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'''Green flashes''' and '''green rays''' are rare [[optical phenomena]] that occur shortly after [[sunset]] or before [[sunrise]], when a [[green]] spot is visible for a short period of [[time]] above the [[sun]], or a green ray shoots up from the sunset point.
| show_name =Malcolm in the Middle
[[Image:Big green flash.JPG|thumb|300px|right|A larger than usual green flash in Santa Cruz]]
| image = [[Image:MitM credits logo.jpg|275px]]
[[Image:Inferior Mirage green flash.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Stages of a green flash]]
| format = [[Sitcom]]
[[Image:GreenFlash.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Mock Mirage green flash observed in San Francisco]]
| camera = [[Single camera setup|Single camera]]
[[Image:Green flashsf.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Mock Mirage green flash observed in San Francisco]]
| runtime = 22 minutes (without ads)<br>30 minutes (with ads)
[[Image:Green flash 02-09-08.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Mock Mirage green flash observed in San Francisco]]
| creator =[[Linwood Boomer]]
[[Image:Green flash and mock mirage.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Mock Mirage green flash observed in San Francisco]]
| director = [[Todd Holland]]<br>(various episodes)<br>and various other directors
[[Image:Green rim of the setting sun.jpg|Upper rim is green and lower rim is red|thumb|250px]]
| starring = [[Frankie Muniz]]<br>[[Jane Kaczmarek]]<br>[[Bryan Cranston]]<br>[[Christopher Masterson]]<br>[[Justin Berfield]]<br>[[Erik Per Sullivan]] <br> [[Catherine Lloyd Burns]] (2000)
Green flashes can be observed from any [[altitude]] (even from an aircraft). They are usually seen at an unobstructed [[horizon]], such as over the [[ocean]], but are possible over cloud-tops and mountain-tops as well.
| opentheme = "[[Boss of Me]]" by<br>[[They Might Be Giants]]
| country = {{USA}}
| network = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]
| first_aired = [[January 9]], [[2000]]
| last_aired = [[May 14]], [[2006]]
| num_seasons = 7
| num_episodes = 151
| list_episodes = List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes
| website = http://www.fox.com/malcolm/
| imdb_id = 0212671
| tv_com_id = 248
}}


'''''Malcolm in the Middle''''' was a seven-time [[Emmy Award]]-winning,<ref name="awards">{{cite web |url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212671/awards |title = Awards list |accessdate = 2007-04-24 |publisher = [[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref> one-time [[Grammy]]-winning<ref name="awards"/> and seven-time [[Golden Globe]]-nominated<ref name="awards"/> critically acclaimed [[United States|American]] [[sitcom]] created by [[Linwood Boomer]] for the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Network]]. The series [[Premiere|was first broadcast]] on [[January 9]], [[2000]], and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on [[May 14]], [[2006]], after seven seasons.
==Explanation==
The reason for a green flash lies in [[refraction]] of [[light]] (as in a [[prism (optics)|prism]]) in the [[Earth's atmosphere|atmosphere]]: light moves more slowly in the lower, denser air than in the thinner air above, so sunlight rays follow paths that curve slightly, in the same direction as the curvature of the [[Earth]]. Higher frequency light (green/blue) curves more than lower frequency light (red/orange), so green/blue rays from the upper limb of the setting sun remain visible after the red rays are obstructed by the curvature of the earth.


==Premise==
Green flashes are enhanced by [[inversion (meteorology)|atmospheric inversions]], which increase the density gradient in the atmosphere, and therefore increase refraction. A green flash is more likely to be seen in clear air, when more of the light from the setting sun reaches the observer without being scattered. We might expect to see a [[blue]] flash, but the blue is preferentially scattered out of our line of sight and remaining light ends up looking [[green]].
The show starred [[Frankie Muniz]] as [[Malcolm (Malcolm in the Middle)|Malcolm]], the third-born of 4, then 5 later in the series (6, in the last episode), sons of [[Lois (Malcolm in the Middle)|Lois]] ([[Jane Kaczmarek]]) and [[Hal (Malcolm in the Middle)|Hal]] ([[Bryan Cranston]]). The eldest, [[Francis (Malcolm in the Middle)|Francis]] ([[Christopher Masterson]]), was shipped off to [[military academy|military school]], leaving 3 brothers: [[Reese (Malcolm in the Middle)|Reese]] ([[Justin Berfield]]), [[Malcolm (Malcolm in the Middle)|Malcolm]] ([[Frankie Muniz]]), [[Dewey (Malcolm in the Middle)|Dewey]] ([[Erik Per Sullivan]]) and starting in season four [[Jamie (Malcolm in the Middle)|Jamie]] (James and Lukas Rodriguez in the later seasons) living at home, Malcolm being the middle child still at home (hence the show's title). The show's early seasons centered on Malcolm and the rigors of being an adolescent genius and enduring an eccentric, although eerily normal, life. Later seasons gradually explored the other members of the family and their friends in more depth.


The series was different from many others in that Malcolm broke the [[fourth wall]] and talked directly to the viewer; it was shot using a [[single-camera setup|single camera]]; and it used neither a [[laugh track]] nor a live studio [[audience]], just sound effects. Emulating the style of hour-long dramas, this half-hour show was shot on film instead of video. Another unique aspect is that the [[cold open]] of every episode is unrelated to the main story. Exceptions were episodes which were the conclusions of "two-parters"; these episodes opened with a summary of part one and Bryan Cranston (Hal) saying "Previously on Malcolm in the Middle" in a humorous manner.
With slight [[magnification]] a green rim on the top limb of the [[sun|solar disk]] can be seen on most clear-day sunsets. However the flash or ray effects require a stronger layering of the atmosphere and a [[mirage]] which serves to magnify the green for a fraction of a second to a couple of seconds.


==Characters==
==Types of green flashes==
{{see also|List of characters in Malcolm in the Middle}}
The green flash is actually a group of phenomena, some of which are listed below:<ref name="young">Young, A. [http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/GF/papers/Zenit/glance.html "Green flashes at a glance"] (2006), San Diego State University page. Retrieved on 09/05/07.</ref>
===Main characters===
Originally there were 4 brothers (although Malcolm's oldest brother attended a [[military school]] away from home, so Malcolm was still the middle sibling left at home). The fifth child was introduced in the show's fourth season but his sex was not mentioned until Season 5. The boys are, from eldest to youngest: Francis, Reese, Malcolm, Dewey, and Jamie.


*'''[[Malcolm Wilkerson (Malcolm in the Middle)|Malcolm]]''', played by [[Frankie Muniz]]
*'''[[Lois Wilkerson (Malcolm in the Middle)|Lois]]''', played by [[Jane Kaczmarek]].
*'''[[Reese Wilkerson (Malcolm in the Middle)|Reese]]''', played by [[Justin Berfield]].
*'''[[Hal Wilkerson (Malcolm in the Middle)|Hal]]''', played by [[Bryan Cranston]].
*'''[[Dewey Wilkerson (Malcolm in the Middle)|Dewey]]''', played by [[Erik Per Sullivan]].
*'''[[Francis Wilkerson (Malcolm in the Middle)|Francis]]''', played by [[Christopher Masterson]].
*'''[[List of characters in Malcolm in the Middle|Jamie]]''', played by James and Lukas Rodriguez.

===Recurring characters===
*'''Craig Feldspar''', portrayed by [[David Anthony Higgins]], is Lois's neurotic, though well-intentioned, co-worker at the Lucky Aide. It was made obvious on numerous occasions that Craig is in love with Lois, and he even told her so when he thought he was going to die. He appears frequently in the show, especially during later seasons, as his character becomes more entwined with Lois and her family. After entrusting his house and cat ("Jelly Bean") to Dewey's care while he is away, and the resulting fire that destroys it, he lives with Malcolm's family for a short time until the boys' scheme to cover their tracks ends up getting him out. The series ends with Reese moving out of the house and becoming Craig's roommate.

*'''Stanley''', played by [[Karim Prince]] was a cadet at the academy, friend, and is Francis' informal body guard during the first season.
*'''Stevie Kenarban''', played by [[Craig Lamar Traylor]]. As Malcolm's best friend, Stevie first meets him in the pilot; they are in the same accelerated class through middle school and most of high school. Stevie is a wheelchair user and has severe [[asthma]], and only one lung, causing him to have difficulty speaking. Stevie has a sarcastic side and has also outsmarted Malcolm and Reese on numerous occasions.

