There Goes the Neighborhood (TV series)

There Goes the Neighborhood (originally to be titled Block Party) is an American prime-time reality television program on CBS. The show premiered on August 9, 2009, and features eight suburban families shut out from the outside world with no television, internet, phones, or contact with anybody outside of their neighborhood.[1] The families will compete in challenges against each other. Each week, one family will be banished from the neighborhood, thereby eliminating the family from contention for the show's $250,000 prize fund.[1] The show's executive producers are Jay Bienstock and Mike Fleiss.[2][3] The show's presenter is Matt Rogers, a finalist on American Idol 3.[3][4]

There Goes the Neighborhood
Presented by	Matt Rogers
Opening theme	There Goes the Neighborhood, performed by Eric Martin
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Executive producers	Jay Bienstock Mike Fleiss
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Warner Horizon Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original release	August 9 – September 13, 2009
External links
Website

Production

The show was recorded in Kennesaw, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, specifically on the 2500 block of Fairlawn Downs NW in the Legacy Park community's Annandale Main.[1][4] For the program, producers built a 20-foot (6 m) tall wall around the competitors' neighborhood to enforce their isolation from the outside world.[1] Electricity and gas utilities for most household luxuries were cut off from each family's home.[3]

Production for the show began in early June 2009. The families being placed into lockdown within the constructed barriers beginning on June 15.[4]

Contestants

Family Name	Family Members	Status
DeGirolamo	Jeff, 46, Father Lisa, 44, Mother Greg, 16, Son Chris, 12, Son	Eliminated 1st on August 9, 2009
Southey	Laurie, 38, Mother Haley, 15, Daughter	Eliminated 2nd on August 16, 2009
Bussiere	Tom, 45, Father Susan, 42, Mother Elise, 7, Daughter Jake, 5, Son Marcia, 74, Grandmother	Eliminated 3rd on August 23, 2009
Nelson	Chris, 47, Father Mickey, 47, Mother Christian, 19, Son Branson, 15, Son Jackson, 7, Son	Eliminated 4th on August 30, 2009
Mullennix	Clarissa "Chris", 41, Mother Renee, 42, Mother Nathanael, 18, Son Keith, 17, Son	Eliminated 5th on September 6, 2009
Upshaw	Ricardo, 42, Father Therese, 42, Mother Christopher, 21, Son Alexus, 18, Daughter	Eliminated 6th on September 13, 2009
Schindler	David, 40, Father Christina, 39, Mother Noah, 12, Son Emmett, 10, Son Olivia, 6, Daughter	Runner-Up
Johnston	Cameron, 51, Father Regina, 44, Mother Carliegh, 11, Daughter Theresa, 25, Niece	Winners

Gameplay

The program's gameplay is extremely similar to that of the American version of Big Brother (specifically Big Brother 2).[1][3] In each episode, families will compete in a challenge in order to win rewards and safety from elimination.[3] The winner will name two families to face the neighbourhood vote. The families will then vote to force one family to leave the neighborhood for the remainder of the series.[3] In the finale, it is presumed that the six eliminated families will return to the neighborhood to vote for the show's winner.[3]

Voting table

The voting table below records whom each family voted to stay during its time in the neighborhood. The nominated families are not allowed to vote.

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Finale
Kings of the Neighborhood	Nelson	Mullennix	Upshaw	Upshaw	Upshaw	Johnston
Nominated	Mullennix DeGirolamo	Schindler Southey	Schindler Bussiere	Johnston Nelson	Schindler Mullenix	Schindler Upshaw
Johnston	Mullennix	Schindler	Schindler	Nominated	Schindler	Schindler	Winners $250,000
Schindler	Mullennix	Nominated	Nominated	Johnston	Nominated	Nominated	Runners-Up (Week 8)
Upshaw	Mullennix	Schindler	Schindler	Johnston	Schindler	Nominated	Eliminated (Week 6)
Mullennix	Nominated	Schindler	Schindler	Nelson	Nominated	Eliminated (Week 5)
Nelson	Mullennix	Schindler	Schindler	Nominated	Eliminated (Week 4)
Bussiere	Mullennix	Schindler	Nominated	Eliminated (Week 3)
Southey	DeGirolamo	Nominated	Eliminated (Week 2)
DeGirolamo	Nominated	Eliminated (Week 1)
Eliminated	DeGirolamo 1 of 6 votes to stay	Southey 0 of 5 votes to stay	Bussiere 0 of 4 votes to stay	Nelson 1 of 3 votes to stay	Mullennix 0 of 2 votes to stay	Upshaws chosen by Johnstons	Schindler 3 of 24 votes (13%) to win
Johnston 21 of 24 votes (87%) to win
Source	[5]	[6]	[7]	[8]

References

1. Denhart, Andy (30 June 2009). "CBS' There Goes the Neighborhood encloses families behind 20-foot wall; hosted by Idol's Matt Rogers". "Reality Blurred". Retrieved 31 July 2009.
2. ""There goes the neighborhood," A new reality-competition series, premieres Sunday, Aug. 9 on the CBS Television Network". "The Futon Critic". 29 June 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
3. Ho, Rodney (29 June 2009). "CBS Kennesaw Wall reality show to debut Aug. 9". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
4. Rochhio, Christopher (30 June 2009). "CBS to debut walled-off 'There Goes the Neighborhood' on August 9". "Reality TV World". Retrieved 1 August 2009.
5. "There Goes the Neighborhood, episode 1". CBS official site. 10 August 2009. Archived from the original on 16 August 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
6. "There Goes the Neighborhood, episode 2". Archived from the original on August 25, 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
7. "There Goes the Neighborhood, episode 3". Archived from the original on September 22, 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
8. "There Goes the Neighborhood, episode 4". Archived from the original on September 12, 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.

External links

• Official Site (via Internet Archive)