WARNER HOME VIDEO BRINGS
THE FIRST SEASON OF THE NEW HIT COMEDY SERIES

THE MIDDLE

STARRING PATRICIA HEATON, TO DVD AUGUST 31, 2010

Features All 24 Episodes Plus Bonus Content, Including a
Gag Reel, Deleted Scenes and Two Brand New Featurettes

Season One Guest Stars Include Betty White, Brooke Shields and Amy Sedaris

BURBANK, CA - Emmy(R) winner Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) stars as Frankie Heck, an exhausted wife and mother in the warm and witty, new television comedy The Middle, the first season of which will be released on DVD by Warner Home Video (WHV) on August 31, 2010. Titled The Middle: The Complete First Season, this DVD collection will feature 24 half-hour episodes from the show's debut season plus nearly 30 minutes of never-before-seen bonus material. The release will retail for $44.98 SRP.

Welcome to Orson, Indiana, home of the world's largest polyurethane cow and TV's funniest new family: the Hecks.  Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) makes a triumphant return to the family sitcom as Frankie Heck, a harried wife and working mother of three who uses her wry wit and sense of humor to try to get her family through each day intact. Neil Flynn (Scrubs) stars as her sardonic husband Mike, helping Frankie navigate hanging-on-to-middle-class life without a GPS app. The series also stars Charlie McDermott (The Office, Frozen River), Eden Sher (Sons & Daughters, Weeds), Atticus Shaffer (Hancock, The Class) and Chris Kattan (Saturday Night Live).

Get in touch with the lively three-disc, 24-episode first season of one of TV's most refreshing and relatable family comedies which USA Today called a "perfectly timed, down-to-earth comedy. A smart, amusing sitcom that understands the damage cutbacks have done to folks in the middle."

Season one of The Middle aired as part of ABC's successful Wednesday night comedy block as a lead-in to Modern Family. Season one guest stars include Betty White (The Golden Girls), Brooke Shields (Lipstick Jungle), Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy), Alexa Vega (Spy Kids) and Marsha Mason (The Goodbye Girl). This fall, it will return to kick off the comedy block at 8 PM as a lead-in to Warner Bros. Television's new romantic comedy Better Together.

The Middle was created and executive produced by Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline (Roseanne, Murphy Brown, How I Met Your Mother) and produced by Blackie and Blondie Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.

DVD Special Features Include:

• Raising a Sitcom Family: Series Creators Recount the History and Development of This Unique Comedy About Small-Town Life in the Midwest
• Sue's Best Shots: Sue's Hilarious School Photos Provide the Springboard for Cast and Crew to Recall Their Own School Photo Experiences
• Unaired Scenes
• Gag Reel

"The Middle is both extremely relatable and endearingly offbeat, making it a unique hit with familes across the country," said Rosemary Markson, WHV Vice President, TV and Special Interest Marketing. "Patricia Heaton is a gifted comedic actress and she shines in her role as Frankie.  The Middle is a show with great humor and a lot of heart, and we are delighted to be releasing it on DVD."

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