Year 2011 Video Release 2011-09-27 Studio Warner Bros. Genre TV Series MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 528 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis Work. Kids. Bills. Comedy. It's how the middle half lives. The Heck family returns for Season Two, bringing with them 24 episodes of offbeat fun with one foot in reality and the other on a greasy wrapper from Burgerworld. Patricia Heaton and Neil Flynn star as Frankie and Mike Heck, frazzled parents trying to stretch their patience and paychecks around three brilliantly true-to-life kids Axl, whose latest dream girl has tattoos, body piercings and pink hair; Sue, who's thrilled to come in eighth out of eight in Square Dancing with the Stars; and Brick, the only kid who has his birthday party at the public library.