Welcome to the Neighborhood (TV series)
Welcome to the Neighborhood is an American reality television series produced in 2005 by ABC along with The Jay & Tony Show, MGM Television and New Screen Concepts that was notable for the amount of controversy it garnered before it was aired. It subsequently became one of the few American TV series to be cancelled before airing a single episode.
| Welcome to the Neighborhood | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Amber Mazzola |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Texas, United States |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | The Jay & Tony Show |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | Never aired |
The show was a contest to win a lush dream home in an exclusive cul-de-sac in Circle C Ranch in Austin, Texas. The catch is that the local families decide who will win, and while they are all conservative, white, upper-class Christians, all the contestants are not.[1][2]
Families
- The Crenshaws - A religious African-American family
- The Eckhardts - A Caucasian/Native American Pagan family
- The Gonzalezes - A Hispanic family
- The Lees - A Korean family
- The Morgans - A Caucasian family with a stripper mother
- The Sheets - A Caucasian family with heavily tattooed Republican parents
- The Wrights - A family consisting of a gay Caucasian couple and their adopted African-American son
References
- "ABC pulls its upcoming 'Welcome to the Neighborhood' series, cites subject matter "sensitivity"". Reality TV World. 2005-06-30. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
- Steinbergjan, Jacques (2006-01-21). "Television Cul-de-Sac Mystery: Why Was Reality Show Killed?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
External links
- ABC.com: Welcome to the Neighborhood - Sundays 9/8c at the Wayback Machine (archived 2005-06-18)
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