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• The Middle is a Warner Bros. sitcom produced for the ABC network. The comedy revolves around the lives of a middle-class family, and stars Patricia Heaton as the matriarch.

  Heaton previously starred with Ray Romano in the long-running sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, and shared top-billing with Kelsey Grammer in the television comedy Back to You.

• Fast Facts

  1. Network: ABC
  2. Sitcom by Warner Bros. studio
  3. Director: Julie Anne Robinson
  4. Creators: DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler
  5. Filming begins in February 2009
  6. Ricki Lake was originally slated to star in the series
  7. Pilot was picked up with the contingency that Heaton would play the lead role

• Patricia Heaton Fast Facts

  1. Birth date: March 4, 1958
  2. Birthplace: Bay Village, Ohio
  3. Birth name: Patricia Helen Heaton
  4. Drama major at The Ohio State University
  5. Spouse: David Hunt
  6. Authored the memoir Motherhood and Hollywood: How to Get a Job Like Mine
  7. Played the long-running role of Debra Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond
  8. Starred opposite Kelsey Grammer in the sitcom Back to You
  9. Won 2 Emmy AwardsContact Music: ...Heaton...in Familiar Role (November 19, 2008)

• Julie Ann Robinson Directed Shows

  • Weeds
  • Grey's Anatomy
  • Samantha Who?
  • Private Practice
  • Pushing Daisies

• Related Pages on Mahalo

  ABC | Patricia Heaton | Everybody Loves Raymond | Kelsey Grammer | Back to You | Ray Romano

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