The one-hour goodbye, "A Heck of a Ride," was a people-pleasing, Sue Heck-quality scrapbook of familiar characters, places and signature items (the death napkin, microfiche and the blue bag, which ...

For 200 episodes, the series has been consistently sharp, often laugh-out-loud funny — with something true to express about modern life. So why is it rarely counted among this TV era's elite?

"The Middle" was certainly a show where the cold, harsh realities of the outside world found no purchase. It was TV-as-safe-haven, which was how people used to engage with TV (see: "Ozzie and ...

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about the series finale of The Middle. The time has come for another beloved TV family to depart the airwaves and become a benchmark in pop culture ...

After nine seasons, the saga of the Hecks of Orson, Ind., comes to an end Tuesday night. Like the Hecks themselves, “The Middle,” the ABC sitcom that contains them, has kept chugging along ...