The Hard Times of RJ Berger

The Hard Times of RJ Berger is an American television series created by David Katzenberg and Seth Graheme-Smith for MTV.

The main character of the show is RJ Berger (Paul Iacono), an unpopular 5th grader on the fictional Pinkerton High School in Ohio. The two best friends of Berger Jenner (Jareb Dauplaise) are Miles and Lily Miran (Kara Taitz). Berger is in love with Jenny Swanson (Amber Lancaster), one of the popular girls in school, that courtship has with Max Owens, a popular basketball player and bully. The show is presented as an adolescent story and is described by the creators Katzenberg and Grahame-Smith as a combination between the television series The Wonder Years and the movie Superbad .

The first season ran from 6 June 2010 to 23 August 2010. The second season premiered on March 24, 2011. Despite a good start with 3.1 million viewers in America, finished season 2 with less than a million viewers. MTV decided to end the series, so there will be no third season will follow.