Malcolm in the Middle
Sign in to saveMalcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on January 9, 2000, and ended on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons consisting of 151 episodes.
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Key facts
- Genre
- Sitcom Black comedy Cringe comedy Slapstick
- Created by
- Linwood Boomer
- Showrunners
- Linwood Boomer Matthew Carlson
- Starring
- Jane Kaczmarek Bryan Cranston Christopher Masterson Justin Berfield Erik Per Sullivan Catherine Lloyd Burns Frankie Muniz
- Theme music composer
- John Flansburgh John Linnell
- Opening theme
- " Boss of Me " by They Might Be Giants
- Ending theme
- "Boss of Me" (instrumental)
- Composers
- Charles Sydnor They Might Be Giants
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
- 151 ( list of episodes )
- Executive producers
- Linwood Boomer (seasons 1–6) Matthew Carlson (season 7) Alex Reid (season 7)
- Producers
- Gordon Wolf (pilot) Jimmy Simons
- Camera setup
- Panavision ; single-camera
- Running time
- 21–30 minutes
- Production companies
- Satin City Productions Regency Television Fox Television Studios
- Network
- Fox
- Release
- January 9, 2000 ( 2000-01-09 ) –, May 14, 2006 ( 2006-05-14 )
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Encyclopedic overview
Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on January 9, 2000, and ended on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons consisting of 151 episodes.
The single-camera series is a comedy that follows a dysfunctional working-class family and stars Frankie Muniz in the lead role as Malcolm, a child prodigy. The ensemble cast includes Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek as Malcolm's parents, Hal and Lois. Christopher Kennedy Masterson, Justin Berfield, and Erik Per Sullivan appear as Malcolm's brothers, Francis, Reese, and Dewey, respectively. Typical plots revolve around the family's dysfunctional relationships and inability to fit into society, with Malcolm regularly making asides to the camera to comment on their failures. Another brother, Jamie (James and Lukas Rodriguez), was introduced as the fifth son of Hal and Lois at the end of season four, with a further pregnancy in the series finale alluding to a sixth child.
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