Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
- Genre
- sitcom, coming-of-age television program, black comedy television series
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 7 seasons, 151 episodes
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Rating
- 8.5 of 10 from 4,895 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A child prodigy navigates life with his dysfunctional working class family. He often breaks the fourth wall to comment on the chaos around him.
comedicchaoticirreverentfast-pacedwittyobservationalfamily-dynamic
What happens
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. Malcolm in the Middle was produced by Satin City and Regency Television in association with Fox Television Studios. The show has been syndicated worldwide, and received widespread critical acclaim and proved a popular draw for Fox. It is placed on several lists of the greatest TV and sitcom series of all time. It has won a Peabody Award, seven Emmy Awards, one Grammy Award and seven Golden Globe nominations. The show was influential as one of the first single-camera comedy series on TV without a live studio audience or laugh track. A four-episode revival Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair was released on Hulu in April 2026, with Caleb Ellsworth-Clark replacing Sullivan as Dewey and Anthony Timpano replacing the Rodriguez twins as a now grown Jamie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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