‘The Middle’s Eden Sher Wants To “Find A Way” For Fans To See Unaired Sue Spinoff Pilot

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Seven years later, Eden Sher is contemplating where Sue Sue Heck ended up. The Middle alum recently looked back on the unaired spinoff pilot she filmed for Sue Sue in the City, which centered on the middle Heck child, following the ABC parent show’s nine-season run from 2009 to 2018. “We did shoot a pilot.

It was actually a little bit tragic when it didn’t get picked up, because I didn’t even want to do the spinoff in the first place,” she told ScreenRant. “I didn’t want to do it at all.

I was like, ‘No, I’m done with this character.’ And then, after months and months of developing it and creating this thing I felt good about, I was like, ‘Oh, actually I could play this for another show.

I feel involved enough, and I feel good enough, and I feel like this is opening a new chapter. It’s not just repeating the last nine years.’ “Then we shot this, I think, really good pilot… And then they were like, ‘Nah, just kidding.’ After I was all invested!