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Synopsis
The Hard Times of RJ Berger was an American television comedy series created by David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith for MTV. The show's central character is RJ Berger an unpopular sophomore at the fictional Pinkerton High School in Ohio who has an exceptionally large penis. Berger's two best friends are Miles Jenner, whose ambitions for popularity cause him to clash with Berger, and goth girl Lily Miran, who has been lusting after Berger for several years. Berger's love interest is Jenny Swanson, a cheerleader who is involved with Max Owens, a popular jock and bully. The show is presented as a coming of age story and has been described by Katzenberg and Grahame-Smith as a blend of the television series The Wonder Years and the film Superbad. The pilot episode premiered on June 6, 2010, and the first season of 12 episodes concluded August 23, 2010. MTV renewed The Hard Times of RJ Berger for a second season, which premiered on March 24, 2011, and concluded on May 30, 2011, but canceled the show that August.
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Cast & Crew
Paul Iacono
R.J. Berger
Jareb Dauplaise
Miles Jenner
Kara Taitz
Lily Miran
Amber Lancaster
Jenny Swanson
Jayson Blair
Max Owens
Beth Littleford
Suzanne Berger
Larry Poindexter
Rick Berger
Ciena Rae
Robin Pretnar
Marlon Young
Coach Jeriba Sinclair
Seth Grahame-Smith
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Trivia about The Hard Times of RJ Berger
In June 2009, MTV announced multiple series in development, including "Hard Times".
Paul Iacono was cast as the title character that May.
Even when we're not directing an episode, we have a couple directors that we really enjoy working with, on the series, and we're still involved, still bouncing things off the actors, and we're definitely making our presence felt, at all times, on set." The series was shot in a single-camera setup; each episode of the first season was shot in three and a half days, while each episode of the second season was shot in four days with two episodes being shot concurrently.
He's surrounded by these archetypes, and he's the one semi-centered character in the middle of it all.
Even though our show has one animated segment in every episode, even the live-action is like a cartoon, just with the way people carry on."
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