*'''Lloyd''' and '''Dabney''', played by [[Evan Matthew Cohen]] and [[Kyle Sullivan]], are Malcolm and Stevie's Krelboyne classmates and best friends for the first four seasons of the show. As Krelboynes ([[Intellectual giftedness|gifted students]]), Lloyd and Dabney are often bullied by their classmates (including Reese), and they often suffer the consequences of schemes they help Malcolm with. Like Malcolm's other Krelboyne friends, Lloyd and Dabney appear less frequently during the show's fourth season, eventually leaving Stevie as Malcolm's only friend.

*'''Abraham "Abe" Kenarban''', played by [[Gary Anthony Williams]]. Abe is the devoted father to Stevie and husband to Kitty. He is also Hal's best friend and enjoys playing [[poker]] with him and his other friends: Trey, Brian, Malik, and Steve.

*'''Richie''', played by [[Todd Giebenhain]], is Francis's best friend before military school, and Francis often visits Richie on his trips back home during the first three seasons. He is a delinquent who was eventually shipped off to military school with Francis. It is never explained why Richie disappears or why Francis never sees him again after the third season.

*'''Kitty Kenarban''', played by [[Merrin Dungey]]. Stevie's mother and Abe's wife. Kitty is generally soft-spoken and doesn't normally punish her son due to his disability. Kitty disappears from the series after the third season premiere and it is revealed that she becomes a [[porn star]] and deserts her family. She returns in season six, however, hoping to reform herself. (In the pilot episode Dungey plays a different character: Malcolm's teacher, before he transfers to the [[Krelboyne]] class.)

*'''Caroline Miller''', played by [[Catherine Lloyd Burns]], Malcolm's teacher, appears in most of the first-season and two of the second-season episodes. She was very passionate about her job and had Malcolm's best interests at heart. She disappeared from the series after giving birth in the school parking lot.

*'''Commandant Edwin Spangler''', played by [[Daniel von Bargen]]. The strict and hard-nosed military veteran in charge of the cadets at Marlin Academy. He suffers from dozens of injuries and is missing an eye; ironically none of these are combat-related, as he has never served in wartime. For the first two seasons and beginning of season three, Francis was Spangler's most rebellious student and clashed with him on many occasions. Halfway through the third season, Francis' desertion from the academy caused Spangler's life to go downhill as Francis stood out as his only failure. Spangler is fired from the academy, tracks Francis to [[Alaska]], and attempts to kill him at first. Taking pity on Commandant Spangler Francis attempts to get him a job but he fails his interview by showing up drunk. Eric and Francis realize that 'the only thing that ever made him remotely happy was tormenting and bullying helpless students.' They quickly find him a job at the Snow Haven Retirement Home where he has the freedom to bully the elderly. After this he is never seen again.

*'''Cadet Eric Hanson''', played by Eric Nenninger. Francis' fellow cadet at the academy and friend for the first three seasons. Eric was Francis's reluctant sidekick and normally suffered the consequences of the antics caused by Francis. On several occasions, Eric has mentioned that he has two fathers. At the start of season three, Eric turns eighteen, drops out of the academy, and goes to work in an Alaskan lodge. Francis emancipates himself and follows soon after, but both of them learn that their job isn't as great as they hoped. Francis eventually gets a job at a ranch, but Eric is left behind to [[hitchhike]] on the highway. His fate is unknown.
*'''Cynthia''', played by [[Tania Raymonde]], is a new [[Krelboyne]] girl who joins Malcolm's class in the episode "[[Krelboyne Girl]]." Cynthia is one of Malcolm's first crushes throughout the series but quickly takes on the role of a caring and compassionate friend. In season three her prolonged absence is explained by stating that she has returned from Europe. After sharing a brief romance with Reese (in which he is only trying to take advantage of her) she returns in the season four episode "[[Humilithon]]," she saves Malcolm from making a horrible mistake by implying that they have shared an intense romance; destroying her own reputation in the process. After this episode she is never seen again and there is no explanation as to what became of her.

*'''Lavernia''', played by Brenda Wehle, is Francis's cruel, heartless boss at the Alaskan lodge. Lavernia rules over her workers with an iron fist, charging her employees instead of paying them. Eventually she closes down the lodge and fires her workers when a mining company buys out the land.

*'''Lionel Herkabe''', played by [[Chris Eigeman]], Malcolm's teacher, is divorced and in debt though he used to be a dot-com millionaire. He was a [[Krelboyne]] like Malcolm and manipulates Malcolm for his own purposes.

*'''Victor''' and '''Ida''', played by [[Robert Loggia]] and [[Cloris Leachman]] respectively, are Lois's dysfunctional parents, introduced in the episode "The Grandparents." Ida is depicted as greedy, chain-smoking, manipulative, racist, and quick to take offense. The only good deed she has ever done is saving Dewey from being run over by a truck; this resulted in her suffering the loss of one of her legs. Victor's background is obscure, except for mention that he left home at a young age and that he was in "the war." Ida often refers to a hard life growing up in "The Old Country" and going through "a camp." While they speak with Slavic accents and appear to be from somewhere in [[Eastern Europe]], their exact nationality is never specified, and may be intended to be fictional. However, an episode which centers on a fictitious "St. Grotus Day" feast, appears to take place in a [[Croatia]]n [[community center]], with a Croatian flag and a poster of [[Zagreb]] Cathedral on the wall. Victor, who had died by the time Ida made her second appearance on the season 3 episode "Christmas," had been keeping second family a secret from Lois and her sister [[Susan]] ([[Laurie Metcalf]])<ref>[http://www.tv.com/malcolm-in-the-middle/victors-other-family/episode/311670/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;104 Malcolm in the Middle: Victor's Other Family - TV.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>: He had run off and married a good-natured [[Canada|Canadian]] woman, played by [[Betty White]]. In the episode "Victor's Other Family," it was further revealed that Victor wasn't Lois's biological father.

*'''Piama Tananahaakna''', played by [[Emy Coligado]], is Francis's wife; she appears for the first time in "Hal's Birthday." She was 19 when they got married and has been married before. Her mother moved away long ago and her father kicked her out when she was 14. After being mistreated by Hal's family at Hal's birthday party, Lois treats Piama a bit better. She later comes to work for the Mannkussers. She mostly serves as a voice of reason between Francis and his family. Although it has never been directly stated (Francis says she's "fiery" in "Hal's Birthday"), she is very much like Lois.

*'''Otto Mannkusser''', played by [[Kenneth Mars]]. Francis's [[Germany|German]] boss and sidekick for the fourth and fifth seasons. He meets Francis while he had a 1974 broken car at the highway coming down from Alaska. Otto is in charge of The Grotto, a dude ranch (named after the two in the episode "Zoo,", Otto says "She is Gretchen, I am Otto - Grotto"). Otto is married to Gretchen and has an estranged son. Otto is gullible and a bit of a pushover; he hires too many employees and gives them extra vacation days. However, after Francis works on the ranch for a little over two years, Otto fires him when the [[Automated teller machine|ATM]] that Francis was depositing his funds into wasn't really an ATM. In German, his last name means literally, "man kisser." In the German version of the show, the Mannkussers are Danes.

*'''Gretchen Mannkusser''', played by [[Meagen Fay]], is the wife of Otto and the co-runner of the Grotto. She is a kind and caring woman. As Otto explained to Francis, their marriage was by deceit: Gretchen was actually the girlfriend of Otto's best friend, but Otto loved her as well. When they were planning to elope, Gretchen's intended arranged for her to meet him at a rendezvous point, but he lied about the actual location and said he would meet her at the train station in [[Berlin]]. When his friend didn't show up, Otto came and comforted her and they married. They had a son named Rutger.

*'''Jessica''', played by [[Hayden Panettiere]] is a teenage girl who first made an appearance as a babysitter that Hal hired so that he could take on a second job while Lois was away tending to her pregnancy. Proving to be more of a threat than initially thought, she turned out to be as scheming, conniving and manipulative as any of the boys. In later episodes she was a frequent visitor as a neighbor who would come over to escape a negligent father. Working again for her own benefit she proceeded to create uncomfortable situations including convincing the family to see ''[[Mamma Mia!]]'' and convincing both Malcolm and Reese that the other was a [[homosexual]]. In season seven she replaced Stevie as Malcolm's best friend and, though manipulative, did her best to look after Malcolm during that time. In one of the final episodes she convinces Malcolm to end a detrimental relationship claiming that she has feelings for him. After he returns to her once he ends his previous engagement, she confesses that she had once again lied. When Malcolm is upset that he has once again fallen for one of her tricks she kisses him, responding next with 'Nope, nothing.' With Stevie's return Jessica is no longer seen; even during graduation. Much like Cynthia, her character has frequent breaks in between episodes, but ''unlike'' Cynthia, Jessica is given much more of a back story and her absences are fewer in the later season, making her more of a central guest character. In one episode it is revealed that she dates a very large and muscular Asian named Mike.

