The Middle (2009)

Comedy · Family

The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 9 seasons indexed

Cast

7.65 avg 24 episodes 7.6 → 8.1 21 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.6	1,118
2	The Cheerleader	7.6	830
3	The Floating Anniversary	7.3	784
4	The Trip	7.6	709
5	The Block Party	7.8	689
6	The Front Door	7.6	680
7	The Scratch	7.7	680
8	Thanksgiving	7.7	678
9	Siblings	7.6	641
10	Christmas	7.9	656
11	The Jeans	7.6	641
12	The Neighbor	7.7	685
13	The Interview	7.7	626
14	The Yelling	7.5	605
15	Valentine's Day	7.8	640
16	The Bee	7.8	628
17	The Break-Up	7.9	630
18	The Fun House	7.4	591
19	The Final Four	7.4	578
20	TV or Not TV	7.6	587
21	Worry Duty	7.6	589
22	Mother's Day	7.5	605
23	Signals	7.7	588
24	Average Rules	8.1	629

7.55 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 7.7 21 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Back to School	7.7	572
2	Homecoming	7.6	556
3	The Diaper Incident	7.6	544
4	The Quarry	7.5	533
5	Foreign Exchange	7.4	591
6	Halloween	7.5	557
7	A Birthday Story	7.9	564
8	Errand Boy	7.4	532
9	Thanksgiving II	7.7	541
10	A Simple Christmas	7.6	541
11	Taking Back the House	8.1	555
12	The Big Chill	7.7	527
13	Super Sunday	7.3	509
14	Valentines Day II	7.4	535
15	Friends, Lies, and Videotape	7.5	518
16	Hecks on a Plane	7.4	558
17	The Math Class	7.4	518
18	Spring Cleaning	7.7	517
19	The Legacy	7.5	517
20	Royal Wedding	7.3	527
21	Mother's Day II	7.5	515
22	The Prom	7.4	503
23	The Bridge	7.4	514
24	Back to Summer	7.7	500

7.67 avg 24 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 21 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Forced Family Fun: Part 1	7.4	539
2	Forced Family Fun: Part 2	7.4	525
3	Hecking Order	7.9	537
4	Major Changes	7.6	507
5	The Test	7.5	489
6	Bad Choices	7.7	489
7	Halloween II	7.9	513
8	Heck's Best Thing	7.7	489
9	The Play	7.6	492
10	Thanksgiving III	7.6	503
11	A Christmas Gift	7.6	500
12	Year of the Hecks	7.9	533
13	The Map	7.9	524
14	Hecking It Up	7.5	488
15	Valentine's Day III	7.8	491
16	The Concert	7.6	473
17	The Sit Down	8.0	506
18	Leap Year	7.8	493
19	The Paper Route	7.5	471
20	Get Your Business Done	7.4	504
21	The Guidance Counselor	7.8	500
22	The Clover	7.8	483
23	The Telling	7.5	456
24	The Wedding	7.6	495

7.73 avg 24 episodes 7.5 → 8.0 23 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Last Whiff of Summer: Part 1	7.5	493
2	Last Whiff of Summer: Part 2	7.8	498
3	The Second Act	7.4	454
4	Bunny Therapy	7.6	471
5	The Hose	7.6	485
6	Halloween III: The Driving	7.8	474
7	The Safe	7.6	497
8	Thanksgiving IV	7.6	485
9	Christmas Help	7.5	467
10	Twenty Years	7.9	471
11	Life Skills	8.4	575
12	One Kid at a Time	7.8	460
13	The Friend	7.8	482
14	The Smile	7.8	487
15	Valentine's Day IV	8.1	476
16	Winners and Losers	7.9	470
17	Wheel of Pain	8.1	472
18	The Name	7.5	447
19	The Bachelor	8.0	467
20	Dollar Days	7.4	434
21	From Orson with Love	7.3	446
22	Hallelujah Hoedown	7.7	436
23	The Ditch	7.4	425
24	The Graduation	8.0	474

7.68 avg 24 episodes 7.8 → 8.4 21 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Drop Off	7.8	474
2	Change in the Air	7.6	458
3	The Potato	7.4	449
4	The 100th	7.7	463
5	Halloween IV: The Ghost Story	7.4	448
6	The Jump	7.6	437
7	Thanksgiving V	7.7	457
8	The Kiss	7.4	462
9	The Christmas Tree	8.0	481
10	Sleepless in Orson	7.5	443
11	War of the Hecks	7.8	444
12	The Carpool	7.7	461
13	Hungry Games	7.5	455
14	The Award	7.5	430
15	Vacation Days	7.4	430
16	Stormy Moon	7.4	437
17	The Walk	8.3	477
18	The Smell	7.7	446
19	The Wind Chimes	7.5	441
20	The Optimist	7.4	419
21	Office Hours	7.5	415
22	Heck on a Hard Body	7.9	436
23	Orlando	8.1	474
24	The Wonderful World of Hecks	8.4	555

