Emmy voters have one last chance to right a wrong and finally nominate Eden Sher for her role as the eternally optimistic Sue Heck on the ABC comedy “The Middle.” This slice-of-lice charmer ended its run this spring after nine seasons. Over the course of its first eight seasons, “The Middle” was woefully left on the outside of the Emmy Awards.
Year after year, “The Middle” was overshadowed by another laffer on the alphabet network, “Modern Family.” While that mockumentary about a upwardly mobile California clan raked in Emmys, “The Middle,” which is centered on a working class Indiana family, was overlooked by TV academy members.
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The critics have done their bit, naming Sher as Best Comedy Supporting Actress at the Critics Choice Awards in 2013, having nominated her in both 2011 and 2012. She was recognized by the Broadcast Television Journalists Assn. again in...
Year after year, “The Middle” was overshadowed by another laffer on the alphabet network, “Modern Family.” While that mockumentary about a upwardly mobile California clan raked in Emmys, “The Middle,” which is centered on a working class Indiana family, was overlooked by TV academy members.
See 2018 Emmy Awards nominations: Complicated process made simple
The critics have done their bit, naming Sher as Best Comedy Supporting Actress at the Critics Choice Awards in 2013, having nominated her in both 2011 and 2012. She was recognized by the Broadcast Television Journalists Assn. again in...
- 6/13/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
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