*'''Polly''', played by [[Julie Hagerty]] is Jamie's slightly insane babysitter. She usually gets people involved in her own problems, such as the time when Malcolm had to keep secret about Polly stealing back her ashes. She also dated Abe and Craig at the same time but in the end admitting they are more of a distraction to her career. She refers many times to family issues such as court cases. Polly disappears by the end of season 5.

===Notable guest stars===
:''Main article: [[List of Guest Stars in Malcolm in the Middle]]

==Main crew==
* [[Linwood Boomer]] - Creator, Executive Producer (seasons 1-6), Creative Consultant (season 7)
* [[Todd Holland]] - Co-Executive Producer (season 1, subsequent episodes he directs)
* [[David Richardson]] - Co-Executive Producer (season 1)
* [[Alan J. Higgins]] - Co-Executive Producer (seasons 1-3), Consultant (season 7)
* [[Michael Glouberman]] - Supervising Producer (season 1), Co-Executive Producer (seasons 1-7)
* [[Andrew Orenstein]] - Supervising Producer (season 1), Co-Executive Producer (seasons 1-5)
* [[Alex Reid (screenwriter)|Alex Reid]] - Creative Consultant (season 1), Producer (seasons 1 and 2), Supervising Producer (season 3), Co-Executive Producer (seasons 4-7), Executive Producer (season 7)
* [[Don Voorhees]] - Associate Producer (seasons 1 and 2), Co-Producer (seasons 3-7)
* [[Bob Stevens]] - Co-Executive Producer (seasons 1-3)
* [[Gary Murphy]] - Co-Executive Producer (seasons 2-7)
* [[Neil Thompson]] - Co-Executive Producer (seasons 2-5), Consulting Producer (seasons 6 and 7)
* [[Michael Borkow]] - Co-Executive Producer (seasons 3 and 4)
* [[Maggie Bandur]] - Executive Story Editor (seasons 2 and 3), Co-Producer (season 3), Producer (season 4), Supervising Producer (season 5)
* [[Pang-Ni Landrum]] - Executive Story Editor (seasons 2 and 3), Co-Producer (season 3)
* [[Dan Kopelman]] - Executive Story Editor (seasons 2 and 3), Co-Producer (season 3), Producer (season 4), Supervising Producer (season 5)
* [[Matthew Carlson]] - Co-Executive Producer (seasons 4-6), Executive Producer (season 7)
* [[Rob Hanning]] - Co-Executive Producer (season 4)
* [[Bob Kushell]] - Consulting Producer (season 4)
* [[Janice Carr]] - Associate Producer (seasons 4 and 5), Co-Producer (seasons 6 and 7)
* [[Rob Ulin]] - Co-Executive Producer (seasons 5-7)
* [[Eric Kaplan]] - Supervising Producer (season 5), Co-Executive Producer (seasons 5-7)
* [[Jennifer Celotta]] - Supervising Producer (season 6), Co-Executive Producer (season 6)
* [[Jay Kogen]] - Consulting Producer (season 6), Co-Executive Producer (season 7)
* [[David Sacks]] - Consulting Producer (season 6)
* [[Steve Welch]] - Supervising Producer (season 7)

==Episodes==
{{main|List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes}}
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Season!!Ep #!!First Airdate!!Last Airdate
|-
|-
| style="text-align: left; top" | [[List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes#Season 1: 2000|Season 1]]
! Type !! Characteristics !! Conditions !! Best seen from...
|- style="background:mintcream"
| style="text-align: center; top" | 16
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[January 9]], [[2000]]
| Inferior-mirage flash || Joule's "last glimpse"; oval, flattened below. Lasts 1 or 2 seconds. || Surface warmer than the overlying air || Close to [[sea level]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[May 21]], [[2000]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align: left; top" | [[List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes#Season 2: 2000-2001|Season 2]]
| Mock-mirage flash || Indentations seem to "pinch off" a thin, pointy strip from the upper limb of the Sun. Lasts 1 or 2 seconds. || Atmospheric inversion layer below eye level; surface colder than air. || The higher the eye, the more likely; flash is most obvious when the eye is just above the inversion.
|- style="background:mintcream"
| style="text-align: center; top" | 25
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[November 5]], [[2000]]
| Sub-[[Atmospheric duct|duct]] flash || Large upper part of an [[hourglass]]-shaped Sun turns green for up to 15 seconds. || Observer below a strong [[Inversion (meteorology)|atmospheric inversion]] || In a narrow height interval just below a duct (can occur at any height)
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[May 20]], [[2001]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align: left; top" | [[List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes#Season 3: 2001-2002|Season 3]]
| Green ray || Green beam of light either shooting up or seen immediately after sundown. Usually few degrees long, lasting several seconds. || Hazy air and a bright green flash acting as a light source || Unknown
| style="text-align: center; top" | 22
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[November 11]], [[2001]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[May 12]], [[2002]]
|-
| style="text-align: left; top" | [[List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes#Season 4: 2002-2003|Season 4]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | 22
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[November 3]], [[2002]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[May 18]], [[2003]]
|-
| style="text-align: left; top" | [[List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes#Season 5: 2003-2004|Season 5]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | 22
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[November 2]], [[2003]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[May 23]], [[2004]]
|-
| style="text-align: left; top" | [[List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes#Season 6: 2004-2005|Season 6]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | 22
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[November 7]], [[2004]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[May 15]], [[2005]]
|-
| style="text-align: left; top" | [[List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes#Season 7: 2005-2006|Season 7]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | 22
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[September 30]], [[2005]]
| style="text-align: center; top" | [[May 14]], [[2006]]
|}
|}


The majority of flashes observed are inferior-mirage or mock-mirage ones, with the others constituting only 1% of reports. Some types not listed in the table above, such as the [[cloud]]-top flash (seen as the sun sinks into a coastal [[fog]], or at distant [[cumulus cloud]]s), are not understood.<ref name="young" />


===Blue flashes===
==Mysterious surname==
During the first season, the writers decided to keep the family's last name a mystery. However, a last name had already been revealed on the show. In the [[Pilot (Malcolm in the Middle episode)|pilot]] episode, as Francis speaks to his mother on the phone, his name tag says 'Wilkerson.' There was also a joke in the original pilot script that was cut &ndash; Malcolm, walking to school, is confronted by a kid who says "Malcolm, Malcolm, Malcolm. I was talking to my parents last night &ndash; I was listening to them talk, and what's your last name?" "Wilkerson, why?" Malcolm replied. "Oh. Who are the [[Pariah]]s?" said the kid.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212671/trivia] "Malcolm in the Middle" at IMDB</ref>
Very occasionally, the amount of blue light is sufficient to be visible as a "blue flash".<ref name="bbc">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/greenflash.shtml "The Green Flash], BBC Weather online. Retrieved on 09/05/07.</ref> The term should not be confused with the similar usage of [[blue flash]] referring to the blue light seen in [[Nuclear reaction|nuclear]] [[criticality accident]]s.
{{commonscat|Green Flash}}


Francis had his picture in his military school [[yearbook]] under the name "[[Pizza Hut|Pete Zahut]]." Reese was able to join the Army with the presumably fake last name of [[The Jetsons|Jetson]].
===Green flashes in fiction===
This phenomenon features as a major plot device in the [[Walt Disney Pictures]] film [[Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End]]. In the movie's back story, the green flash is fictionalised, becoming an occurance of legendary quality that is rumoured to signify a soul returning from the dead. Later in the film, this concept is further expanded, and the flash is revealed to signal when a trapped spirit escapes from its imprisonment in [[Davy Jones' Locker]] (see [[Geography of Pirates of the Caribbean]]), a feat achieved by the film's main characters. However, the size and scale of the flash depicted in the film is greatly exaggerated.


