Sidney Poitier's 'To Sir, With Love,' the story of an idealistic engineer who takes a teaching job and faces a group of rough and disorderly white high school students from London's East End will air as the culmination of American Graduate Day on Saturday, September 22 at 9 p.m. on Reel 13.
EW reports that 'Bunheads' star Bailey Buntain has been cast in a guest starring role on the ABC comedy THE MIDDLE. The actress will portray 'Jenna', described as 'an incoming freshman that Sue (Eden Share) decides to mentor, but who will ultimately not need her help to become popular.' Buntain plays dance student Ginny Thompson on the ABC Family series.
ABC continues to set the industry standard for creative ingenuity, strong viewer retention and ratings success in primetime, delivering the No. 1 comedy ('Modern Family'), No. 1 drama ('Grey's Anatomy') and No. 1 freshman drama ('Once Upon a Time') this season in the key Adult 18-49 demographic.
On the Wednesday, April 11 episode of the ABC comedy THE MIDDLE entitled 'Get Your Business Done', when the Hecks attend a new church, Frankie is inspired by the pastor's sermon about getting one's business in life completed before death rears its ugly head.
On the Wednesday, February 15th episode of ABC's THE MIDDLE entitled, 'The Concert', Frankie pulls out all of the stops in an effort to get an over-excited Sue tickets to a Justin Bieber concert, Mike is thrilled over Brick's enthusiasm to win the school's spelling bee and coaches him for the event, and Axl and his friends attempt to break a road sign's 15-mile-per-hour speed limit - on foot.
As first reported on TVline.com, Broadway veteran Whoopi Goldberg will be making a guest star appearance on the ABC comedy THE MIDDLE. The news was announced at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Tuesday.
On tonight's episode of ABC's THE MIDDLE entitled 'A Christmas Gift', on a tipsy whim - and against Mike's wishes - Frankie decides to throw a Christmas Eve party at the house; Mike buys Frankie a much needed new dishwasher for Christmas, but has a hard time keeping it a secret when she begs him to replace the old one before the party.
'Thanksgiving II' - Mike begrudgingly invites his brother, Rusty (Norm Macdonald), who is temporarily living in a tent, and his father, Big Mike, who has recently broken his hip, to join him for the annual Heck family Thanksgiving. But when Frankie observes the macho Heck men's non-communicative nature, she encourages a not-so-receptive Mike to engage them in a real conversation and express their feelings. Meanwhile, Brick is ecstatic when he discovers that Bob is bringing his girlfriend, Linda - the local librarian who loves books as much as Brick does - to Thanksgiving; and Sue wants to start a mother-daughter tradition of baking a pie for the holiday, but ends up getting more sliced up than the crust, on 'The Middle,' WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
ABC's favorite funny families celebrate the season a little early this year with special holiday episodes TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 and WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7 on the ABC Television Network. Nick Jonas, Paul Hipp and Jay Mohr are among the guest stars on the holiday-themed episodes.
On Wednesday night's episode of THE MIDDLE on ABC entitled, 'The Play', Frankie is thrilled when she learns that the Orson Community Theater is putting on a production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' and that kids don't need to audition to be munchkins, as they will be automatically cast - which is a perfect scenario for a hapless Sue.
ABC comedies will celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with an array of guest stars including Marsha Mason, Molly Shannon, Jerry Van Dyke, Norm Macdonald ('The Middle,'), Jay Mohr ('Suburgatory), Josh Gad ('Modern Family').
'Heck's Best Thing' - Frankie and Mike are convinced that slacker son Axl will blow his interview with a football scout, which could earn him a scholarship to college. Meanwhile, Sue and Brick begin a texting marathon - and rack up some serious charges - when they discover that Aunt Edie accidentally gave them her cell phone; and Frankie tries to be completely attentive to the family's needs when she realizes that she's more considerate to outsiders than her own kin, on 'The Middle,' WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
'Halloween II' - After being embarrassed over wearing a childish costume at a high school Halloween costume party and being ignored by the guys, Sue asks a flabbergasted Mike for his advice on what boys want when it comes to girls.
'Heck's Best Thing' - Frankie and Mike are convinced that slacker son Axl will blow his interview with a football scout, which could earn him a scholarship to college. Meanwhile, Sue and Brick begin a texting marathon - and rack up some serious charges - when they discover that Aunt Edie accidentally gave them her cell phone; and Frankie tries to be completely attentive to the family's needs when she realizes that she's more considerate to outsiders than her own kin, on 'The Middle,' WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
ABC's Tuesday and Wednesday night comedies celebrate the spookiest night of the year with Halloween-themed episodes TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25 and WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26 on the ABC Television Network.
'Halloween II' - After being embarrassed over wearing a childish costume at a high school Halloween costume party and being ignored by the guys, Sue asks a flabbergasted Mike for his advice on what boys want when it comes to girls.