50th Neighborhood

50th Neighborhood is an American animated series created by William R. Mayers for Nintendo TV, and released in April 2022. The series is about a 13-year-old boy named Jeff Pingles, who moves to a small neighborhood in New Mexico called ' '50th Neighborhood '' where he will join a boy band, while learning to adapt to his new surroundings.

Plot
Jeff Pingles, a 13-year-old boy, moves to a small neighborhood in New Mexico, there he meets 4 boys who form a gang, Mike Geller, Dianne Miller, Tommy Marsh and Jennette Pilgrim, with whom he will join to be part of the gang. gang, and he will also have to adapt to his new life in the  50th Neighborhood 

Production
William R. Mayers, creator of the popular series Bertram in 1992, in 2016 he thought about starting to create a new series for Nintendo TV, while having breakfast in a cafe in California, he began to draw a group of children approximately 12 and 13 years old, this led him to think about creating another series, in 2017, he began to draw some characters, among them was a preliminary version of Jeff Pingles, two months later, he presented his idea to Nintendo Studios, Nintendo Studios at first did not have much faith in the project, Mayers was told they would let him know. In 2020, Mayers believed that he was secretly rejected, and said "I feel disappointed", but in September 2021, Mayers received a call from Bob Marley (CEO of Nintendo Studios) and was told that they had been thinking for a long time and That he had been accepted for the series, Mayers was quite relieved that his job had not been turned down, and production began in November, during production the series was renewed for a second season when season one was completed production ended in January 2022, and Mayers through his Twitter account confirmed that the series would premiere in April, which it did, having acceptable reviews.

Reception
During its premiere, the series had a total of 3 million viewers, being one of the most watched programs during its premiere, The series had a positive reception, in IMDd the series had a rating of 7.6, with positive reviews