In the series finale (Graduation), Francis's employee badge falls out of his pocket and the camera close-up reveals 'Nolastname' in the place where his last name would go. In the same episode when Malcolm was introduced to give the graduation speech, the speaker announces Malcolm's name, but microphone feedback makes his surname inaudible.<ref>Malcolm In The Middle, Fox, "Graduation", May 14, 2006, Production #722, Episode #151</ref>
There is also reference to mysterious green light in [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]'s ''[[The Great Gatsby]]''.

Also, in the documentary about the series, ''A Stroke of Genius,'' a shot is shown of the front page of the pilot script, which shows the family surname as 'Wilkerson.'

In the episode set on Hal's company picnic day, a new employee addresses Hal as "Mr. Landon," confusing Hal with Hal's boss, while Hal tries to avoid the new employee.

==Production==

===Opening titles===
The opening titles feature short clips from cult films or television shows, edited together with clips from the early seasons of the TV series. These include, in order of appearance:
* Three women fighting a giant turtle: From ''[[One Million Years BC]]'' (1966)<ref name="trivia">{{cite web |url = http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0212671/trivia |title = IMDB Trivia |accessdate = 2008-01-05 |publisher = [[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref>
* Grinning anime boy in rain: Shiogami from anime ''[[Nazca (anime)|Nazca]]''<ref name="trivia" />
* The monster rising out of the ocean is the [[Kraken]]: From ''[[Clash of the Titans]]'' (1981)<ref name="trivia" />
* Woman being held above a nest of hungry pterodactyl: From ''[[One Million Years BC]]'' (1966)<ref name="trivia" />
* Anime guy skateboarding: From the [[anime]] ''[[Nazca (anime)|Nazca]]''<ref name="trivia" />
* Mud-monster grabbing a woman as she kisses a man: From ''[[Creature From The Haunted Sea]]'' (1961)<ref name="creature_from_the_haunted_sea">{{cite web |url = http://www.bmonster.com/jan2005.shtml |title =
B Monster Bulletin |accessdate = 2008-01-05 |publisher = The Astounding B Monster Archive}}</ref>
* Man [[Ski jumping|ski-jumping]] while ignited in flames: ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069645/ Thrill Seekers]''<ref name="thrillseekersref">{{cite web |url = http://www.malcolminthemiddle.co.uk/forum/faq.php?faq=mitm |title = Malcolm in the Middle Voting Community - Forum - FAQ |accessdate = 2008-06-23 }}</ref>
* Wrestling match: [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Bret Hart]] wrestling Canadian [[Chris Benoit]] (locking him in his finishing move, The Sharpshooter), during the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] Match at ''[[WCW Mayhem]]'' [[Pay-per-view|PPV]] in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. This has since been removed from the titles on all U.K syndications of Malcolm in the Middle but still remains on U.S. syndications<ref name="trivia" />
* Robot head being assembled: From the BBC series ''[[Out of the Unknown]]'' episode ''[[Liar!]]'' (1969)<ref name="out_of_the_unknown">{{cite web |url = http://www.zetaminor.com/cult/out_unknown/ootu_clips_guide_s3.htm |title =
Out of the Unknown - Clips guide |accessdate = 2008-01-05 |publisher = Zeta Minor}}</ref>
* Man attacking giant brain with an axe: From ''[[The Brain from Planet Arous]]'' (1957)<ref name="trivia" />
* Boxer [[Knockout|knocking out]] referee: [[Cuba]]n Pedro Cardenas fighting Canadian [[Willie DeWitt]] but accidentally KOd referee Bert Lowes instead, during the 1982 North American Championships in Las Vegas.<ref name="trivia" />

===Setting===
The setting of the show has never been revealed, though their street address &ndash; 12334&nbsp;Maple Blvd. Millbrook &ndash; was identified in episode&nbsp;81 ("Reese's Party"). The house which is used for external shots is privately owned, and is situated in the [[Studio City, Los Angeles, California|Studio City]] district of [[Los Angeles, California]], at 12334&nbsp;Cantura Street.<ref>{{cite web| coauthors = Wando| title = The actual House location | publisher = Malcolm in the Middle Voting Community| url = http://www.malcolminthemiddle.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=1210}}</ref> Filming also took place at [[20th Century Fox | 20<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;Century Fox Studio]] - 10201-Pico Boulevard in the [[Century City]] district of [[Los Angeles]]; at [[Walter Reed Middle School]] in [[Los Angeles]] and in [[Santa Clarita, California]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Filming locations for Malcolm in the Middle| publisher = IMDB| url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212671/locations}}</ref> There are several instances where California license plates are visible, including the family vehicle in "(Traffic Jam)". In "Stock Car Races", when Hal and the boys are entering a race track, the billboard behind the entrance displays the place as [[Irwindale Speedway]], a real [[race track]] in Southern California. In seasons six and seven, however, the license plates on the cars are from Oklahoma ("Hal's Christmas Gift" and "Malcolm Defends Reese"). The last episode in the first season ("Waterpark") was filmed at a waterpark called "Wild Rivers" located in Southern California, but in the episode the waterpark was called "Wavetown USA". In the episode "Monkey" when Reese gets an honor from the police, the hat he is seen wearing has the letters MPD on it, suggesting the name of the city begins with the letter M.
The baseball and softball episodes were filmed in a city park in Sherman Oaks, California. However, a Baltimore Ravens poster is present in the boys' room, which is a good indication of either being set in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, or New Jersey.

===Music===
The show's [[Theme music|theme song]], "[[Boss of Me]]", was written and recorded by the alternative rock group [[They Might Be Giants]]. The song won the "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" award at the 2002 [[Grammy Awards]].<ref name="awards" /> The band also performed nearly all of the [[incidental music]] for the show in its first two seasons.

Mood setting music is sprinkled throughout the series, in replacement of the laugh track, in a way that resembles feature film more than other TV sitcoms. Some examples of this highly varied music include [[ABBA]], [[Basement Jaxx]], [[Sum 41]], [[Kenny Rogers]], [[Lords Of Acid]], [[The Getaway People]], [[En Vogue]], [[Phil Collins]], [[Quiet Riot]], [[Queen (band)|Queen]], and [[Citizen King]] whose song "Better Days" is played at the end of both the pilot episode and the series finale.

The Southern California pop-punk band [[Lit (band)|Lit]] have many of their songs featured in several episodes. Lit songs that were never released as singles were also used.

A soundtrack, ''[[Music from Malcolm in the Middle]]'', was released on [[November 21]], [[2000]].<ref>{{cite web| title =Malcolm in the Middle SoundTrack| publisher = SoundTrackNet| date = 2001| url = http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=2648}}</ref>

In the Episode Baby II when Hal dreams he escapes Electric Six - DANGER! HIGH VOLTAGE! plays.

===DVD release===
Only the first season of ''Malcolm in the Middle'' has been released on DVD. Season 2 was going to be released in Fall 2003 but was cancelled due to high costs of music clearances.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=870 |title = Malcolm in the Middle - Season 2 (plus Other Shows) Hamstrung by Music Clearances |accessdate = 2007-04-24 |author = Lambert, David |date = [[2003-11-30]] |publisher = [[TVShowsOnDVD.com]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!DVD Name!!Release date!!Ep #!!Additional information
|-
|The Complete First Season||[[October 29]] [[2002]]||align="center" |16|| Extended pilot episode, ''A Stroke of Genius'' featurette, Commentary on select episodes, Gag reel, Deleted scenes, Alternate show openings, bloopers, ''Dewey's Day Job'' featurette.
|}

==Reception==
===Ratings===
As a [[midseason replacement]] for ''[[Futurama]]'', the show quickly gained a large viewer base, starting off with ratings of 23 million for the debut episode<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117760956.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |title = Sitcom savior? |accessdate = 2007-04-25 |author = Josef Adalian and Michael Schneider |date = [[2000-01-18]] |publisher = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety.com]]}}</ref> and 26 million for the second episode.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://malcolminthemiddle.tktv.net/news.html |title = News |author = Matt Webb Mitovich }}</ref>

Fox shuffled the show's air time repeatedly to make room for other shows, eventually giving it a free pass in its seventh and last season. After moving to Fridays at 8:30 p.m. next to ''[[The Bernie Mac Show]]'', ''Malcolm in the Middle'' averaged fewer than 3.5 million viewers a week, making it Fox's lowest-rated show. On [[January 13]], [[2006]], Fox announced that the show would be moving to 7:00 on Sundays effective [[January 29]], [[2006]]. On [[January 17]], [[2006]], Fox announced the cancellation of the series, with the 151st and [[Series finale|final episode]] airing at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT (the show's original timeslot) on [[May 14]], [[2006]].

