Preview of CBS’s “There Goes the Neighborhood” August 9
The families have some downtime before the first neighborhood meeting.
On Sunday, we finally find out what was going on behind those 20-foot walls in a Kennesaw suburban subdivision over three weeks in June and July.
CBS’s “There Goes the Neighborhood” debuts at 9 p.m. for a seven-episode week run. The show has elements of “Big Brother” by trapping folks inside the confines of the big wall. There is some level of deprivation that is similar to both that show and “Survivor.” And like their CBS brethren, the families have to eliminate each other.
Eight families battle it out for $250,000.
“It’s going to get rough and there are going to some feelings hurt,” said one of the cast members, Tom Bussiere, on the show. “People are solely going to be concerned with getting the $250,000.”
I got a copy of the first episode and here’s a little teaser of what to expect.
-At the end of the first day, the electricity is cut off. The families did not know they’d be deprived of the Web, the TV, videogames and worst yet, air conditioning.
“We’re going to be in Atlanta in the summertime without air conditioning?” bemoans Tom Bussiere.
The answer: yes.
-The first challenge involves firehoses and mud (left) It’s not nearly as elaborate or interesting as a “Survivor” or even the dopiest of the “Big Brother” challenges.
-The first family to win a challenge got to pick the two other families up for elimination.
-The dynamics are different from “Survivor” or “Big Brother” because everyone knows each other and have for years. Plus, they all know they are going to have to live as neighbors after the show is over. That alone colors all their decisions when it comes to getting rid of competitors.
-Each family is given a short-hand description on the screen. The Mullenix’s include lesbian parents so they’re dubbed “Two moms.” The Bussieres have kids, parents and a grandparent in the home so they’re dubbed “Three Generations.” The Schindlers have the smallest kids so they are called “The Young Bunch.”
The most amusing nickname: “The Loud Ones.” This is given to the wily
DeGirolamos. And yes, the father looks like Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple.
The strangest nickname: “The Southerners,” handed to the Nelsons, possibly because they have the strongest accents.
But isn’t everyone on the show essentially a Southerner since they live in Atlanta?
It’s too early based on this one episode to gauge who will come out the most villainous, who (if anybody) will be considered virtuous or who might have the best shot to win. And CBS did not provide the final five minutes of the show in which we learn who is first axed.
And will it be a hit? It’s the middle of the summer and with only a seven-episode run, expectations are modest. At least CBS placed it on Sunday night, when viewership is reasonably high.
The Schindler family arrives at the first neighborhood challenge. CREDIT: Jeffrey Staab/CBS
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bored in Atlanta
August 6th, 2009
9:50 pm
First to declare this a turd
Chief Wiggum
August 6th, 2009
10:49 pm
Ack, yet another lame “reality” show. Played out. Played out. Also, am I the only one to note that in the first picture, the bald dude sitting down looks like Larry Wachs?
JDJ
August 6th, 2009
11:07 pm
Great!! I happen to think Steve Wozniak is one sexy devil!! Can’t wait!
ManOfTeal
August 7th, 2009
9:27 am
This show has “EPIC FAIL” written all over it.
Damon
August 7th, 2009
9:45 am
Enter your comments here
Lisa
August 7th, 2009
10:21 am
Some people will never grow up with remarks like sterotyping a city. What a shame…Atlanta is the most international city in the country. We have more races than you can imagine here. And, the fact it’s in Kennesaw, with a variety of nationalities makes people that have irrational comments look even more UNEDUCATED!!
Bob
August 7th, 2009
10:22 am
Jerry and MrJ are both idiots!!!!!! the neighborhood is a racially mixed neighborhood. its a very nice community. Idiots like Jerry and MrJ should go back to their trailer park.
Gina
August 7th, 2009
10:24 am
Can’t wait to see Lexie and her family, Hope the WON!!!
Lisa
August 7th, 2009
10:27 am
I agree with Bob!!
abby
August 7th, 2009
12:49 pm
Sick of this trash…gross…waste of our time and mental energy…if it takes any.
Randy
August 7th, 2009
1:05 pm
“But isn’t everyone on the show essentially a Southerner since they live in Atlanta?”
