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September 23, 2015 (2015-09-23) – May 18, 2016 (2016-05-18) |
The seventh season of the television comedy series The Middle began airing on September 23, 2015, on ABC in the United States. It is produced by Blackie and Blondie Productions and Warner Bros. Television with series creators DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler as executive producers.
The show is about Frances "Frankie" Heck (Patricia Heaton), a middle-class, middle-aged Midwestern woman married to Michael "Mike" Heck (Neil Flynn) who resides in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana. They are the parents of three children, Axl (Charlie McDermott), Sue (Eden Sher), and Brick (Atticus Shaffer).
Main cast
Patricia Heaton as Frankie Heck
Neil Flynn as Mike Heck
Charlie McDermott as Axl Heck
Eden Sher as Sue Heck
Atticus Shaffer as Brick Heck
Alphonso McAuley as Charles "Hutch" Hutchinson, Axl's football teammate and best friend at college. His full name is revealed this season.
Tommy Bechtold as Kenny, Axl and Hutch's weird roommate, a hardcore gamer. He speaks for the first time in "Halloween VI: Tick Tock Death".
Casey Burke as Cindy, Brick's classmate, with whom he is in the early stages of a relationship.
Jen Ray as Nancy Donahue, the Hecks' neighbor and friend.
Pat Finn as Bill Norwood, the Hecks' neighbor and friend.
Julie Brown as Paula Norwood, the Hecks' neighbor and friend.
Lyndon Smith as Holly, Sue's hard-partying, negative dormmate.
Beau Wirick as Sean Donahue, one of Axl's friends who is away at college. He shows up this season with a hipster look and claims he is now a vegan.
Brock Ciarlelli as Brad Bottig, Sue's best friend who briefly dated her in high school. In "Risky Business," he was about to tell Sue his secret, but she told him she already knew and showed him love and support.
Gia Mantegna as Devin Levin, Frankie's hairdresser's relative and Axl's college classmate/ex-girlfriend. They break up when Devin thinks they should see others.
Brittany Ross and Natalie Lander as Courtney and Debbie, airheaded cheerleaders who dated Axl as one in high school.
Paul Hipp as Reverend Timothy "TimTom" Thomas, the preacher at the Hecks' church.
Jack McBrayer as Dr. Ted Goodwin, Frankie's boss at the dental office.
Jovan Armand as Troy, Brick's large classmate who initially protects him at school, then becomes his friend.
Daniela Bobadilla as Lexie, Sue's college classmate who, like Sue, fails to get accepted by any sororities at the school. She later becomes Sue's dormmate.
Norm Macdonald as Rusty Heck, Mike's brother. He appears in "Risky Business" and "The Wisdom Teeth".
David Hull as Logan, a guy Sue met on her senior prom night (season 6). He appears in "Land of the Lost" and "Hecks at a Movie".
Brooke Shields as Rita Glossner, Frankie and Mike's neighbor. She appears in "Halloween VI: Tick Tock Death".
Marsha Mason as Pat Spence, Frankie's mother. She appears in "Homecoming II: The Tailgate" and "Not Mother's Day".
Faith Ford as Sheila, Frankie's co-worker at Heritage Village. She appears in "Thanksgiving VII".
John Cullum as "Big Mike" Heck, Mike's father. He appears in "The Convention".
Cheryl Hines as Dr. Sommer Samuelson, head of the company that takes over Frankie's dental office. She appears in "The Convention".
Josh Cooke as Nick Grant, Sue's college professor. He appears in "Birds of a Feather" and "Crushed".
Alan Ruck as Jack Kershaw, Axl's boss at Little Betty. He appears in "Birds of a Feather" and "Film, Friends and Fruit Pies".
Brian Stepanek as Merv, Cindy's father. He appears in "Crushed".
Lauren Drasler as LuEllen, Cindy's mother. She appears in "Crushed".
Emily Rutherfurd as Dierdre Peterson, the Hecks' new neighbor. She appears in "The Lanai".
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