Malcolm in the Middle is an American sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for FOX television. It ran from January 9, 2000 to May 14, 2006 for seven seasons.
Series summary
Malcolm (Frankie Muniz) is an ordinary pre-teen kid living in the US whose school life is turned upside down when tests reveal that he is a genius. He then find himself stuck with the 'krelboids' in the advanced classes, among whom he proves to be a bit of a wild card. At home he has to put up with his sweet but dim (or possibly secretly calculating) younger brother, Dewey (Erik Per Sullivan); his bullying older brother, Reese (Justin Berfield); his overbearing mother Lois (Jane Kaczmarek) and his easily distracted, hapless father, Hal (Bryan Cranston). Malcolm's eldest brother, the rebellious Francis (Christopher Kennedy Masterson), spends the early seasons in military camp, then later a logging company in Alaska, and finally a Wild-West-themed hotel.
Brand connection in Malcolm in the Middle
Red box Morley cigarettes, first smoked by Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 and then by the Cigarette Smoking Man in The X-Files, are also smoked by Lois They are also smoked by characters in several other shows: Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Warwick Brown in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Madeline Westen in Burn Notice. They appeared in Becker previously and Special Unit 2 next.