# The Middleman Meets His Match **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-middleman-meets-his-match/487533 "2009-02-26T17:59:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-middleman-meets-his-match/487533/1 "2009-02-26T17:59:27Z")
The Middleman, the wonderfully loony show on ABC Family, finally met an adversary he couldn’t defeat: ABC Family. From Zap2it’s [TV Gal](http://blog.zap2it.com/tvgal/2009/02/lets-take-a-look-at-how-some-of-our-favorite-shows-are-doing--damages-ive-heard-complaints-from-many-of-you-that-this.html): > [@](#): > > Well the bad news is that The Middleman has been officially cancelled. The semi-good news is that ABC Family announced yesterday that fans won’t be left completely hanging. The series finale episode will appear in the form of a graphic novel form this summer. Viper Comics will release the graphic novel “The Middleman – The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse” written by creator/executive producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Hans Beimler this July. The DVD set of all the first season episodes will be released in July as well. Too bad. ABC Family was obviously the wrong channel for this show, but I guess we owe them thanks that they made a season in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-middleman-meets-his-match/487533/2 "2009-02-26T18:13:58Z")
He was fun and she was a hottie so I hope they can find more work (on something more long-lived) sometime soon. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-middleman-meets-his-match/487533/3 "2009-02-26T19:23:20Z")
I was expecting it. There was absolutely no way it would succeed on ABC Family (actually, the only network where it would work would be if Sci-Fi merged with Comedy Central). The Middleman appeared in last week’s episode of **Dollhouse** , so he’s getting work. I will have to see about getting the comic. And the episodes are available on iTunes. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-middleman-meets-his-match/487533/4 "2009-02-26T19:26:33Z")
Oh wow. That’s some bad news right there. I really liked the show. Really fun light hearted (ok, apparently, Firefox doesn’t think “hearted” is a word) show. Closest I’ve ever been to reading a comic book. The pop culture references were really great to look out for too. In fact, I watched Ride Lonesome because it was mentioned in the show. Oh well ☹ ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-middleman-meets-his-match/487533/5 "2009-02-26T21:07:16Z")
I guess this means I’ll never get to see the early episodes unless they put out a DVD set (please!). Although I haven’t yet checked to see if they’re available on Hulu. I also finally realized why one of the recurring characters on Leverage looked familiar - he played Manservant Neville on Middleman. And I see he’s going to be in a few upcoming episodes of Dollhouse, too.