentysomething adventures of eternal optimist Sue as she leaves the small town of Orson to navigate the ups and downs of a career and young adulthood in the big city of Chicago.

Ciarlelli played Sue’s boyfriend in the first season of The Middle. After they broke up, he remained on the show and in Season 7, he came...

The Middle spinoff just got a whole lot more interesting. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series will be titled "Sue Sue in the City," and will follow Sue Heck (Eden Sher) as she leaves her hometown behind in favor of a career as well as to embrace adulthood. 

Thankfully, Brad (Brock Ciarlelli) will be accompanying his best friend on what's sure to be a new and challenging time.

Ciartelli first appeared on The Middle Season 1 as a love interest for Sue, but their relationship fizzled out. They remained good friends until the series concluded. 

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While the show has yet to receive a series order, it's one that ABC would like to succeed. The Middle was a reliable performer in the ratings throughout its nine-season run. 

The final season averaged 6 million viewers and a 1.4 rating among adults 18-49 from 2017-18. There's been a...

Sue Heck will have at least one familiar face from Orson joining her when she makes her way to the Windy City. Brock Ciarlelli, who recurred as best friend Brad in all nine seasons of ABC’s recently ended The Middle, has joined the potential spinoff as a series regular, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In addition, the Sue-centric offshoot now has an official title: Sue Sue in the City. (As longtime fans of The Middle will recall, the middle child’s full name is Sue Sue Heck.)

Ciarlelli was first introduced in Season 1 of The Middle as Sue’s flamboyant boyfriend.

The spinoff of The Middle will not send Sue Heck into the world alone — or without a title.

Brock Ciarlelli, who had a heavily recurring role on the late ABC comedy as Sue Heck's (Eden Sher) best friend, Brad Bottig, will be a regular on the spinoff, now called Sue Sue in the City. The show went into development shortly after The Middle ended its nine-season run in May and has a pilot production order from ABC.

Sue Sue in the City (yes, two "Sues" in the title), which, like its predecessor, comes from Warner Bros. TV, will focus on ...

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