The Hard Times of RJ Berger

The Hard Times of RJ Berger is an American television sitcom created by David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith for MTV. The show's central character is RJ Berger (Paul Iacono), an unpopular sophomore at the fictional Pinkerton High School in Ohio who is macrophallically-endowed. Berger's two best friends are Miles Jenner (Jareb Dauplaise), whose ambitions for popularity cause him to clash with Berger, and goth girl Lily Miran (Kara Taitz), who has been lusting after Berger for several years. Berger's love interest is Jenny Swanson (Amber Lancaster), a cheerleader who is involved with Max Owens (Jayson Blair), 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.

International versions[]

	Language	Title	Channels
File:The Hard Times of RJ Berger - logo (French).png	French	Hard Times	MTV (France) (formerly) Game One (formerly) Comedy Central (formerly) MTV Wallonia (formerly) Noovo
File:The Hard Times of RJ Berger - logo (French).png	German	Hard Times	MTV (formerly) VIVA (formerly) Nickelodeon (formerly)
	Italian	Hard Times - Tempi duri per RJ Berger	MTV (formerly) YouTube
	Spanish (Spain)	Tiempos duros para RJ Berger	MTV (formerly)

	Language	Title	Channels
	Polish	Udręki młodego Bergera	MTV (formerly)
	Russian	Достоинство Бергера	unknown

Language	Title	Channels
Dutch	unknown	MTV (formerly)
Hebrew	החיים הקשים של אר ג'יי ברגר	MTV (formerly)
Korean	RJ버거의 하드타임즈	Fox Life (formerly)^[2]
Portuguese (Portugal)	unknown	MTV (formerly)

References[]

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(Series)

As Studio B Productions (1988-2010) + DHX Media (+ DHX Cookie Jar, Inc.) / WildBrain (2006-present)

The Savage Dragon (1995) (season 2 only) • Ned's Newt (1997) (season 2 only) • Yvon of the Yukon (1999) • What About Mimi? (2000) • D'Myna Leagues (2000) • Yakkity Yak (2002) • Something Else (2002) • Stroker & Hoop (2004) (animation services) • Being Ian (2005) • Class of the Titans (2005) • The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers (2006) • Pucca (2006) • George of the Jungle (2007) • Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy (2007) • Edgar & Ellen (2007) (shorts only) • Martha Speaks (2008) (seasons 1-4) • Kid vs. Kat (2008) • Peanuts Motion Comics (2008) • Roy (2009) (animation services) • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010) • Pound Puppies (2011) (episodes 8-65 only) • How to Be Indie (2010) (season 2) • Take Two with Phineas and Ferb (2010) • Rastamouse (2011) • Deadtime Stories (2012) • SheZow (2012) • Monster Math Squad (2012) • Littlest Pet Shop (2012) • SheZow (2012) • Arthur (2012) (seasons 16-25) • Ella the Elephant (2013) • Johnny Test (2013) (season 6) • The Doozers (2014) • Transformers: Rescue Bots (2014) (seasons 3-4 only) • Packages from Planet X (2014) • Dr. Dimensionpants (2014) • Hank Zipzer (2014) • Sheriff Callie's Wild West (2014) (season 1) • Kuu Kuu Harajuku (2015) • Twirlywoos (2015) • Messy Goes to Okido (2015) • Teletubbies (2015) • Fangbone! (2016) • Little People (2016) • Rainbow Ruby (2016) • Backstage (2016) • Degrassi: Next Class (2016) • Massive Monster Mayhem (2017) • Creeped Out (2017) • Waffle the Wonder Dog (2018) • Spongo, Fuzz and Jalapeña (2019) • Denis and Me (2019) • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Forever (2020) • The Brilliant World of Tom Gates (2021) • Alva's World (2021) • Summer Memories (2022) • I Woke Up a Vampire (2023)

As Nerd Corps Entertainment (2002-2016) + DHX Studios / WildBrain Studios (2016-present)