NO. These are all transplants anyways, like the author of this article. Just because you live here, it does not make you a “Southerner”, Mr. Ho. You know better than that.
RTibbs
August 7th, 2009
3:02 pm
Why the hell is Larry Wachs on this show. I never heard him talk about it?
pooty tang
August 7th, 2009
3:19 pm
this show will not be any good. there arnt any blacks on it
atl1000
August 7th, 2009
8:14 pm
thems is some good lookin’ folk
renee
August 8th, 2009
9:05 am
congratulations to the winners-i wish i had that money!! good for you.
Stimp
August 8th, 2009
11:43 am
You mean Larry Wachs the wannabe DJ who couldn’t cut it in a big radio market so had to settle in Atlanta? He’d probably make more money doing a reality show, except the only problem is he would be seen in Los Angeles where he was the laughing stock of the airwaves. He wasn’t kicked out of town, he was laughed out of town. Copying other peoples radio shows doesn’t fly when they are broadcast in the same city as yours.
RogerT
August 8th, 2009
1:10 pm
Oh yeah. small town radio Atlanta. Market 7 is such a place to waste your talent having to deal with all the farmers and hillbillies. I am guessing at this point TRG has more listeners than loser Howard “I make all this money and no one listens to me.” Stern.
tonloc
August 8th, 2009
6:23 pm
Couldn’t be worse than that waste of humanity known as “The Houswives of Atlanta”.
Stimp
August 8th, 2009
6:29 pm
You couldn’t be more wrong if you were Rosie O’Donnell. Excluding Howard, in which they use a great chunk of material from, they couldn’t hold a candle to the ratings of the likes of Mark & Brian, Kevin & Bean, Bob Rivers, heck even Adam Corolla, Danny Boneduci and Tom Leykis had a bigger audience before their station switched to Top 40. As for Howard, the last ratings showed that his Sirius channel pulled in 1.25 million listeners for a given week out of 20 million Sirius subscribers although I found another article that said 60% of the 20 mil listen to Howard, I’m skeptical of that.
And where the heck to you get 7 from? Try at the best, 11th market in the US. That’s right, Atlanta is right around the same market size as the Puerto Rico rado market. Crazy, huh?
RTibbs
August 8th, 2009
8:50 pm
Hey Stimp I know you have great bias towards Larry for whatever the reason but weren’t they a mid-day show and you just named a bunch of morning shows not a realistic comparison. No one ever said they did mornings in LA did they? As far as market 7 going you are wrong again. Have you ever heard of Arbitron? They are the ones who rank the markets and publish the ratings. They have Atlnata as market 7. They also outbill some of the markets ahead of them. Stopped showing your ass d-bag.
Stimp
August 8th, 2009
9:42 pm
They followed Howard Stern. Stern would be on from 5AM until 11-12pm, depending on whenever he decided to end his show. Then it was The Regular Guys. They had the holy grail of a lead-ins with the Stern show. Their replacement was Hiedi Frosty and Frank who had better numbers. Bonaduci and Leykis were also afternoon shows. I guess it’s hard to do all of Sterns bits when you follow him, the fans just don’t buy it. Malibu Dan is looking for a job.
yo mama
August 9th, 2009
9:28 am
hey, i met larry wachs in LA in 2003, he is an a hole. good god does this guy need a reality check. larry, you are not funny, not talented, you are lucky, so there your 15 minutes are almost up. atlanta radio sucks so bad. talent is bad, the formats are terrible, and most of all they are all uninteresting. atlanta’s sports radio folks are some of the best tho. the LA guys are lame, and only know about the locals, and tout usc all the time. btw, usc would go .500 in the SEC. larry wachs sucks terribly, too.
NJinATL
August 9th, 2009
11:21 am
You people are all mean. I hope you treat your own families with more respect. Who cares if they are on TV or what Larry whatshisface did or didn’t do on radio in the past. It’s a show. Plain and simple. And you can choose whether or not you want to watch it. Stop your crying.
Steve
August 9th, 2009
11:42 am
Little known fact- CBS tried to market this everywhere else but had absolutely no interest even with the recession. This was their next to last choice with last being Newark NJ.Does this tell anybody anything. How stupid have we become? Whether you watch it or not – just the fact that it is on TV proves that George Washington was correct in not want to allow the average person a vote because they were too stupid. Oh yes, we have Sonny and had King Roy. Oh well.
