The Middleman
E1022990
The Middleman is a quirky, cult-favorite science fiction–comedy TV series about a secret agency that recruits an artist to help battle comic book–style supervillains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Middleman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13104487 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Middleman Context triple: [Natalie Morales, notableWork, The Middleman]
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A.
The Man in the Middle
The Man in the Middle is a 1963 courtroom drama film set during World War II, focusing on a U.S. Army officer defending a mentally unstable Black soldier accused of murdering a white British sergeant.
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B.
The Man Between
The Man Between is a 1953 British Cold War thriller film set in postwar Berlin, directed by Carol Reed and noted for its atmospheric cinematography and espionage-driven plot.
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C.
The Middle Men
"The Middle Men" is an episode of the science fiction television series Torchwood: Miracle Day, focusing on the investigation into the sinister global conspiracy behind the Miracle.
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D.
The Pawnshop
The Pawnshop is a creative work associated with Leo White, likely a film or theatrical production in which he was prominently involved.
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E.
Mr In-Between
Mr In-Between is a dark British crime thriller novel by Neil Cross that follows a professional hitman whose violent work life collides with his attempts at ordinary relationships.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Middleman Target entity description: The Middleman is a quirky, cult-favorite science fiction–comedy TV series about a secret agency that recruits an artist to help battle comic book–style supervillains.
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A.
The Man in the Middle
The Man in the Middle is a 1963 courtroom drama film set during World War II, focusing on a U.S. Army officer defending a mentally unstable Black soldier accused of murdering a white British sergeant.
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B.
The Man Between
The Man Between is a 1953 British Cold War thriller film set in postwar Berlin, directed by Carol Reed and noted for its atmospheric cinematography and espionage-driven plot.
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C.
The Middle Men
"The Middle Men" is an episode of the science fiction television series Torchwood: Miracle Day, focusing on the investigation into the sinister global conspiracy behind the Miracle.
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D.
The Pawnshop
The Pawnshop is a creative work associated with Leo White, likely a film or theatrical production in which he was prominently involved.
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E.
Mr In-Between
Mr In-Between is a dark British crime thriller novel by Neil Cross that follows a professional hitman whose violent work life collides with his attempts at ordinary relationships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy television series
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science fiction television series ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Middleman (comic book) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy |
Javier Grillo-Marxuach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Les McClaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Javier Grillo-Marxuach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | ABC Family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| episodeRuntime | approximately 43 minutes ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2008-06-16 ⓘ |
| format | live-action ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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science fiction ⓘ superhero fiction ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasFandom | cult television fandom ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Dubby
NERFINISHED
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Ida NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacey Thornfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Noser NERFINISHED ⓘ The Middleman (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ Wendy Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
comic book parody
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mentor–protégé relationship ⓘ secret agency fighting supervillains ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2008-09-01 ⓘ |
| mediaType | TV series ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
comic book–inspired tone
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episodic monster-of-the-week structure ⓘ frequent pop culture references ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 12 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalChannelBrand | ABC Family original programming ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC Family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A secret agency recruits struggling artist Wendy Watson to fight comic book–style supervillains. ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
ABC Studios
NERFINISHED
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Valhalla Motion Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 2000s ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Brandon Routh
NERFINISHED
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Brit Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ Jake Smollett NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Pat Gleason NERFINISHED ⓘ Matt Keeslar NERFINISHED ⓘ Natalie Morales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | young adults ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Middleman Description of subject: The Middleman is a quirky, cult-favorite science fiction–comedy TV series about a secret agency that recruits an artist to help battle comic book–style supervillains.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.