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Some people refer to “The Middle” as “Modern Family’s” less attractive cousin. You know, the one that doesn’t win all of the awards, gets significantly less attention but is actually the funnier of the two?

The headline guest star on "The Middle" this fall is Ray Romano, who's reuniting with his "Everybody Loves Raymond" co-star Patricia Heaton, who plays the matriarch of the Heck family.

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But he's not the only one guest starring in the ABC comedy this year.

Romano appears in Wednesday night's (Sept. 21) hour-long season premiere, which flashes back to Frankie (Heaton) and Mike's (Neil Flynn) honeymoon.

Romano plays Nicky, a friend of Mike's ends up interrupting Frankie and Mike’s romantic plans.

“We have so many fans from ‘Raymond’ who are now fans of ‘The Middle,’ and so it was fun for everybody,” Heaton told The Huffington Post, “And I think it will be huge fun for the audience to see Ray and I back together, and in this way, where he plays Mike’s high school friend a