In [[Australia]], in 2002 ''Malcolm in the Middle'' premiered on [[Nine Network|Channel Nine]], Monday nights at 8:00 p.m. It rated strongly, with the help from its lead in ''[[Friends]]'', which at the time rated 2,279,000, 2,031,000 and 2,410,000 as the night's most watched show, and year's 2nd most watched TV program. ''Malcolm in the Middle'''s ratings included 1,952,000,
1,925,000, 1,712,000, 1,644,000, and sometimes rating over the 2 million mark: 2,002,000, 2,008,000.

In [[France]], the show first aired daily at 8 p.m. in December 2001, on M6, but didn't find its public and was quickly off schedule. Then, when the show made its comeback in the summer of 2003 at noon, it had a big success. The last seasons had over 1.5 million viewers and a share sometimes over 30 %. Nowadays, the channel is still programming reruns of the show because of its good performances.

===Notable awards and nominations===
:''Main article: [[List of Malcolm in the Middle awards and nominations]].''
[[Jane Kaczmarek]] and [[Cloris Leachman]] gained the highest honors in the cast for being nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award every year they appeared on ''Malcolm in the Middle''. Cloris Leachman succeeded in winning 2002 and 2006. The show won a total of 7 Emmys during its seven year run.<ref name="awards" />

====Awards====
<small>[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
*2002 - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series]] - [[Cloris Leachman]] as Ida
*2006 - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series]] - [[Cloris Leachman]] as Ida

;[[Peabody Awards]]
*2001 - Peabody Award</small>

====Nominations====
<small>[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
* [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series|Outstanding Comedy Series]] (2001) 1 nomination
* [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]] - [[Jane Kaczmarek]] as Lois (2000-2006) 7 nominations
* [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]] - [[Frankie Muniz]] as Malcolm (2001) 1 nomination
* [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]] - [[Bryan Cranston]] as Hal (2002-2003, 2006) 3 nominations
* [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series]] - [[Cloris Leachman]] as Ida (2001, 2003-2005) 4 nominations
* [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series]] - [[Bea Arthur]] as Mrs. White (2000) 1 nomination
* [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series]] - [[Susan Sarandon]] as Meg (2002) 1 nomination
* [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]] - [[Robert Loggia]] as Grandpa Victor (2001) 1 nomination

;[[Golden Globe Awards]]
* [[Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series - Musical/Comedy|Best TV Series - Musical or Comedy]] (2001) 1 nomination
* [[Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy|Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy]] - [[Jane Kaczmarek]] (2001-2003) 3 nominations
* [[Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy|Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy ]] - [[Frankie Muniz]] (2001-2002) 2 nominations
* [[Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television|Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television]] - [[Bryan Cranston]] (2003) 1 nomination

;[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
* [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series]] - [[Jane Kaczmarek]] (2000,2002) 2 nominations</small>



==International broadcasts==
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|{{Flagicon|Argentina}} [[Argentina]] || [[Canal 13 (Argentina)|Canal 13]], [[I-Sat]] || 2007
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|{{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia]] || [[Nine Network]], [[Arena (TV network)|Arena]], [[The Comedy Channel]] || 2002
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|{{Flagicon|Austria}} [[Austria]] || [[ORF1]] || 2002
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|{{Flagicon|Belgium}} [[Belgium]] || [[2BE (TV channel)]] || 2006
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|{{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil]] || [[Rede Record]], [[Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão|SBT]] || 2004
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|{{Flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Bulgaria]] || [[bTV (Bulgaria)|bTV]], [[Fox Life]] || 2001
|-
|{{Flagicon|Canada}} [[Canada]] || [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]], [[Global Television Network|Global]], [[Télé-Québec]] || 2000
|-
|{{Flagicon|Chile}} [[Chile]] || [[Televisión Nacional de Chile]] || 2006
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|{{Flagicon|Colombia}} [[Colombia]] || [[RCN Televisión]] || 2006
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|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Costa Rica]] || [[Repretel 11]] || 2007
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|{{Flagicon|Croatia}} [[Croatia]] || [[Nova TV]], [[RTL Televizija]] || 2008
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|{{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Denmark]] || [[TV 2 Zulu]], [[TV3+]] || 2003
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|{{Flagicon|Dominican Republic}} [[Dominican Republic]] || [[Telesistema Canal 11]] || 2008
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|{{Flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Ecuador]] || [[Teleamazonas]] || 2007
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|{{Flagicon|Estonia}} [[Estonia]] || [[TV3 (Estonia)|TV3]] || 2006
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|{{Flagicon|Faroe Islands}} [[Faroe Islands]] || [[Sjónvarp Føroya]] || 2008
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|{{Flagicon|Finland}} [[Finland]] || [[MTV3]] || 2005
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|{{Flagicon|France}} [[France]] || [[M6 (television channel)|M6]], [[Paris Première]] || 2001
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|{{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Germany]] || [[ProSieben]] || 2001
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|{{Flagicon|Greece}} [[Greece]] || [[Macedonia_TV|Macedonia TV]] || 2008
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|{{Flagicon|Honduras}} [[Honduras]] || [[Canal 5 de Televicentro]] || 2008
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|{{Flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Hong Kong]] || [[TVB Pearl|TVB]] || 2001
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|{{Flagicon|Iceland}} [[Iceland]] || [[SkjárEinn]] || 2006
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|{{Flagicon|India}} [[India]] || [[STAR World]] || 2005
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|{{Flagicon|Israel}} [[Israel]] || [[Bip (channel)|Bip]] || 2002
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|{{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy]] || [[Italia 1]] || 2004
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|{{Flagicon|Kenya}} [[Kenya]] || [[NTV (Kenya)|NTV]] || 2005
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|{{Flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Lithuania]] || [[TV3 Lithuania|TV3]] || 2008
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|{{Flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia]] || [[ntv7]] || 2004
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|{{Flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico]] || [[Televisa]] || 2004
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|{{Flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Middle East]] || [[MBC 4]], [[MBC 2]], [[Paramount Comedy]] || 2002
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|{{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands]] || [[Veronica Network]], [[Comedy Central]] || 2003
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|{{Flagicon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand]] || [[TV3 (New Zealand)|TV3]] || 2004
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|{{Flagicon|Norway}} [[Norway]] || [[TV 2 (Norway)|TV2]] || 2002
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|{{Flagicon|Poland}} [[Poland]] || [[Polsat]] || 2006
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|{{Flagicon|Portugal}} [[Portugal]] || [[SIC Radical]] || 2003
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|{{Flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} [[Republic of Ireland]] || [[Sky One]], [[TV3 Ireland|TV3]] || 2002
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|{{Flagicon|Singapore}} [[Singapore]] || [[MediaCorp TV Channel 5]] || 2007
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|{{Flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Slovenia]] || [[Kanal A]] || 2005
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|{{Flagicon|South Africa}} [[South Africa]] || [[M-Net]] || 2005
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|{{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Spain]] || [[Antena 3 (Spain)|Antena 3]] || 2000
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|{{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sri Lanka]] || [[MTV Television]] || 2008
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|{{Flagicon|Sweden}} [[Sweden]] || [[TV6 (Sweden)|TV6]], [[TV3 (Sweden)|TV3]], [[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]] || 2006
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|{{Flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Switzerland]] || [[SF zwei]] || 2000
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|{{Flagicon|Thailand}} [[Thailand]] || [[True Series]], [[STAR World]] || 2005
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|{{Flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey]] || [[CNBC-e]], [[Turner Network Television|TNT]] || 2003
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|{{Flagicon|Uganda}} [[Uganda]] || [[NTV (Uganda)|NTV]] || 2008
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|{{Flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ukraine]] || [[Novy Kanal]] || 2004
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|{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]] || [[Sky One]] || 2000
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|{{Flagicon|United States}} [[United States]] || [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]], [[FX (TV network)|FX]], [[The CW Television Network]] || 2000
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|{{Flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Venezuela]] || [[Televen]] || 2007
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|{{Flagicon|Vietnam}} [[Vietnam]] || [[Vietnam Multimedia Corporation]] || 2005
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==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/GF/index.html A Green Flash Page], Andrew T. Young's page with comprehensive explanations and simulations.
* [http://www.fox.com/malcolm/ Official FOX ''Malcolm in the Middle'' website]
* [http://www.atoptics.co.uk/atoptics/gf1.htm Green Flash - Atmospheric Optics], explanations and image gallery, Les Cowley's Atmospheric Optics site.
* [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040321.html A Green Flash] from [[Astronomy Picture of the Day]], [[NASA]].
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10913792/displaymode/1107/s/2/framenumber/5/ Green flash picture] released by the European Southern Observatory ([[ESO]]) May 2, 2008. Conditions for seeing green flashes are nearly ideal at the ESO in Chile, and they are seen regularly.