7.80 avg 24 episodes 7.8 → 8.7 21 min avg

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Unbraceable You	7.8	468
2	The Loneliest Locker	7.5	459
3	Major Anxiety	7.8	445
4	The Table	7.8	449
5	Halloween V	7.8	459
6	The Sinkhole	7.7	428
7	Thanksgiving VI	8.0	462
8	The College Tour	8.0	451
9	The Christmas Wall	7.7	433
10	Pam Freakin' Staggs	7.2	458
11	A Quarry Story	7.9	443
12	Hecks on a Train	7.8	451
13	Valentine's Day VI	7.8	443
14	The Answer	8.3	529
15	Steaming Pile of Guilt	7.6	416
16	Flirting with Disaster	7.8	437
17	The Waiting Game	8.0	441
18	Operation Infiltration	7.7	425
19	Siblings and Sombreros	7.7	406
20	Food Courting	7.5	410
21	Two of a Kind	7.5	469
22	While You Were Sleeping	8.0	420
23	Mother's Day Reservations	7.7	417
24	The Graduate	8.7	627

7.78 avg 24 episodes 7.9 → 8.5 21 min avg

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Not Your Brother's Drop Off	7.9	476
2	Cutting the Cord	7.9	458
3	The Shirt	7.7	435
4	Risky Business	7.9	453
5	Land of the Lost	7.5	426
6	Halloween VI: Tick Tock Death	8.4	566
7	Homecoming II: The Tailgate	7.3	410
8	Thanksgiving VII	7.8	425
9	The Convention	7.9	432
10	No Silent Night	7.6	438
11	The Rush	7.8	419
12	Birds of a Feather	7.6	409
13	Floating 50	8.1	432
14	Film, Friends and Fruit Pies	7.5	415
15	Hecks at a Movie	7.6	427
16	The Man Hunt	7.7	414
17	The Wisdom Teeth	7.8	416
18	A Very Donahue Vacation	7.9	411
19	Crushed	7.7	410
20	Survey Says...	7.6	408
21	The Lanai	7.4	400
22	Not Mother's Day	7.8	419
23	Find My Hecks	7.8	412
24	The Show Must Go On	8.5	481

7.87 avg 23 episodes 7.7 → 8.1 21 min avg

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Core Group	7.7	473
2	A Tough Pill to Swallow	7.9	448
3	Halloween VII: The Heckoning	7.7	435
4	True Grit	7.5	421
5	Roadkill	8.0	436
6	Thanksgiving VIII	7.8	424
7	Look Who's Not Talking	7.8	416
8	Trip and Fall	7.8	435
9	A Very Marry Christmas	8.3	469
10	Escape Orson	7.9	422
11	Hoosier Maid	7.8	402
12	Pitch Imperfect	7.5	417
13	Ovary and Out	7.6	405
14	Sorry Not Sorry	7.9	426
15	Dental Hijinks	7.7	406
16	Swing and a Miss	7.8	414
17	Exes and Ohhhs	8.4	492
18	The Par-Tay	8.3	451
19	The Confirmation	7.9	427
20	Adult Swim	7.7	399
21	Clear and Present Danger	7.8	393
22	The Final Final	8.1	448
23	Fight or Flight	8.1	402

7.93 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 9.2 23 min avg

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Vive La Hecks	7.7	469
2	Please Don't Feed the Hecks	7.8	426
3	Meet the Parents	7.7	429
4	Halloween VIII: Orson Murder Mystery	7.8	426
5	Role of a Lifetime	7.8	418
6	The Setup	7.5	403
7	Thanksgiving IX	7.9	413
8	Eyes Wide Open	7.7	400
9	The 200th	8.2	424
10	The Christmas Miracle	7.9	454
11	New Year's Revelations	7.8	431
12	The Other Man	7.2	479
13	Mommapalooza	7.8	408
14	Guess Who's Coming to Frozen Dinner	7.8	414
15	Toasted	7.9	401
16	The Crying Game	7.7	400
17	Hecks vs. Glossners: The Final Battle	7.9	493
18	Thank You for Not Kissing	7.6	405
19	Bat Out of Heck	7.8	400
20	Great Heckspectations	8.2	423
21	The Royal Flush	8.0	427
22	Split Decision	8.2	427
23	A Heck of a Ride: Part 1	9.3	937
24	A Heck of a Ride: Part 2	9.2	606