The Middle set for a spinoff
Production house ABC has reportedly passed on the proposal for a spinoff of the family comedy show The Middle, which wrapped up its ninth season earlier this year. The show revolves around Eden Sher’s Sue Heck character. The makers have shot a pilot and had been developing ‘Sue in the City’ as a potential follow-up to Warner Bros. The ninth season was penned by Middle creators De Anne Heline and Eileen Heisler.
Sher’s character was a favourite. Sue in the City was set to follow her adventures as a young adult after leaving her small fictional town of Orson, where Middle was set, for a new life in Chicago.The decision of making a spinoff comes as ABC and other networks are poised to make a slew of development decisions for the 2019-20 development cycle. ABC is in the midst of an executive transition, as entertainment president Channing Dungey has stepped down and will be succeeded by Karey Burke, formerly a top programming executive at Freeform and NBC.
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