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After seven years, 155 episodes and one farewell special, viewers and cast members alike wave goodbye to “The Neighborhood” Monday, May 11, on CBS and Paramount+. Cedric The Entertainer and Tichina Arnold in “The Neighborhood”
Cover Story There goes ‘The Neighborhood’: Butlers, Johnsons say goodbye in series finale By Dana Simpson After seven years of sitting in on neighborly squabbles, family celebrations, devastating heartaches and more, fans of “The Neighborhood” must finally bid adieu to the popular CBS series and its titular neighbors. Having first aired on the ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global) owned network in October 2018, “The Neighborhood” boasts 155 episodes across eight seasons for a grand total of nearly two-anda-half straight days of hilarious and heartwarming visual entertainment. Additionally, just last month, on April 6, CBS hosted an emotional farewell special, which — like all 155 episodes — remains available to stream on Paramount+. But before you jump over to the streaming service to start the series over again from the top, don’t miss the finale, in which Dave (Max Greenfield, “New Girl”) and his begrudging bestie Calvin (Cedric the
Entertainer, “Barbershop,” 2002) get vulnerable for a final time before they — and their families — step into the next phase of their lives. The series finale of “The Neighborhood” airs Monday, May 11, on CBS and the Paramount+ streaming service. As TV fans can attest, there are many ways to end a series. One of the most iconic series finales in television history is that of “Friends,” titled “The Last One,” which aired on NBC May 6, 2004. After 10 seasons on air, the hour-long series conclusion drew more than 50 million viewers, all of whom looked on (many through tears) as Rachel (Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show”), Ross (David Schwimmer, “Band of Brothers”), Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow, “The Comeback”), Joey (Matt LeBlanc, “Episodes”), Monica (Courteney Cox, “Scream,” 1996) and Chandler (late Canadian actor Matthew Perry, “The Whole Nine Yards,”
2000) — the latter couple holding their newborn twins — take turns laying their keys upon the counter of their now empty (and very famous) purple apartment. But “The Neighborhood” co-showrunners Mike Schiff and Bill Martin (who both also served as producers for “3rd Rock from the Sun”) had a different series in mind as their idea of a perfect sitcom ending. “We want a victory lap that feels intimate, not bloated,” Schiff told TV Line at the start of the show’s eighth and final season last October, adding that “finales often go wrong when they get too big.” “To me,” Schiff continued, “the gold standard is ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show,’ which was just a half hour where everybody gets fired, they all sing ‘It’s a Long Way to Tipperary,’ and we cry, and she turns off the lights. That’s the kind of emotional resonance we want.”
As for the details of “The Neighborhood’s” final episode, Schiff and Martin have kept fairly tight-lipped. What we do know is that the Butler family is expanding as both Marty (Marcel Spears, “The Mayor”) and Courtney (Skye Townsend, “A Black Lady Sketch Show”) and Malcolm (Sheaun McKinney, “Vice Principals”) and Mercedes (Amber Stevens West, “22 Jump Street,” 2014) tie the knot in the final episode. While a double wedding is a lot for any family to manage (and costly to boot!), the Butlers appear to be looking forward to making the most of their truly empty nest. The Johnsons, meanwhile, have their own brand of excitement brewing. Rumor has it that Dave, Gemma (Beth Behrs, “2 Broke Girls”) and their now teenaged son Grover (Hank Greenspan, “Ethan Bloom”) are packing up and leaving the neighborhood altogether for a new opportunity.
In Focus
In Focus “Jack Ryan: Ghost War” (Prime Video — May 20, Movie Premiere) John Krasinski returns as agent Jack Ryan in this new film based on the works of Tom Clancy, as he is reluctantly thrust back into the world of espionage. When an international covert mission unravels a deadly conspiracy, Jack is forced to confront a rogue black-ops unit.
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