Simon Climie others made significant contributions. In 2016, Climie was the co-producer with Clapton on the album "Live in San Diego" which was recorded during the "Doyle & Derek World Tour" in 2007. Climie is the son of David Climie, co-writer of the popular 1960s and 1970s television comedy series, "Oh, Brother!", which starred Derek Nimmo. as well as "Lulu's Back in Town" (see Lulu), the comedy series "Bootsie and Snudge", "Backs to the Land", "Wodehouse Playhouse", "That Was The Week That Was", "The Army Game", the sci-fi series "Out of the Unknown", the radio version of "Whack-O!" and the comedy film
The Middle (TV series) 2011, "The Middle" received a Gracie Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. The 1st Critics' Choice Television Awards nominated the series for Best Comedy Series, Patricia Heaton for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, and Eden Sher for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. On May 30, 2018, it was reported by "Variety" that a spin-off was being eyed following the cancellation of "Roseanne". Almost two months later, on July 20, 2018, in an interview with TVLine's Michael Ausiello, Sher revealed that ABC had ordered a pilot for the potential series.<ref name="SueSpinoff"/ It was noted that the potential spin-off would