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Malcolm in the Middle
Created byLinwood Boomer
Directed byTodd Holland
(various episodes)
and various other directors
StarringFrankie Muniz
Jane Kaczmarek
Bryan Cranston
Christopher Masterson
Justin Berfield
Erik Per Sullivan
Catherine Lloyd Burns (2000)
Opening theme"Boss of Me" by
They Might Be Giants
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes151 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setupSingle camera
Running time22 minutes (without ads)
30 minutes (with ads)
Original release
NetworkFOX
ReleaseJanuary 9, 2000 –
May 14, 2006

Malcolm in the Middle was a seven-time Emmy Award-winning,[1] one-time Grammy-winning[1] and seven-time Golden Globe-nominated[1] critically acclaimed American sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons.

Premise

The show starred Frankie Muniz as Malcolm, the third-born of 4, then 5 later in the series (6, in the last episode), sons of Lois (Jane Kaczmarek) and Hal (Bryan Cranston). The eldest, Francis (Christopher Masterson), was shipped off to military school, leaving 3 brothers: Reese (Justin Berfield), Malcolm (Frankie Muniz), Dewey (Erik Per Sullivan) and starting in season four Jamie (James and Lukas Rodriguez in the later seasons) living at home, Malcolm being the middle child still at home (hence the show's title). The show's early seasons centered on Malcolm and the rigors of being an adolescent genius and enduring an eccentric, although eerily normal, life. Later seasons gradually explored the other members of the family and their friends in more depth.

The series was different from many others in that Malcolm broke the fourth wall and talked directly to the viewer; it was shot using a single camera; and it used neither a laugh track nor a live studio audience, just sound effects. Emulating the style of hour-long dramas, this half-hour show was shot on film instead of video. Another unique aspect is that the cold open of every episode is unrelated to the main story. Exceptions were episodes which were the conclusions of "two-parters"; these episodes opened with a summary of part one and Bryan Cranston (Hal) saying "Previously on Malcolm in the Middle" in a humorous manner.

Characters

See also: List of characters in Malcolm in the Middle

Main characters

Originally there were 4 brothers (although Malcolm's oldest brother attended a military school away from home, so Malcolm was still the middle sibling left at home). The fifth child was introduced in the show's fourth season but his sex was not mentioned until Season 5. The boys are, from eldest to youngest: Francis, Reese, Malcolm, Dewey, and Jamie.

Recurring characters

  • Craig Feldspar, portrayed by David Anthony Higgins, is Lois's neurotic, though well-intentioned, co-worker at the Lucky Aide. It was made obvious on numerous occasions that Craig is in love with Lois, and he even told her so when he thought he was going to die. He appears frequently in the show, especially during later seasons, as his character becomes more entwined with Lois and her family. After entrusting his house and cat ("Jelly Bean") to Dewey's care while he is away, and the resulting fire that destroys it, he lives with Malcolm's family for a short time until the boys' scheme to cover their tracks ends up getting him out. The series ends with Reese moving out of the house and becoming Craig's roommate.
  • Stanley, played by Karim Prince was a cadet at the academy, friend, and is Francis' informal body guard during the first season.
  • Stevie Kenarban, played by Craig Lamar Traylor. As Malcolm's best friend, Stevie first meets him in the pilot; they are in the same accelerated class through middle school and most of high school. Stevie is a wheelchair user and has severe asthma, and only one lung, causing him to have difficulty speaking. Stevie has a sarcastic side and has also outsmarted Malcolm and Reese on numerous occasions.
  • Lloyd and Dabney, played by Evan Matthew Cohen and Kyle Sullivan, are Malcolm and Stevie's Krelboyne classmates and best friends for the first four seasons of the show. As Krelboynes (gifted students), Lloyd and Dabney are often bullied by their classmates (including Reese), and they often suffer the consequences of schemes they help Malcolm with. Like Malcolm's other Krelboyne friends, Lloyd and Dabney appear less frequently during the show's fourth season, eventually leaving Stevie as Malcolm's only friend.
  • Abraham "Abe" Kenarban, played by Gary Anthony Williams. Abe is the devoted father to Stevie and husband to Kitty. He is also Hal's best friend and enjoys playing poker with him and his other friends: Trey, Brian, Malik, and Steve.
  • Richie, played by Todd Giebenhain, is Francis's best friend before military school, and Francis often visits Richie on his trips back home during the first three seasons. He is a delinquent who was eventually shipped off to military school with Francis. It is never explained why Richie disappears or why Francis never sees him again after the third season.
  • Kitty Kenarban, played by Merrin Dungey. Stevie's mother and Abe's wife. Kitty is generally soft-spoken and doesn't normally punish her son due to his disability. Kitty disappears from the series after the third season premiere and it is revealed that she becomes a porn star and deserts her family. She returns in season six, however, hoping to reform herself. (In the pilot episode Dungey plays a different character: Malcolm's teacher, before he transfers to the Krelboyne class.)
  • Caroline Miller, played by Catherine Lloyd Burns, Malcolm's teacher, appears in most of the first-season and two of the second-season episodes. She was very passionate about her job and had Malcolm's best interests at heart. She disappeared from the series after giving birth in the school parking lot.
  • Commandant Edwin Spangler, played by Daniel von Bargen. The strict and hard-nosed military veteran in charge of the cadets at Marlin Academy. He suffers from dozens of injuries and is missing an eye; ironically none of these are combat-related, as he has never served in wartime. For the first two seasons and beginning of season three, Francis was Spangler's most rebellious student and clashed with him on many occasions. Halfway through the third season, Francis' desertion from the academy caused Spangler's life to go downhill as Francis stood out as his only failure. Spangler is fired from the academy, tracks Francis to Alaska, and attempts to kill him at first. Taking pity on Commandant Spangler Francis attempts to get him a job but he fails his interview by showing up drunk. Eric and Francis realize that 'the only thing that ever made him remotely happy was tormenting and bullying helpless students.' They quickly find him a job at the Snow Haven Retirement Home where he has the freedom to bully the elderly. After this he is never seen again.
  • Cadet Eric Hanson, played by Eric Nenninger. Francis' fellow cadet at the academy and friend for the first three seasons. Eric was Francis's reluctant sidekick and normally suffered the consequences of the antics caused by Francis. On several occasions, Eric has mentioned that he has two fathers. At the start of season three, Eric turns eighteen, drops out of the academy, and goes to work in an Alaskan lodge. Francis emancipates himself and follows soon after, but both of them learn that their job isn't as great as they hoped. Francis eventually gets a job at a ranch, but Eric is left behind to hitchhike on the highway. His fate is unknown.
  • Cynthia, played by Tania Raymonde, is a new Krelboyne girl who joins Malcolm's class in the episode "Krelboyne Girl." Cynthia is one of Malcolm's first crushes throughout the series but quickly takes on the role of a caring and compassionate friend. In season three her prolonged absence is explained by stating that she has returned from Europe. After sharing a brief romance with Reese (in which he is only trying to take advantage of her) she returns in the season four episode "Humilithon," she saves Malcolm from making a horrible mistake by implying that they have shared an intense romance; destroying her own reputation in the process. After this episode she is never seen again and there is no explanation as to what became of her.
  • Lavernia, played by Brenda Wehle, is Francis's cruel, heartless boss at the Alaskan lodge. Lavernia rules over her workers with an iron fist, charging her employees instead of paying them. Eventually she closes down the lodge and fires her workers when a mining company buys out the land.
  • Lionel Herkabe, played by Chris Eigeman, Malcolm's teacher, is divorced and in debt though he used to be a dot-com millionaire. He was a Krelboyne like Malcolm and manipulates Malcolm for his own purposes.
  • Victor and Ida, played by Robert Loggia and Cloris Leachman respectively, are Lois's dysfunctional parents, introduced in the episode "The Grandparents." Ida is depicted as greedy, chain-smoking, manipulative, racist, and quick to take offense. The only good deed she has ever done is saving Dewey from being run over by a truck; this resulted in her suffering the loss of one of her legs. Victor's background is obscure, except for mention that he left home at a young age and that he was in "the war." Ida often refers to a hard life growing up in "The Old Country" and going through "a camp." While they speak with Slavic accents and appear to be from somewhere in Eastern Europe, their exact nationality is never specified, and may be intended to be fictional. However, an episode which centers on a fictitious "St. Grotus Day" feast, appears to take place in a Croatian community center, with a Croatian flag and a poster of Zagreb Cathedral on the wall. Victor, who had died by the time Ida made her second appearance on the season 3 episode "Christmas," had been keeping second family a secret from Lois and her sister Susan (Laurie Metcalf)[2]: He had run off and married a good-natured Canadian woman, played by Betty White. In the episode "Victor's Other Family," it was further revealed that Victor wasn't Lois's biological father.
  • Piama Tananahaakna, played by Emy Coligado, is Francis's wife; she appears for the first time in "Hal's Birthday." She was 19 when they got married and has been married before. Her mother moved away long ago and her father kicked her out when she was 14. After being mistreated by Hal's family at Hal's birthday party, Lois treats Piama a bit better. She later comes to work for the Mannkussers. She mostly serves as a voice of reason between Francis and his family. Although it has never been directly stated (Francis says she's "fiery" in "Hal's Birthday"), she is very much like Lois.
  • Otto Mannkusser, played by Kenneth Mars. Francis's German boss and sidekick for the fourth and fifth seasons. He meets Francis while he had a 1974 broken car at the highway coming down from Alaska. Otto is in charge of The Grotto, a dude ranch (named after the two in the episode "Zoo,", Otto says "She is Gretchen, I am Otto - Grotto"). Otto is married to Gretchen and has an estranged son. Otto is gullible and a bit of a pushover; he hires too many employees and gives them extra vacation days. However, after Francis works on the ranch for a little over two years, Otto fires him when the ATM that Francis was depositing his funds into wasn't really an ATM. In German, his last name means literally, "man kisser." In the German version of the show, the Mannkussers are Danes.
  • Gretchen Mannkusser, played by Meagen Fay, is the wife of Otto and the co-runner of the Grotto. She is a kind and caring woman. As Otto explained to Francis, their marriage was by deceit: Gretchen was actually the girlfriend of Otto's best friend, but Otto loved her as well. When they were planning to elope, Gretchen's intended arranged for her to meet him at a rendezvous point, but he lied about the actual location and said he would meet her at the train station in Berlin. When his friend didn't show up, Otto came and comforted her and they married. They had a son named Rutger.
  • Jessica, played by Hayden Panettiere is a teenage girl who first made an appearance as a babysitter that Hal hired so that he could take on a second job while Lois was away tending to her pregnancy. Proving to be more of a threat than initially thought, she turned out to be as scheming, conniving and manipulative as any of the boys. In later episodes she was a frequent visitor as a neighbor who would come over to escape a negligent father. Working again for her own benefit she proceeded to create uncomfortable situations including convincing the family to see Mamma Mia! and convincing both Malcolm and Reese that the other was a homosexual. In season seven she replaced Stevie as Malcolm's best friend and, though manipulative, did her best to look after Malcolm during that time. In one of the final episodes she convinces Malcolm to end a detrimental relationship claiming that she has feelings for him. After he returns to her once he ends his previous engagement, she confesses that she had once again lied. When Malcolm is upset that he has once again fallen for one of her tricks she kisses him, responding next with 'Nope, nothing.' With Stevie's return Jessica is no longer seen; even during graduation. Much like Cynthia, her character has frequent breaks in between episodes, but unlike Cynthia, Jessica is given much more of a back story and her absences are fewer in the later season, making her more of a central guest character. In one episode it is revealed that she dates a very large and muscular Asian named Mike.
  • Polly, played by Julie Hagerty is Jamie's slightly insane babysitter. She usually gets people involved in her own problems, such as the time when Malcolm had to keep secret about Polly stealing back her ashes. She also dated Abe and Craig at the same time but in the end admitting they are more of a distraction to her career. She refers many times to family issues such as court cases. Polly disappears by the end of season 5.

