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Quirky, off-the-wall family humor; OK for teens. Read Common Sense Media's Malcolm in the Middle review, age rating, and parents guide.
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Malcolm in the middle is a very funny show, it's about a...
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Parents need to know that this quirky sitcom from the...
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Jul 11, 2006 · Now if Malcolm turns 15 in early Season 4, we can assume that he turns 18 in early season 7- Yet, Rhys turns 18 in early Season 7. Now this makes the boys around the same age- now they can't be, as they're not twins.
- Their Last Name Was Never Acknowledged
- The Costume Designer's 11-Year-Old Neice Came Up with The Story For An Episode
- Cranston Did Almost All of His Own Stunts, Including The Bee Suit
- The Show Was Based on Boomer's Life
- Malcolm Was Originally Supposed to Be Nine Years Old
- Kaczmarek Became A Pro at Fake Births by Watching Other TV Shows
- Francis Was The only Brother Who Wasn't Good at Something
- Aaron Paul Really Wanted to Be Francis
- Breaking Bad Filmed A Malcolm in The Middle Crossover Alternative Ending
- Muniz Was Older Than Reese in Real Life
The producers purposely never revealed the family's last name. It became a running joke for them throughout the series. Later on, Francis has an employee card that says "Nolastname," and during Malcolm's graduation speech in the finale a loud noise from the microphone covers up his last name. However, if you paid close attention during the pilot ep...
In season four, episode 10, "If Boys Were Girls," Lois is sick of the unruly boys and imagines life if all her kids were girls instead. The idea for this episode was actually created by 11-year-old Alexandra Kaczenski, who was the costume designer's niece. RELATED: Where Are They Now? The Cast Of Malcolm In The Middle She gave a full two-page story...
Cranston did the majority of his character's own stunts. There were only two that he didn't do, a cartwheel and a handstand. He learned how to roller skate and basically did everything else himself. In season one, episode 14, "The Bots and the Bees," he ends up wearing a bee suit that had thousands of live bees in it. This happened after the produc...
Boomer, who had starred on Little House on the Prairie before creating Malcolm in the Middle, was inspired by his own life. Growing up, he was a middle child in a family of all boys, and he also had a really high IQ. RELATED: The Simpsons: 10 Storylines That Were Ahead Of Their Time The scene with Lois shaving Hal's hair at the breakfast table was ...
According to a bookabout Frankie Muniz, the producers loved him so much that they changed the age of the character. When Muniz auditioned for the role of Malcolm, he didn't think he would get the part because he was 12 at the time, and Malcolm was supposed to be nine. He actually thought he blew the whole audition for this reason. At first, after m...
On the show, Lois is a mother of five. Each birth has been shown on the show at some point, which is a lot of birth acting. Kaczmarek has three children in real life, so you'd assume she'd know what it's like. RELATED: 5 Ways Friends Has Aged Poorly (& 5 Ways It's Timeless) However, each of her real-life children was born through C-section, so Kacz...
While Malcolm was the genius of the family, with an IQ of 165 and a photographic memory, the producers made sure each brother had his own special gift or talent. Except for Francis. Reese is stupid and rather mean, but he has some cooking and baking talents. Dewey is actually pretty smart and has musical abilities his brothers don't have. Jamie was...
Aaron Paul, who is arguably best known for co-starring with Cranston on Breaking Bad, desperately wanted to audition for the role of Francis. In a Reddit AMA session a few years back, Paul admitted that he was sent a copy of the script. RELATED: Pixar: The 10 Best Movie Songs, Ranked He desperately wanted to audition, but the producers wouldn't let...
A DVD extra for the Breaking Bad series, which starred Cranston, showed an alternate ending to the massive hit series that crossed over to Malcolm in the Middle. In the clip, Hal and Lois are sleeping. Hal wakes up terrified, and it's revealed that the entire story of Breaking Badwas a dream he was having. He describes the dream to Lois, telling he...
Malcolm is younger than Reese on the show by at least a few years. However, in real life, Muniz is older than Justin Berfield, who plays Reese. Muniz' birthday is December 5, 1985. Berfield's birthday is February 26, 1986. That makes Muniz just a few months older than him. NEXT: 10 Quotes From Full House That Are Still Hilarious Today
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The single-camera series is a black family 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 Jane Kaczmarek and Bryan Cranston as Malcolm's parents, Lois and Hal.
In season 5, he's 15 years old and in 10th grade. In season 6, he's 16 years old and in 11th grade. In season 7, he's 17 years old and in 12th grade. In the episode Stock Car Races, it was revealed that Malcolm was named after an in-series famous race car driver named Rusty Malcolm.
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Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer which was aired on Fox from January 9, 2000 to May 14, 2006. The series is about a boy named Malcolm and his dysfunctional family. The show stars Frankie Muniz as Malcolm, the third of four (later five) boys, his...
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Malcolm in the Middle follows a dysfunctional family in an anonymous location. The family is headed by super-stressed supermom Lois, and eccentric child-at-heart Hal. The eldest son, Francis, once a wild youth, now lives on a ranch with his wife, Piama.