Dragon Booster (2004) • Storm Hawks (2007) • League of Super Evil (2009) • Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 (2009) • Rated A for Awesome (2011) • Slugterra (2012) • Max Steel (2013) • Kate & Mim-Mim (2014) • Blaze and the Monster Machines (2015) • Endangered Species (2015) • The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show (2015) • Supernoobs (2015) • The Deep (2015) • Looped (2016) • Caillou's New Adventures (2016) (seasons 1-2) • Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2017) • Chuck's Choice (2017) • The Zoo (2017) • Polly Pocket (2018) • The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2018) • Chip and Potato (2018) • Mega Man: Fully Charged (2018) • Strawberry Shortcake (2018) • Carmen Sandiego (2019) • Ninjago (2019) • Rev & Roll (2019) • Snoopy in Space (2019) • Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019) • Dorg Van Dango (2020) • My Perfect Landing (2020) • Malory Towers (2020) • Go, Dog. Go! (2021) • The Snoopy Show (2021) • Johnny Test (2021) • Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City (2021) • The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022) • Sonic Prime (2022) • Take Note (2022) • Ruby and the Well (2022) • Ninjago: Dragons Rising (2023) • LEGO Monkie Kid (2024) (season 5-present) • Camp Snoopy (2024) • Yo Gabba GabbaLand! (2024) • Minecraft (TBA)

As Decode Entertainment, Inc. / WildBrain Studios Toronto (1997-2011)

Freaky Stories (1997) • The New Ghostwriter Mysteries (1997) • Brats of the Lost Nebula (1998) • Angela Anaconda (1999) • Watership Down (1999) • Weird-Oh's (1999) • Rainbow Fish (2000) • The Zack Files (2000) • What About Mimi? (2000) • Our Hero (2000) • The Hoobs (2001) • Undergrads (2001) • Girlstuff/Boystuff (2002) • Olliver's Adventures (2002) • The Save-Ums! (2003) • Franny's Feet (2003) • Radio Free Roscoe (2003) • King (2003) • Be the Creature (2003) • The Blobheads (2003) • Bromwell High (2005) • Naturally, Sadie (2005) • Delilah & Julius (2005) • Planet Sketch (2005) • Dudson's Modern Tales (2006) • Naughty Naughty Pets (2006) • Chop Socky Chooks (2007) • The Latest Buzz (2007) • Super Why! (2007) (seasons 1-2) • The Adrenaline Project (2007) • Urban Vermin (2007) • Poppets Town (2009) • Grandpa in My Pocket (2009) • Waybuloo (2009) • Clang Invasion (2009) • How to Be Indie (2009) (season 1) • dirtgirlworld (2009)

As Halifax Film Company / Island of Misfits (2004-present)

Poko (2005) (season 2) • Lunar Jim (2006) • Bo on the Go! (2007) • Animal Mechanicals (2008) • The Guard (2008) • The Mighty Jungle (2008) • Pirates: Adventures in Art (2010) • The Doozers (2014) • Inspector Gadget (2015) • Wishenpoof! (2014) • Make It Pop (2015) • Super Why! (2015) (season 3) • Space Ranger Roger (2017) • Bob the Builder (2018) (season 3) • Fireman Sam (2017) (seasons 6-present) • Slugterra: Ascension (2022)

As Wild Brain / Wildbrain Entertainment

(1994-2016)

What a Cartoon! (1995) (some shorts) • I Am Weasel (1995) • KaBlam! (1995) (The Brothers Tiki shorts) • Oh Yeah! Cartoons (1998) ("Fathead") • Poochini (2000) • Higglytown Heroes (2004) • Yo Gabba Gabba! (2007) • The Ricky Gervais Show (2010) • The Hard Times of RJ Berger (2010) • Monster High (2010) • Bubble Guppies (2011) (season 1) • UMIGO (2012)

As Playing With Time, Inc. / Epitome Pictures Inc. / DHX Studios Toronto (1992-2019)
The Kids of Degrassi Street (1979) • Degrassi Junior High (1987) • Degrassi High (1989) • Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001) • Instant Star (2004) • The L.A. Complex (2012) • The Other Kingdom (2016) • Degrassi: Next Class (2016) • Massive Monster Mayhem (2017)

Notable acquired programming

Inspector Gadget (1983) • Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993) • Sonic SatAM (1993) • Arthur (1996) (seasons 1-15 only) • Teletubbies (1997) • Caillou (1997) • The Adventures of Paddington Bear (1997) • Sonic Underground (1999) • Boohbah (2003) • Strawberry Shortcake (2003) • LazyTown (2004) • In the Night Garden... (2007) • Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures (2010)

See also
WildBrain Films & Specials \| FilmFair \| Cookie Jar Group / DIC Entertainment / CINAR \| Ragdoll Productions

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