Notable guest stars

Main article: List of Guest Stars in Malcolm in the Middle

Main crew

  • Linwood Boomer - Creator, Executive Producer (seasons 1-6), Creative Consultant (season 7)
  • Todd Holland - Co-Executive Producer (season 1, subsequent episodes he directs)
  • David Richardson - Co-Executive Producer (season 1)
  • Alan J. Higgins - Co-Executive Producer (seasons 1-3), Consultant (season 7)
  • Michael Glouberman - Supervising Producer (season 1), Co-Executive Producer (seasons 1-7)
  • Andrew Orenstein - Supervising Producer (season 1), Co-Executive Producer (seasons 1-5)
  • Alex Reid - Creative Consultant (season 1), Producer (seasons 1 and 2), Supervising Producer (season 3), Co-Executive Producer (seasons 4-7), Executive Producer (season 7)
  • Don Voorhees - Associate Producer (seasons 1 and 2), Co-Producer (seasons 3-7)
  • Bob Stevens - Co-Executive Producer (seasons 1-3)
  • Gary Murphy - Co-Executive Producer (seasons 2-7)
  • Neil Thompson - Co-Executive Producer (seasons 2-5), Consulting Producer (seasons 6 and 7)
  • Michael Borkow - Co-Executive Producer (seasons 3 and 4)
  • Maggie Bandur - Executive Story Editor (seasons 2 and 3), Co-Producer (season 3), Producer (season 4), Supervising Producer (season 5)
  • Pang-Ni Landrum - Executive Story Editor (seasons 2 and 3), Co-Producer (season 3)
  • Dan Kopelman - Executive Story Editor (seasons 2 and 3), Co-Producer (season 3), Producer (season 4), Supervising Producer (season 5)
  • Matthew Carlson - Co-Executive Producer (seasons 4-6), Executive Producer (season 7)
  • Rob Hanning - Co-Executive Producer (season 4)
  • Bob Kushell - Consulting Producer (season 4)
  • Janice Carr - Associate Producer (seasons 4 and 5), Co-Producer (seasons 6 and 7)
  • Rob Ulin - Co-Executive Producer (seasons 5-7)
  • Eric Kaplan - Supervising Producer (season 5), Co-Executive Producer (seasons 5-7)
  • Jennifer Celotta - Supervising Producer (season 6), Co-Executive Producer (season 6)
  • Jay Kogen - Consulting Producer (season 6), Co-Executive Producer (season 7)
  • David Sacks - Consulting Producer (season 6)
  • Steve Welch - Supervising Producer (season 7)

Episodes

Main article: List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes
Season Ep # First Airdate Last Airdate
Season 1 16 January 9, 2000 May 21, 2000
Season 2 25 November 5, 2000 May 20, 2001
Season 3 22 November 11, 2001 May 12, 2002
Season 4 22 November 3, 2002 May 18, 2003
Season 5 22 November 2, 2003 May 23, 2004
Season 6 22 November 7, 2004 May 15, 2005
Season 7 22 September 30, 2005 May 14, 2006


Mysterious surname

During the first season, the writers decided to keep the family's last name a mystery. However, a last name had already been revealed on the show. In the pilot episode, as Francis speaks to his mother on the phone, his name tag says 'Wilkerson.' There was also a joke in the original pilot script that was cut – Malcolm, walking to school, is confronted by a kid who says "Malcolm, Malcolm, Malcolm. I was talking to my parents last night – I was listening to them talk, and what's your last name?" "Wilkerson, why?" Malcolm replied. "Oh. Who are the Pariahs?" said the kid.[3]

Francis had his picture in his military school yearbook under the name "Pete Zahut." Reese was able to join the Army with the presumably fake last name of Jetson.

In the series finale (Graduation), Francis's employee badge falls out of his pocket and the camera close-up reveals 'Nolastname' in the place where his last name would go. In the same episode when Malcolm was introduced to give the graduation speech, the speaker announces Malcolm's name, but microphone feedback makes his surname inaudible.[4]

Also, in the documentary about the series, A Stroke of Genius, a shot is shown of the front page of the pilot script, which shows the family surname as 'Wilkerson.'

In the episode set on Hal's company picnic day, a new employee addresses Hal as "Mr. Landon," confusing Hal with Hal's boss, while Hal tries to avoid the new employee.

