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Malcolm In The Middle Showed How Hopeless Raising Children Can Feel

Malcolm In The Middle claimed to be a show about growing up as the middle son of three. In reality, the show highlighted the struggles parents go through raising three kids while working full time. Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek play Hal and Louis, the glue barely keeping a roof over the family.

Kaczmarek stood out, earning an Emmy nomination for all six seasons. She was fierce as Louis, defending her sons in public and punishing them for their insanity in private. Dessert News praised the show as a skewed look at the American family that rings surprisingly true.” Premiering in 2000, if you put on an episode in 2018, those words are still true.