SNL Vet Lands ABC TV Series

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Chris Kattan has landed his first post-Saturday Night Live TV series.

The 10-year SNL veteran has joined ABC’s new comedy The Middle as a regular.

Kattan, who guest-starred in the pilot, will play Bob, a good friend of fellow car salesman Frankie Heck (Patricia Heaton).

The WBTV-produced Middle is a single-camera comedy about a middle-class Midwestern family seen through the eyes of the mother (Heaton). It is slated to premiere Sept. 30, airing in the 8:30 p.m.

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