Washington Heights (TV series)

Washington Heights
GenreDocu-reality
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes11
Production
Executive producers
  • Beck Hickey
  • Cheryl Horner Sirulnick
  • Chris Linn
  • Christy Spitzer
  • Craig Sloane
  • George McTeague
  • Janay Dutton
  • Jim Czarnecki
  • Patrick Reardon
  • Shane Tilston
  • Shannon Fitzgerald
Running time40 to 43 minutes
Production companyGigantic! Productions
Original release
NetworkMTV
ReleaseJanuary 9 (2013-01-09) –
March 13, 2013 (2013-03-13)

Washington Heights is an American docu-reality television series on MTV. The series debuted on January 9, 2013, and concluded on March 13, 2013.[1]

Premise

The series follows the lives of nine primarily Dominican young adults who live in Washington Heights. Each one of them has their own individuality, and dreams they wish to pursue but they all have to face personal issues and obstacles along the way while living in the neighborhood that has brought them together like family.[2]

Cast

  • JP Johnathan Perez (a.k.a. Audubon)[3]
  • Reyna Saldana[3]
  • Frankie Reese[3]
  • Ludwin Federo[3]
  • Jimmy Caceres[3]
  • Rico Rasuk[3]
  • Fred Rasuk[3]
  • Taylor Howell[3]
  • Eliza Jefferson[3]

Ratings

The show ratings were poor. The show premiered with 0.4 adults 18-49 rating and less than 756,000 viewers, which is significantly lower than the premiere of MTV's former programming The Inbetweeners.[4]

References

  1. ^ "MTV Takes Viewers to "Washington Heights" on January 9, with New Docu-Series Premiering at 10:00 P.M. ET/PT". Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  2. ^ "MTV Adds Four New Series: 'The Heights,' 'Epic Fail,' 'Totally Clueless,' and 'MTV's This Is How I Made It'". Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Washington Heights: Cast Bios". MTV. Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  4. ^ Cantor, Brian (January 10, 2013). "MTV's "Washington Heights" Premiere Flops in the Ratings". Headline Planet. Retrieved January 15, 2013.