The Challenge Creator Reflects on 30 Seasons of a Reality TV Dynasty
The Real World
- Metascore66
- 1991-2019
- 33 seasons
- MTV Networks
- Drama, Reality
- TV-14
Each season, series producers choose a diverse group of seven to eight people in their late teens to mid-20s (later early-20s to early 30s) to live together in a major city. The series presents their spontaneous, unscripted interactions with one another and the world around them, focusing on a different group and city each season.
- Metascore66
- 1991-2019
- 33 seasons
- MTV Networks
- Drama, Reality
- TV-14
Each season, series producers choose a diverse group of seven to eight people in their late teens to mid-20s (later early-20s to early 30s) to live together in a major city. The series presents their spontaneous, unscripted interactions with one another and the world around them, focusing on a different group and city each season.
VIDEO: Watch the Original Cast of The Real World Reunite on OWN
Back before Big Brother, Jersey Shore, and [insert popular current reality show title here], there was MTV's The Real World, a reality show that put seven strangers in one house and captured the ensuing drama on camera for the world to see.
Real World Star Ryan Knight Dies at 29
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Keck's Exclusives: Real World Housemate Walks Out
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Scott Wolf and Wife Expecting Baby No. 3
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How Will CBS' Under the Dome Differ from Stephen King's Novel?
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Puck From Real World Jailed for Stalking
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Scott Wolf, Wife Welcome Baby Boy
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Real World Alum Joey Kovar Found Dead
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Reality TV's Copycat Fight: Can CBS Stop ABC's Glass House?
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Scott Wolf and Wife Kelley Expecting Second Child
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Real World Alum Sues MTV, Bunim-Murray Productions and Castmates for Sexual Assualt
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The Biz: Secrets of MTV
Before The Real World, The Hills and Snooki, the M in MTV stood for music.
Lindsay Sloane, Greg Grunberg to Spoof The Bachelorette on Psych
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Wipeout and 101 Ways Producer Matt Kunitz on His Reality Lessons
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Top Moments: Obama's Best Week Ever, Justified's Last Bite of "Apple Pie"
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MTV Orders a Double Dose of The Real World
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MTV’s The Real World Returns to Las Vegas
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James Gandolfini: Real Housewives is "Extraordinary," Jersey Shore? Not So Much
James Gandolfini is willing to admit he's seen some reality television. "I have watched Real Housewives of Atlanta. That was extraordinary," the three-time Emmy-winner said Friday at the Television Critics Association's winter preview sessions. Asked about Jersey Shore, the actor said, "No, no, no." In HBO's upcoming original movie Cinema Verite, Gandolfini will play reality TV pioneer...
Real World's Sean Duffy Elected to Congress
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Chris Harrison Recalls Some Shocking Reality TV Moments
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MTV, CW Tops GLAAD's Gay-Friendly Programming Survey; CBS Fails Again
MTV has received GLAAD's first "excellent" rating in the organization's annual survey of gay-friendly programming, for its inclusion of LGBT characters or issues. "From their inception, MTV programs like The Real World and America's Best Dance Crew have offered richly diverse portrayals of gay and transgender people that help Americans better understand and accept our community," said GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios. Glee honored at GLAAD Awards After reviewing nearly 5,000 hours of primetime programming, GLAAD also announced that The CW has moved into ...
Tonight's TV Hot List: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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Top Moments: Risky Business on Entourage, True Blood and The Bachelorette
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Tonight's TV Hot List: Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010
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Grey's Anatomy, Glee and Mad Men Nominated for GLAAD Media Awards
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Tonight's TV Hot List: Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009
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Mega Buzz on 24, CSI: NY, 90210, Lost, NCIS, Fringe & More
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Tonight's TV Hot List: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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The Real World Takes On Washington
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Real World Picked Up for Four Seasons
This is the true story... of a 21-season-old reality show... getting picked up... for yet another four seasons. The Real World. Yep, it's true. MTV has ordered four more installments of the 17-year-old docudrama, which will make it the network's longest-running series. There will also been four more ...
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Let the Drunken Bar Fights and Roommate Whoring Begin!
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Save the Dates: A Better Mess, A New Laguna, More
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May 16, 2007: A Letter to the Significant Others
Dear P.J., Mercii and Jared,Take a lesson from Corey and get out now! If you haven’t dumped these f***-ups after seeing this episode, then you deserve them. That’s all I’m going to say. "Now let’s get f***-ed up and drink some beer!"I think this episode set the gay community back about 20 years, or at least it showed that the average person isn’t as enlightened as I might have thought they were. Colie and Jenn just lying there and watching Davis and his guy having sex? Why were the guys OK with letting them do that? It’s not some freak show. (I know I’ve said this before, but it was even worse this time.) And just because the girls have never seen it before, they get to treat the gay guys like some strange exhibit? And then Colie has the nerve to say, “Ugh. Let’s go do something heterosexual.” I thought if anyone would be open-minded about sex, it would be Colie and her big sack of horny desperation, but I guess not. But thanks to Co...
May 8, 2007: Colie Loves to Bangkok!
Hey! It’s Colie! She’s incredibly hungover and her hair looks disgusting, and she probably smells bad! Yay! First Brooke thinks Colie’s too crazy, now Jenn thinks Colie’s too skanky — she is not looking good.I thought this was a really fun episode, minus the Brooke freak-outs. I know I always defend her, but I’m really getting sick of those. If I were her friend, I have to say, I’d want to smack her on this trip, or I would just try to ditch her whenever possible. I think the other roommates making fun of Davis for being whipped was going too far, though. So, Bangkok freaked out Brooke, but she couldn’t have been happier once they all arrived at their beach resort. She even got drunk to the point where she couldn’t stop screaming and at least ran next to the path of fire, or whatever. Tyrie and Davis kind of faded into the background this episode: We didn’t get to see Tyrie almost getting into a fight, as he described, nor did we get...
