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 byAmber Mazzola
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes6
Production
Production locationsTexas, United States
Running time60 minutes
Production companyThe Jay & Tony Show
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseNever 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

See also

References
  1. "ABC pulls its upcoming 'Welcome to the Neighborhood' series, cites subject matter "sensitivity"". Reality TV World. 2005-06-30. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  2. Steinbergjan, Jacques (2006-01-21). "Television Cul-de-Sac Mystery: Why Was Reality Show Killed?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-23.


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