"The Middle" spin-off starring Eden Sher does not progress at ABC

Unfortunately, the series of defeats of Sue Heck continues. Eden Sher – who played the unfortunate middle child on the beloved sitcom The environment – filmed a pilot episode for a series of potential spillovers, but on Wednesday, November 21, ABC revealed that it would not go forward with the project, according to Variety.

Since The environment At the end of his nine-season season in May, there was talk of a spin-off show. Sher's character, Sue, seemed to be the most likely choice, as she had almost finished her education and had her entire life in front of her. In addition, Sue's enthusiasm and optimism made her a fan favorite, so there was already an integrated audience.

In August, ABC officially announced that a pilot for a Middle the fallout was put into service. The creators of the original series, Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline, would produce the show and write the script for the first episode. The comedy to a camera – who received the title Sue Sue in the city– Follow the young woman leaving her home as she was leaving the family home in Orson, Indiana to pursue a job in the hospitality industry in Chicago, Illinois.

L & # 39; inquisitr He had already reported on the pilot's recording early October and some actors having played Sher's co-stars, including Brock Ciarlelli in the role of BFF Brad Bottig of Sue, a character he's created to the first time. The environment, and SMILFKimberley Crossman as chef named Remi, who works in the same hotel as Sue.

It was later reported that Saturday Night Live Aline Finesse Mitchell was going to portray a bartender in the pilot and Silicon Valley star Chris Diamantopoulos would play Sue's boss and the owner of the hotel, noted TVLine.

While the plot and the cast makes Sue Sue in the city It sounds like a big TV show, it seems like it just was not supposed to be – or is there still hope?

"I heard that the project could be bought by producing the studio Warner Bros. TV", writes Deadline Nellie Andreeva, writer, while covering the transmission of the project by ABC.

Neither Sher nor the other stars who filmed the pilot commented on ABC's sad decision on social media.

Meanwhile, Variety Large networks are now starting to make decisions about the 2019-2020 television season. Television fanatics can therefore expect good and bad news about their favorite shows and actors in the coming weeks.