Middleman

I liked ABC Family’s Middleman, and the DVD set of it (due next week) is a typically fine Shout! Factory production, but I don’t think I realized how much of a following it had until the San Diego Comic-Con, where a lot of the web and Twitter talk revolved around the Middleman panel, and specifically the live table read of the unproduced 13th and final episode. The DVD set includes the script of the episode, but not, obviously, the table read. Something in the show just really clicked with the online community. It’s like with the absence of light, silly sci-fi shows from TV (most of the ones that are on the networks and basic-cable channels are pretty heavy and dark), Middleman became a short-lived refuge for viewers looking for an escapist but geek-friendly show.