Referring to his former co-star as a “father figure,” Muniz spoke warmly about Cranston as an on-set inspiration, as well: “He was the most incredible person because he showed up every day on set and gave it 100%.

Though it’s been nearly two decades since Malcolm in the Middle came to an end, Frankie Muniz says his TV dad, Bryan Cranston, still checks in on him.

No matter where life takes him, Frankie Muniz will always have a TV dad in Bryan Cranston. The 2x Golden Globe nominee recently revealed that his Malcolm in the Middle co-star still checks in on him “every couple of weeks” after playing his dad Hal on the Fox sitcom that ran for seven seasons from

Malcolm in the Middle alum Frankie Muniz marvels that even as Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston has grown into "essentially like a Hollywood god at this point," his former TV dad still makes time to check in on him every few weeks and attend his shows and races.

Muniz led the hit series as the titular Malcolm about a dysfunctional working-class family. It also featured Jane Kaczmarek as Malcolm’s mother and Erik Per Sullivan, Christopher Kennedy Masterson and Justin Berfield as his three brothers. In season four, a fourth brother named Jamie was introduced.

Frankie Muniz has had plenty of attention in the past year after his entrance into the world of NASCAR. According to Deadline, one of the many checking in on Muniz is his television dad Bryan Cranston,

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Wherever life takes him, Frankie Muniz will always have a TV dad in Bryan Cranston. The two-time Golden Globe nominee recently shared that Cranston, who played his on-screen father Hal in Malcolm in the Middle, still checks in with him “every couple of weeks.” The beloved Fox sitcom aired for seven seasons from 2000 to 2006.

Frankie Muniz has revealed that his TV show dad Bryan Cranston is still keeping tabs on him, and fans are going to love how. Gone are the days when we could all sit around the TV, switch on Malcolm in the Middle, and enjoy the dysfunctional dynamics between the main cast.

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