THE UN-DEAD WALKS THE EARTH CRAVING MORE THAN JUST FLESH IN AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF "THE MIDDLEMAN"

Burbank, CA (June 23, 2008) � Wendy and The Middleman must find the origin of a zombie outbreak in "The Flying Fish Zombification," an all-new episode of "The Middleman," Monday, July 14 (10:00 � 11:00 PM ET/PT).

After a newlywed unfortunately turns into a zombie and attacks her husband on their honeymoon, The Middleman and Wendy are called in to stop the spreading of the disease before there is a nationwide zombie outbreak. After several cries for trout, they soon learn they are hunting not your typical un-dead creatures, but rather trout eating zombies that have some interesting ties to a new energy drink. Can The Middleman and Wendy put a stop to the energy drink distribution to a caffeine craving public in time?

Meanwhile, Lacey and Noser feel abandoned by Wendy after she ditches out on helping set up for their annual Art Crawl exhibition.

"The Middleman" stars Matt Keeslar, Natalie Morales, Mary Pat Gleason, Brit Morgan and Jake Smollett.

The series is created and executive produced by Javier Grillo-Marxuach, based on his Viper Comics Graphic Novels (illustrated by Les McClaine). "The Middleman" is also executive produced by John Ziffren, co-executive produced by Hans Beimler, supervising producer Jeremiah Chechik, with producer Jon Pare, co-producer Sarah Watson and supervising producer Tracey Stern.