SR
August 9th, 2009
11:51 am
It’s a TV show for crying out loud. If you don’t want to watch it, turn the channel!!
PP
August 9th, 2009
12:00 pm
Why are comments even allowed on these articles? Everyone just writes crap and has nothing interesting to add.
Paul The Vol
August 9th, 2009
12:14 pm
Hey Steve, what do you want, a cookie?
barneyb
August 9th, 2009
12:22 pm
This has train wreck written all over it. The shame is it is certain to reinforce all Southern sterotypes.
DrinkSlinger
August 9th, 2009
12:28 pm
You guys are retards. The show is retarded. Reality TV is retarded. Dumbing down of America in full effect.
DrinkSlinger
August 9th, 2009
12:32 pm
Shows like this are one of the reasons why America isn’t even in the top fifteen when it comes to intelligence and education. I mean, the Czech Republic is ahead of us in math and science. Sheesh!
KarmaKool
August 9th, 2009
1:10 pm
Well, I am going to watch it and enjoy it! At all cost. Why don’t all you negative folks give it a chance?
Dan R.
August 9th, 2009
1:23 pm
Nine time out of 10, Hollywood’s aim is to reinforce Southern stereotypes because that’s what usually sells. It’s hilarious to get some backwater moron on Win, Lose or Draw. However, in this case, the stereotype would be counter-productive to good ratings for a family-based reality show set here. So I bet this show may actually do a fair, unbiased job of projecting life in Metro Atlanta.
ButlerDawg
August 9th, 2009
1:48 pm
In a word, gay.
g
August 9th, 2009
3:22 pm
I’m sure this is a better and more accurate portrayal of metro Atlanta compared to The Real Housewives of Atlanta…what a pathetic group of miserable ladies…
reverend pimp sharpton
August 9th, 2009
4:03 pm
where are the african american families? another racist show by hollywood
Baby Ruth
August 9th, 2009
4:12 pm
I’m suing to get the three minutes of my life back that I spent reading this crappy article and these moronic comments…
Steve
August 9th, 2009
5:09 pm
Paul the Vol – impressive – you are up to 2 syllable words. I see the 3 syllable volunteer is not within your grasp yet. Might want to stay with those monosyllabic words though. Vegas odds are that this is cancelled by the 4th episode. The only thing that will save the show is if the rest of the US still wants to keep laughing at dumb rednecks or whether they are sick of them.
Come on'
August 9th, 2009
8:45 pm
Where are the Latino-Americans?
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Nickie
August 9th, 2009
9:29 pm
I know some people who live in the neighborhood and they are not likely to have kind feelings towards any of these “contestants” for a long time. The neighborhood had to put up with all kinds of mess from the film crew and inconvenience for weeks.
Etracks
August 9th, 2009
9:51 pm
I think Atlanta, is most def on the map with all these shows out here. How can I get on one of these shows, man? Folks, Hollywood don’t care what hate you spew out of your fly trap the rest of the country is gonna love this. Stop the hate based on you really wanting this exposure…
Mary
August 9th, 2009
10:03 pm
FIRST SHOW IS OVER! I LOVED IT!!!
GETS AN “A+”
BW
August 9th, 2009
10:51 pm
Mary, I’m with you. While I only watched until the first challenge was over but from what I did see, I liked and would watch it again.
Dawg80
August 9th, 2009
10:57 pm
I found it to be entertaining.
TR
August 9th, 2009
11:50 pm
Southern stereotypes? All I saw was a bunch of yankees on the show. Just like I see everywhere I go around here.
Marsha Bond
August 10th, 2009
1:07 pm
I noticed that too TR. I think only one family is actually from Kennesaw, GA.
bornayankee
August 10th, 2009
2:19 pm
That’s right TR, you do see Yanks all around. You lost the Civil War and it’s taken you this long to realize we’ve also taken your ladies and land!! WOW, it was much easier than I had expected. Thank you- may I have another.
cami irons
August 10th, 2009
3:49 pm
come one ppl dont hate this show is great.go upshaws go!!!!!!!
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