The Neighborhood Season 5 Could Be The Show’s Best Yet
While The Neighborhood has struggled to curry favor with critics throughout the show's four seasons so far, the family sitcom's fifth outing might be the show's most successful yet, thanks to some behind-the-scenes reshuffles. In a tale as old as the reviews versus ratings model of television success, The Neighborhood is one of many successful sitcoms that has won over audiences but left critics cold. Despite being a solid ratings hit since its debut in 2018, The Neighborhood has never wowed reviewers across its four seasons to date.
However, like so many comedies before it, including Netflix's recent hit God's Favorite Idiot, bad reviews alone can't sink The Neighborhood. The Neighborhood's tale of Calvin Butler, a relatable everyman with a dysfunctional family, and his one-sided friendship with the endlessly agreeable and uber-awkward Dave Johnson has resonated with viewers even if critics have not been able to share their enthusiasm. That, however, could change with the arrival of The Neighborhood season 5, thanks to a major creative change.
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The Neighborhood season 5 will see the sitcom gain a new set of showrunners — it's third in as many seasons. While this many creative changes would ordinarily be worrying news, in the case of The Neighborhood season 5, this change could prove a masterstroke thanks to the showrunners lined-up for the series. Much like its ratings rival, Roseanne spinoff The Conners, season 5 of The Neighborhood will face stiff competition from a stacked network comedy lineup that makes the show's new creative leads all the more necessary. The incoming Bill Martin and Mike Schiff worked on an earlier Cedric the
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