The Middleman
What ever came of The Middleman and his plucky sidekick, Wendy? Fans of ABC Family's quirky single-season series will get the answer to that and more when a proper finale is presented in a slightly different form this summer. Get all the details, after the jump.
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Natalie Morales by Virginia Sherwood/NBC Universal Photo
Today show news reporter Natalie Morales gave birth Tuesday to a healthy baby boy named Luke. Today anchor Meredith Vieira announced the birth on-air Wednesday morning, stating that, "Mom, Dad, baby Luke and big brother Josh are all doing just great."Morales, who scored kudos and big ratings with her jailhouse interview of shyster Clark Rockefeller, and husband Joe Rhodes' elder son Josh is 4.Morales said on her last day in-studio that she will return to Today around the holidays, and until then will be taking time out to "enjoy being a mom." — Erin FoxUse our Online Video Guide to watch Today.Related• Today's Natalie Morales Expecting Her Second Child• Natalie Morales' Ground-Breaking Career
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Matt Keeslar and Natalie Morales by Eike Schroter/ABC Family
I used to love it on those rare occasions when The X-Files would play it totally for laughs. So imagine my delight when I stumbled (still in catch-up mode) upon my first authentically guilty pleasure of the summer TV season: ABC Family’s goofy but fun The Middleman, a knowingly cheesy and relentlessly jokey sci-fi caper teaming a straight-arrow hero (Matt Keeslar from Sci Fi’s Dune remake) with a snarky bohemian slacker (Natalie Morales) who’s miraculously unfazed by the monsters and creatures in her midst. The show premiered Monday (regular time: 8 pm/ET), and the pilot episode—worth watching if only for an inspired send-up of the classic The Avengers credits—repeats Sunday at 10:30 pm/ET (following ABC Family’s showing of Disney’s Camp Rock).It’s all very comic book—and they refer to comics a lot on this show—which is fitting, given the show’s basis in a series of graphic novels written by Lost vet and series creator/executive...
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Natalie Morales by Virginia Sherwood/NBC Photo
NBC's Today host Natalie Morales is three-months pregnant. Standing with her cohosts outside the studio, she announced the news on Thursday's broadcast of the show. The pregnancy is the second for Morales, 35, and her husband, Joe Rhodes, who already have a 4-year-old boy together. "We're really excited!" she said. "It's truly a blessing." Morales added that the new addition would be great for their son. "He's excited to be a big brother. He says he'll share all his toys."With a due date set for Sept. 16, NBC News said that Morales will not be covering fall events, but the host already has ideas ready for when she returns from maternity leave. "I'm inspired to do all the getting-fit-after-the-baby segments," she said. Morales, it may be no surprise, was named one of 2007's "Most Beautiful People" by People en Espanol. — Anna DimondRelated:• Today's Natalie Morales' "Groundbreaking" Career
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Natalie Morales, Today
People en Español may have named her one of 2007's "Most Beautiful People," but Natalie Morales is more than just a pretty face. She's fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, blogs for MSNBC, runs marathons and has a full-time hosting gig on Today (7 am/ET, NBC). Recently, Morales chatted with us about the show and Latinos on television.
TV Guide: How has life changed since Today added that fourth hour? Natalie Morales: At the time, I thought "Oh, it's only one hour — no big deal." But [it's] really like adding 10 hours to the week, because you spend more time preparing. When I go home, I'm like "What hit me? Oh yeah, that extra hour." But I enjoy every minute of it.
TV Guide: Are you ever horrified by the dresses on the "Today Throws a Wedding" series?
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Carly Pope courtesy FX
The once-Popular and now Dirty Carly Pope has signed on for 24's Day 7, playing the girlfriend of Madame President Cherry Jones' son — and thus (this being 24, after all) a suspect in (Spoiler alert) the First Lad's disappearance.... Also from the Reporter: ABC Family has found the leads for its new light drama The Middleman, based on Medium writer-producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach's graphic novels. Natalie Morales (CSI: Miami) will play a struggling artist recruited to fight comic-book baddies, under the tutelage of Matt Keeslar's titular hero. Mary Pat Gleason is Keeslar's robotic assistant.
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Ann Curry by George Lange/NBC; Hoda Kotb courtesy NBC; Natalie Morales by Virginia Sherwood/Sci Fi Channel
NBC is expected to announce on Tuesday that Ann Curry, Natalie Morales and Hoda Kotb will cohost the fourth hour of Today, sources tell the Hollywood Reporter. This added hour of the morning show, premiering Sept. 11, has been cleared in some 96 percent of the country and will air at 10 am/ET in most markets. Today proper's Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira will be MIA from the overextended portion, save for Lauer appearing briefly at the top of the hour to turn the show over to the new team.
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Mike Wallace by Dan Epstein/CBS
60 Minutes leads the news and documentary Emmy nominations with 12, including nods for its Mike Wallace tribute, Ed Bradley's story on the Duke U. rape case, and Katie Couric's piece on toxins at Ground Zero.... DIY will launch in January 2008 Today Show Tips, a half-hour series cohosted by NBC's Natalie Morales and DIY's Amy Matthews, and featuring "best of" home-improvement segments from Today.... Bianna Golodryga is officially a correspondent for Good Morning America.... Standoff creator Craig Silverstein has inked a three-year deal to stay at Fox, where he will exec-produce K-Ville.... Who is TV's coolest star? Choose from our list and vote (bottom right).Message to Supernatual fans: We love you, you know that, but unless you cut out the "funny stuff" (re: the polls), your show risks being shut out entirely.
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