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Meg James<\/span> Los Angeles<\/em> \u2014 For \u201cMalcolm in the Middle\u201d fans and the Walt Disney Co., 151 episodes weren\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n The beloved sitcom, which ran seven seasons on Fox in the early aughts, is returning for a four-episode arc on Hulu April 10. The reunion brings back such viewer favorites as Bryan Cranston as Hal, Frankie Muniz as Malcolm, Jane Kaczmarek as Lois, and a couple of Malcolm\u2019s TV siblings.<\/p>\n The limited series \u2014 \u201cMalcolm in the Middle: Life\u2019s Still Unfair\u201d \u2014 is set nearly 20 years after the original went off the air. Muniz\u2019s character, Malcolm, is beckoned back to his dysfunctional family to help celebrate Hal and Lois\u2019 40th wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n Disney teased the trailer Monday.<\/p>\n Disney acquired the rights to 20th Century Fox studio programs after buying much of Rupert Murdoch\u2019s entertainment assets in 2019. The deal gave Disney such blockbusters as \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d and \u201cAvatar.\u201d Recently, the Burbank entertainment giant has dipped into the Fox vault to mine the trend of comfort food TV for millennials, boomers and Gen Z. Executives have watched nostalgic programming take off on streaming services, including Disney+ and Hulu.<\/p>\n The return of \u201cMalcolm in the Middle\u201d should draw viewers who have followed Cranston\u2019s career even before his standout performance in AMC\u2019s crime drama, \u201cBreaking Bad.\u201d Muniz also has remained popular in pop culture; he\u2019s also a race car driver affiliated with Ford.<\/p>\n A recent study from National Research Group found that about 60% of all TV consumed is library content.<\/p>\n The NRG study found that, among Gen Z, 40% of respondents said they gravitated to older shows because they are comforting and nostalgic. Disney\u2019s own research has shown that a quarter of the shows young people list as their favorites were produced before 2010.<\/p>\n Disney\u2019s ABC is also bringing back the quirky hospital sitcom, \u201cScrubs,\u201d on Feb. 25. That comedy, set in the fictional Sacred Heart Hospital, will reprise the bromance between Zach Braff and Donald Faison\u2019s characters, which the pair have recreated recently in T-Mobile TV commercials.<\/p>\n The show, which ran from October 2001 to March 2010, was also produced by 20th Television along with Bill Lawrence\u2019s Doozer Productions.<\/p>\n Sarah Chalke will return, and John C. McGinley will guest star. The show will run on ABC, and a day later on Disney\u2019s Hulu.<\/p>\n Most of the original \u201cMalcolm\u201d cast returns for the limited series except notably Erik Per Sullivan, who played Dewey. He\u2019s no longer an actor so the part now is played by Caleb Ellsworth-Clark.<\/p>\n In the show, Malcolm has a daughter, played by Keeley Karsten, and a girlfriend, played by Kiana Madeira.<\/p>\n The Wilkerson\u2019s classic mid-century house in Studio City, which served as an exterior for the show, reportedly was renovated years ago.<\/p>\n The original series ran on Fox from January 2000 to May 2006. Those episodes stream on Hulu.<\/p>\n Los Angeles Times\u2019 former television critic, Howard Rosenberg, in 2000 called \u201cMalcolm in the Middle\u201d the \u201csmartest, sharpest-written, most original comedy of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n The reboot is produced by Disney Television Studios and New Regency. Linwood Boomer, who created the original series, also returned as writer and executive producer. Ken Kwapis directs the four episodes and also serves as an executive producer.<\/p>\n Beyond reviving the shows, Disney has also collaborated with advertisers to make throwback commercials to run in classic films on its streaming platforms and TV networks.<\/p>\n Staff writer Stephen Battaglio contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.detroitnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Meg James \u00a0|\u00a0 Los Angeles Times Los Angeles \u2014 For \u201cMalcolm in the Middle\u201d fans and the Walt Disney Co., 151 episodes weren\u2019t enough. The beloved sitcom, which ran seven seasons on Fox in the early aughts, is returning for a four-episode arc on Hulu April 10. 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