Production

Opening titles

The opening titles feature short clips from cult films or television shows, edited together with clips from the early seasons of the TV series. These include, in order of appearance:

Setting

The setting of the show has never been revealed, though their street address – 12334 Maple Blvd. Millbrook – was identified in episode 81 ("Reese's Party"). The house which is used for external shots is privately owned, and is situated in the Studio City district of Los Angeles, California, at 12334 Cantura Street.[9] Filming also took place at 20th Century Fox Studio - 10201-Pico Boulevard in the Century City district of Los Angeles; at Walter Reed Middle School in Los Angeles and in Santa Clarita, California.[10] There are several instances where California license plates are visible, including the family vehicle in "(Traffic Jam)". In "Stock Car Races", when Hal and the boys are entering a race track, the billboard behind the entrance displays the place as Irwindale Speedway, a real race track in Southern California. In seasons six and seven, however, the license plates on the cars are from Oklahoma ("Hal's Christmas Gift" and "Malcolm Defends Reese"). The last episode in the first season ("Waterpark") was filmed at a waterpark called "Wild Rivers" located in Southern California, but in the episode the waterpark was called "Wavetown USA". In the episode "Monkey" when Reese gets an honor from the police, the hat he is seen wearing has the letters MPD on it, suggesting the name of the city begins with the letter M. The baseball and softball episodes were filmed in a city park in Sherman Oaks, California. However, a Baltimore Ravens poster is present in the boys' room, which is a good indication of either being set in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, or New Jersey.

Music

The show's theme song, "Boss of Me", was written and recorded by the alternative rock group They Might Be Giants. The song won the "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" award at the 2002 Grammy Awards.[1] The band also performed nearly all of the incidental music for the show in its first two seasons.

Mood setting music is sprinkled throughout the series, in replacement of the laugh track, in a way that resembles feature film more than other TV sitcoms. Some examples of this highly varied music include ABBA, Basement Jaxx, Sum 41, Kenny Rogers, Lords Of Acid, The Getaway People, En Vogue, Phil Collins, Quiet Riot, Queen, and Citizen King whose song "Better Days" is played at the end of both the pilot episode and the series finale.

The Southern California pop-punk band Lit have many of their songs featured in several episodes. Lit songs that were never released as singles were also used.

A soundtrack, Music from Malcolm in the Middle, was released on November 21, 2000.[11]

In the Episode Baby II when Hal dreams he escapes Electric Six - DANGER! HIGH VOLTAGE! plays.

DVD release

Only the first season of Malcolm in the Middle has been released on DVD. Season 2 was going to be released in Fall 2003 but was cancelled due to high costs of music clearances.[12]

DVD Name Release date Ep # Additional information
The Complete First Season October 29 2002 16 Extended pilot episode, A Stroke of Genius featurette, Commentary on select episodes, Gag reel, Deleted scenes, Alternate show openings, bloopers, Dewey's Day Job featurette.

Reception

Ratings

As a midseason replacement for Futurama, the show quickly gained a large viewer base, starting off with ratings of 23 million for the debut episode[13] and 26 million for the second episode.[14]

Fox shuffled the show's air time repeatedly to make room for other shows, eventually giving it a free pass in its seventh and last season. After moving to Fridays at 8:30 p.m. next to The Bernie Mac Show, Malcolm in the Middle averaged fewer than 3.5 million viewers a week, making it Fox's lowest-rated show. On January 13, 2006, Fox announced that the show would be moving to 7:00 on Sundays effective January 29, 2006. On January 17, 2006, Fox announced the cancellation of the series, with the 151st and final episode airing at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT (the show's original timeslot) on May 14, 2006.

In Australia, in 2002 Malcolm in the Middle premiered on Channel Nine, Monday nights at 8:00 p.m. It rated strongly, with the help from its lead in Friends, which at the time rated 2,279,000, 2,031,000 and 2,410,000 as the night's most watched show, and year's 2nd most watched TV program. Malcolm in the Middle's ratings included 1,952,000, 1,925,000, 1,712,000, 1,644,000, and sometimes rating over the 2 million mark: 2,002,000, 2,008,000.

In France, the show first aired daily at 8 p.m. in December 2001, on M6, but didn't find its public and was quickly off schedule. Then, when the show made its comeback in the summer of 2003 at noon, it had a big success. The last seasons had over 1.5 million viewers and a share sometimes over 30 %. Nowadays, the channel is still programming reruns of the show because of its good performances.

Notable awards and nominations

Main article: List of Malcolm in the Middle awards and nominations.

Jane Kaczmarek and Cloris Leachman gained the highest honors in the cast for being nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award every year they appeared on Malcolm in the Middle. Cloris Leachman succeeded in winning 2002 and 2006. The show won a total of 7 Emmys during its seven year run.[1]

Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards

Peabody Awards
  • 2001 - Peabody Award

Nominations

Primetime Emmy Awards

Golden Globe Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards


International broadcasts

Country TV network(s) Year/Date
Argentina Argentina Canal 13, I-Sat 2007
Australia Australia Nine Network, Arena, The Comedy Channel 2002
Austria Austria ORF1 2002
Belgium Belgium 2BE (TV channel) 2006
Brazil Brazil Rede Record, SBT 2004
Bulgaria Bulgaria bTV, Fox Life 2001
Canada Canada YTV, Global, Télé-Québec 2000
Chile Chile Televisión Nacional de Chile 2006
Colombia Colombia RCN Televisión 2006
Costa Rica Costa Rica Repretel 11 2007
Croatia Croatia Nova TV, RTL Televizija 2008
Denmark Denmark TV 2 Zulu, TV3+ 2003
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Telesistema Canal 11 2008
Ecuador Ecuador Teleamazonas 2007
Estonia Estonia TV3 2006
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Sjónvarp Føroya 2008
Finland Finland MTV3 2005
France France M6, Paris Première 2001
Germany Germany ProSieben 2001
Greece Greece Macedonia TV 2008
Honduras Honduras Canal 5 de Televicentro 2008
Hong Kong Hong Kong TVB 2001
Iceland Iceland SkjárEinn 2006
India India STAR World 2005
Israel Israel Bip 2002
Italy Italy Italia 1 2004
Kenya Kenya NTV 2005
Lithuania Lithuania TV3 2008
Malaysia Malaysia ntv7 2004
Mexico Mexico Televisa 2004
Saudi Arabia Middle East MBC 4, MBC 2, Paramount Comedy 2002
Netherlands Netherlands Veronica Network, Comedy Central 2003
New Zealand New Zealand TV3 2004
Norway Norway TV2 2002
Poland Poland Polsat 2006
Portugal Portugal SIC Radical 2003
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland Sky One, TV3 2002
Singapore Singapore MediaCorp TV Channel 5 2007
Slovenia Slovenia Kanal A 2005
South Africa South Africa M-Net 2005
Spain Spain Antena 3 2000
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka MTV Television 2008
Sweden Sweden TV6, TV3, TV4 2006
Switzerland Switzerland SF zwei 2000
Thailand Thailand True Series, STAR World 2005
Turkey Turkey CNBC-e, TNT 2003
Uganda Uganda NTV 2008
Ukraine Ukraine Novy Kanal 2004
United Kingdom United Kingdom Sky One 2000
United States United States FOX, FX, The CW Television Network 2000
Venezuela Venezuela Televen 2007
Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Multimedia Corporation 2005

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Awards list". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
  2. ^ Malcolm in the Middle: Victor's Other Family - TV.com
  3. ^ [1] "Malcolm in the Middle" at IMDB
  4. ^ Malcolm In The Middle, Fox, "Graduation", May 14, 2006, Production #722, Episode #151
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "IMDB Trivia". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  6. ^ "B Monster Bulletin". The Astounding B Monster Archive. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  7. ^ "Malcolm in the Middle Voting Community - Forum - FAQ". Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  8. ^ "Out of the Unknown - Clips guide". Zeta Minor. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  9. ^ "The actual House location". Malcolm in the Middle Voting Community. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Filming locations for Malcolm in the Middle". IMDB.
  11. ^ "Malcolm in the Middle SoundTrack". SoundTrackNet. 2001.
  12. ^ Lambert, David (2003-11-30). "Malcolm in the Middle - Season 2 (plus Other Shows) Hamstrung by Music Clearances". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2007-04-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ Josef Adalian and Michael Schneider (2000-01-18). "Sitcom savior?". Variety.com. Retrieved 2007-04-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ Matt Webb Mitovich. "News".

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