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The Middle season 7
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No. of episodes 24
Release
Original network ABC
Original release September 23, 2015 (2015-09-23) – May 18, 2016 (2016-05-18)
List of The Middle episodes

The seventh season of the funny TV show The Middle started on September 23, 2015. It aired on ABC in the United States. This season was made by Blackie and Blondie Productions and Warner Bros. Television. The show's creators, DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler, were the main producers.

The show is about the Heck family, who live in a small, make-believe town called Orson, Indiana. The parents are Frankie (Patricia Heaton) and Mike Heck (Neil Flynn). They have three kids: Axl (Charlie McDermott), Sue (Eden Sher), and Brick (Atticus Shaffer). The series shows their everyday lives and all the funny things that happen to a middle-class family.

Meet the Cast of The Middle

Main Characters

Other Important Characters

  • Alphonso McAuley as Charles "Hutch" Hutchinson, Axl's best friend and football teammate at college.
  • Tommy Bechtold as Kenny, Axl and Hutch's quiet roommate who loves video games. He speaks for the first time in the "Halloween VI: Tick Tock Death" episode.
  • Casey Burke as Cindy Hornberger, Brick's classmate and girlfriend.
  • Daniela Bobadilla as Lexie Brooks, Sue's kind and rich friend at college. She becomes Sue's second roommate.
  • Jen Ray as Nancy Donahue, a neighbor and friend of the Heck family.
  • Pat Finn as Bill Norwood, another neighbor and friend.
  • Julie Brown as Paula Norwood, Bill's wife and a friend to the Hecks.
  • Beau Wirick as Sean Donahue, one of Axl's friends from high school. He comes back from college looking like a hipster and says he is now a vegan.
  • Gia Mantegna as Devin Levin, Axl's college classmate and ex-girlfriend. They break up because Devin wants to see other people.
  • Brittany Ross and Natalie Lander as Courtney and Debbie, two cheerleaders who used to date Axl.
  • Paul Hipp as Reverend Timothy "TimTom" Thomas, a youth pastor at the Hecks' church.
  • Jack McBrayer as Dr. Ted Goodwin, Frankie's boss at the dental office.
  • Jovan Armand as Troy, Brick's tall classmate who becomes his friend.

Special Guest Stars

  • Norm Macdonald as Rusty Heck, Mike's brother.
  • Brooke Shields as Rita Glossner, a tough neighbor of the Hecks.
  • Marsha Mason as Pat Spence, Frankie's mother.
  • Faith Ford as Sheila, Frankie's co-worker.
  • John Cullum as "Big Mike" Heck, Mike's father.
  • Cheryl Hines as Dr. Sommer Samuelson, the boss of the company that takes over Frankie's dental office.
  • Alan Ruck as Jack Kershaw, Axl's boss at Little Betty.
  • Brian Stepanek as Merv, Cindy's father.
  • Lauren Drasler as LuEllen, Cindy's mother.
  • Emily Rutherfurd as Dierdre Peterson, the Hecks' new neighbor.

Season 7 Episodes

This season had 24 episodes. Here is a list of them, including when they first aired and who directed and wrote them.

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
145 1 "Not Your Brother's Drop Off" Lee Shallat Chemel Tim Hobert September 23, 2015 (2015-09-23) 4X7101 8.21
146 2 "Cutting the Cord" Danny Salles Rich Dahm September 30, 2015 (2015-09-30) 4X7102 7.91
147 3 "The Shirt" Lee Shallat Chemel Jana Hunter & Mitch Hunter October 7, 2015 (2015-10-07) 4X7103 7.30
148 4 "Risky Business" Phil Traill Ilana Wernick October 14, 2015 (2015-10-14) 4X7104 7.12
149 5 "Land of the Lost" Lee Shallat Chemel Roy Brown October 21, 2015 (2015-10-21) 4X7105 7.08
150 6 "Halloween VI: Tick Tock Death" Elliot Hegarty Tim Hobert October 28, 2015 (2015-10-28) 4X7106 7.43
151 7 "Homecoming II: The Tailgate" Lee Shallat Chemel Ilana Wernick November 11, 2015 (2015-11-11) 4X7107 7.62
152 8 "Thanksgiving VII" Elliot Hegarty Rich Dahm November 18, 2015 (2015-11-18) 4X7108 7.93
153 9 "The Convention" Lee Shallat Chemel Jana Hunter & Mitch Hunter December 2, 2015 (2015-12-02) 4X7109 7.64
154 10 "Not So Silent Night" Melissa Kosar DeAnn Heline & Eileen Heisler December 9, 2015 (2015-12-09) 4X7110 8.06
155 11 "The Rush" Lee Shallat Chemel Roy Brown January 6, 2016 (2016-01-06) 4X7111 7.84
156 12 "Birds of a Feather" Victor Nelli Tim Hobert January 13, 2016 (2016-01-13) 4X7112 7.46
157 13 "Floating 50" Lee Shallat Chemel Rich Dahm January 20, 2016 (2016-01-20) 4X7113 7.24
158 14 "Film, Friends and Fruit Pies" Blake T. Evans Jana Hunter & Mitch Hunter February 10, 2016 (2016-02-10) 4X7114 6.85
159 15 "Hecks at a Movie" Lee Shallat Chemel Ilana Wernick February 17, 2016 (2016-02-17) 4X7115 7.29
160 16 "The Man Hunt" Danny Salles Roy Brown February 24, 2016 (2016-02-24) 4X7116 7.30
161 17 "The Wisdom Teeth" Lee Shallat Chemel Stacey Pulwer March 16, 2016 (2016-03-16) 4X7117 7.15
162 18 "A Very Donahue Vacation" Jaffar Mahmood Rich Dahm March 23, 2016 (2016-03-23) 4X7118 7.24
163 19 "Crushed" Lee Shallat Chemel Tim Hobert April 6, 2016 (2016-04-06) 4X7119 7.04
164 20 "Survey Says..." Lee Shallat Chemel Ilana Wernick April 13, 2016 (2016-04-13) 4X7120 6.98
165 21 "The Lanai" Blake T. Evans Jana Hunter & Mitch Hunter April 27, 2016 (2016-04-27) 4X7121 6.72
166 22 "Not Mother's Day" Lee Shallat Chemel Rich Dahm May 4, 2016 (2016-05-04) 4X7122 7.02
167 23 "Find My Hecks" Phil Traill Roy Brown May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11) 4X7123 6.73
168 24 "The Show Must Go On" Lee Shallat Chemel Tim Hobert May 18, 2016 (2016-05-18) 4X7124 6.73
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