Fourth Season Premiere Ratings Posted September 27 2012

Fourth Season Premiere Ratings

Yesterday's hour-long fourth season premiere of The Middle finished third in the ratings and was down a few notches on last year's season opener.

"Last Whiff of Summer" was watched by 8.97 million people, down by 770,000 people on the third season premiere. In the adults 18-49 demographic, The Middle scored a 2.8/9 rating, down from 3.1/9 last year. The Middle ranked third in the ratings by all key indicators.

More about the episode

Last Whiff of Summer
Season 4, Episode 1 - Aired September 26, 2012

The Heck's long summer begins when Frankie is stunned over Mike's admission that Axl is his favourite Heck child, Brick grows a giant tomato for his summer project, Axl is forced to take Summer School, and Sue tries to bond with Mike.

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