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Airing for twelve episodes on ABC Family in 2008, The Middleman was a clever, action-packed show full of pop-culture references and witty dialogue. This is a tumblr Middleman appreciation blog for Middlefans who love and miss the show as much as I do. Feel free to submit posts or ask questions!
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE:
POSTS BY CHARACTER:
The Middleman
Wendy Watson
Lacey Thornfield
Noser
Ida
Tyler Ford
Pip
Middleman '69
POSTS BY EPISODE:
The Pilot Episode Sanction
The Accidental Occidental Conception
The Sino-Mexican Revelation
The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum
The Flying Fish Zombification
The Boy-Band Superfan Interrogation
The Cursed Tuba Contingency
The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation
The Obsolesent Cryogenic Meltdown
The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation
The Clotharian Contamination Protocol
The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome
The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse
POSTS BY SHIP:
The Middleman x Lacey
Wendy x Tyler
The Middleman x Wendy
Wendy x Lacey
Lacey x Tyler
Noser x Hallway
POSTS BY OTHER CATEGORIES:
DVD Packaging
Javi-Casts
Behind the Scenes
Fanart
The Middleman comes in at #7 on IGN’s list of Top 25 Comic Book TV Shows!
“Middleman!” We’re guessing a good number of you haven’t seen this series, which was criminally overlooked during its brief run on ABC Family – a cable channel that was completely the wrong home for a series that was a little bit Buffy, a little bit Men in Black, and yet had a quirky tone and feel all its own. Lost writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach adapted his own comic book, about Wendy (Natalie Morales), a funny, sarcastic, geeky gal who becomes partners with the alien and monster-fighting superhero meets superspy, The Middleman (Matt Keesler). The Middleman managed the deft and difficult trick of being both purposely campy (and very funny) yet also heartfelt when it came to the characters, with extremely clever scripts and excellent performances from Morales and Keesler. And while it stinks that the show ended without a proper series finale, at least Grillo-Marxuach was able to tie the story up in a comic book, bringing The Middleman full circle.
thanks to henry hanks and the nice folk over at the geek out blog!
http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/07/the-middleman-meets-doctor-who-in-fanfic/
this is awesome! and thanks so much for the mention, Javi!
A blog post by Henry Jenkins, the Provost’s Professor of Communications, Journalism, and Cinematic Art at the University of Southern California about The Middleman—a few years old, but still a pretty awesome read.
for rediscovering “the middleman!”
http://the-void.co.uk/tv/elegant-simplicity-plight-of-the-cancelled-middleman-157/
The Middleman made SFX.co.uk’s list of 10 “films and shows that celebrate geekiness”!
Geek credentials: It may have only run for 12 episodes but Javier Grillo-Marxuach’s brilliant show, based on the comic he co-created with Les McClaine, arguably packed more geek and genre references into that season on a minute-by-minute basis than any other show on this list. If ever a show was made for DVD it’s this – every re-watch has you pick up another visual reference or geeky gag.
There’s more under “Geekgasm,” “Geeky references,” and “Geek speak” at the site itself.
The Middleman comes in at #5 on Newsarama.com’s countdown of the top 10 best comic book live-action tv series of all time, ahead of shows like Wonder Woman and The Adventures of Superman and right behind Batman.
Sharky reminisces about one of the best Sci-Fi shows to ever grace television: Javier Grillo-Marxuach’s “The Middle Man.”
Way back when, io9.com did an interview with Javier Grillo-Marxuach, aka our very own Javi, about the world of The Middleman. io9.com, from what I can find and what I remember, did a really good job at Middle-coverage during the show’s run. It’s a short interview with Javi, but still a good one!
Everyone adores Doctor Who, even here in the colonies. We love its optimism, its adventurous spirit, the weird technology and the aliens that are often more human than the humans. We love the unabashedly positive hero and his succession of spunky companions. But we overlooked what could have been our own Who, a show that gave these same concepts a decidedly American spin: The Middleman. [continued]
If you like Doctor Who and don’t yet watch The Middleman, READ THIS. Then go watch The Middleman. I never really thought about how alike they are but THIS IS AWESOME.
An online article from back in the day about the vampire puppets in ”The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation,” complete with a video exclusive from the Middlemanager and our very own series creator, Javi!
