How to watch ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ reboot for free

“Malcolm in the Middle” is getting the reboot treatment nearly 20 years after airing its season finale.

A four-episode revival, titled “Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair”, is now available to stream exclusively on Hulu.

The original series followed Malcolm, the genius middle child in a dysfunctional family.

Per Hulu, the reboot continues to follow Malcolm, who spent over a decade “shielding himself and his daughter from his family,” as he is “dragged back into their orbit when Hal and Lois demand his presence at their 40th anniversary party.”

Frankie Muniz, who plays the titular Malcolm, returns to the series alongside Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek, who play Hal and Lois. Muniz, speaking exclusively with Page Six, called his return to Hollywood “surreal” and noted felt “really proud to be an actor” during his time filming the reboot.

Muniz stepped away from acting in 2006 to pursue a career as a race car driver; he currently drives full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

‘Malcolm in the Middle’ reboot release date

If you’re reading this, all four episodes of “Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair” are available to stream now on Hulu! The “Malcolm in the Middle” reboot premiered April 10.

How to watch ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ reboot for free

“Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair” is exclusive to Hulu.

If you’re new to Hulu, you can get started with a 30-day free trial on the streamer’s basic (with ads) plan. After the trial period, you’ll pay $10.99/month. If you want to upgrade to Hulu ad-free, it costs $18.99/month.

If you want to stream even more and save a few bucks a month while you’re at it, we recommend subscribing to one of the Disney+ Bundles, all of which include Hulu. These bundles start at $12.99/month for ad-supported Disney+ and Hulu and goes up to $32.99/month for Disney+, Hulu, and Max, all ad-free.

‘Malcolm in the Middle’ reboot cast

Frankie Muniz, Bryan Cranston, Jane Kaczmarek, Christopher Masterson, Emy Coligado and Justin Berfield are all reprising their roles in “Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair.”

Caleb Ellsworth-Clark replaces Erik Per Sullivan as Hal and Lois’ fourth son Dewey and Anthony Timpano replaces the Rodriguez twins as a now-grown Jamie, the fifth and youngest child.

Here is the full cast of the “Malcolm in the Middle” reboot:

• Frankie Muniz as Malcolm, the third child and middle son of Hal and Lois with a genius IQ of 165
• Jane Kaczmarek as Lois, the family’s temperamental and overbearing but intelligent and decisive matriarch
• Bryan Cranston as Hal, the family’s well-meaning and loving but inept and immature patriarch who chronically depends on Lois
• Christopher Masterson as Francis, Hal and Lois’s oldest and most rebellious child
• Emy Coligado as Piama, Francis’s Alaskan Native wife
• Justin Berfield as Reese, Hal and Lois’s second and most impulsive child
• Caleb Ellsworth-Clark as Dewey, Hal and Lois’s often-ignored fourth child with a gift for music
• Anthony Timpano as Jamie, Hal and Lois’s fifth child and youngest son
• Vaughan Murrae as Kelly, Hal and Lois’s self-sufficient and studious sixth child, whose existence is teased in the finale of the original series when Lois discovers she is pregnant again
• Keeley Karsten as Leah, Malcolm’s daughter
• Kiana Madeira as Tristan, Malcolm’s girlfriend

‘Malcolm in the Middle’ reboot trailer

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