May 2, 2007: Colie Sheds Her Clutch
Sorry for the late post! I've been in transit.Ooh… so Colie has bizarre-o abandonment issues. That’s why she’s such a skank. It’s all coming together for me now; I knew something was up with that girl. You don’t just tell a guy at a bar that you’re good at b---jobs and not have some sort of emotional deficiency. Well, at least I think so. And you know Colie’s got serious problems when Brooke is looking at her like she’s crazy. What a messed up cast.So the group finally gets back from Outward Bound, and I could not be happier that bull s--- is over. Colie had gone home early because she was sick — again. Strep throat this time? Why is Colie always sick? I honestly think it’s just for attention, and we all know how much she craves that. Alex then walks around in a stupid bandanna, calls Colie “dude” and tells her she missed out on some serious fake-therapy love-ins around the camp fire. She seems to have moved on.Then Colie g...
Reality Bites: Think You Could Love New York?
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April 25, 2007: Don't Be Like Brooke, Girls!
I should probably keep my mouth shut about Outward Bound... I feel so mean. But I tend to agree with Brooke’s initial attitude toward it that it seems a little silly to be taking it so seriously. I can appreciate a love of the outdoors, of pushing yourself physically, but I really don’t see why rappelling down a mountain is so life-changing.OK, OK. That’s because I’ve never done it. But I just don’t get it, and I guess that’s why I find these episodes so boring. I’ve never missed Colie’s slutty escapades more than this week!Or maybe I hate this episode because... (I bet you can guess why!) I hate Camp Counselor Chris! I want him to fall off the mountain. Am I the only one who feels that way?Well, anyway, maybe I’m just less inclined to let this sort of thing go since I hate these episodes so much, but where were Tyrie and Alex during the hike? Why were Stephen and Brooke left alone? And where was Brooke during the boy’s hike? Hmmm......
April 18, 2007: Jenn, Gradually, Comes Clean
You know what, Davis? Remember when you felt the need to prove yourself after all of your roommates thought you were a racist psychopath? Remember? I remember. You’d think you’d be a little bit nicer to everyone. Oh, but wait. I forgot you are never aware of your actions or what comes out of your mouth or why anyone would ever take offense to you. I forgot it just never registers. You don’t understand why Brooke would be mad at you when you say she's not very pretty and has a double chin; you don’t understand why Jenn would be mad at you for telling her boyfriend whom you don’t know about the times she cheated on him. Hmmm. How do you ever have friends at all, Davis? You are so emotionally f-ed up and disconnected. Must have been all of those years being in the closet and being told you were going to burn in hell for something you couldn’t control. But I’ve had enough of it, whatever it is. Go back to your identical-twin boyfriend.Ugh! I just wish ...
April 11, 2007: Could I Ever Love a Double Chin?
So I know I have a lot of problems with Stephen, Jenn and especially with Colie, but this episode really put my issues with them into perspective. That group of horny, idiot drunks has never just... baffled me in the way that Brooke and Davis do. With the majority, at least, I can understand what they’re thinking, even if what they’re thinking is stupid. With the two actual nut-jobs of the house, I really have no idea what is going on in their heads — and I would be afraid to ever find out. Colie and Jenn actually impressed me in this episode. At least they have some grasp on basic social interaction, of how to speak to people — which isn’t true for Davis at all. It was really nice of Colie to comfort Brooke, or at least let Brooke vent to her, and I mean really vent, considering Brooke called Colie a "f------ bitch" to her face. Colie didn’t need to do it, but it shows that she has some common sense and common courtesy when it comes to dealing with oth...
In the Works: Real World's Vegas-ers Reunite
MTV is reuniting the Las Vegas cast of its long-running reality series for Reunited: The Real World, a look at what has happened in the five years since the seven strangers were first congregated before the cameras. Look for a late-spring premiere, says the Hollywood Reporter.... Per Variety, CBS is teaming with Jacksons Jermaine, Tito and LaToya on Pop Dynasty, an Idol-style competition seeking a new singing family. Fire up the bus, Ruben!.... Bravo has granted a series order for Millionaire Matchmaker, in which wealthy bachelors get help finding women. Oh, Vivian....
March 28, 2007: Scrounging for Drama
Not that I'm really against it, but when did everyone jump on the I-hate-Stephen bandwagon? Hey, I was hating Stephen before it was cool. MTV really seemed to be portraying him as a villian in this episode more than ever before — and honestly, his behavior this episode didn't offend me as much as the horrible things that have come out of his mouth in the past have, during which the show's editing portrayed him as a much more positive and well liked presence in the house. I had no idea until now that Colie and Stephen didn't like each other. I also had no idea that Jenn and Stephen's making up after their Mercii fight didn't really fix their relationship. But now Stephen's the one with all the drama surrounding him, MTV tells us. OK.So, I guess he had a bad attitude about Outward Bound. I didn't realize quite how bad, though, until that comment at the very end about being happy to see people he actually cared about, unlike anyone in Colorado. Whoa.... So don't get me wrong, Step...
March 21, 2007: Just Take It Down, Guys
Well, this episode was pretty anticlimactic, huh? After all that build up, everyone’s kind of just back where they were a few episodes ago. Jenn’s gone back to being a skank — well, gone back to not caring about being a skank — and Tyrie and Jazalle are back together. The only real change is that Tyrie now has an arrest on his record and clearly regrets coming on the show. In my opinion, he’s come out looking the best of anyone on the cast so far, even though I think he went too far with Jazalle, and the arm grabbing was not OK. But she was really overreacting, I think, and I was never worried about her safety — everyone was just drunk. Maybe I would feel differently if I had Tyrie’s — I don’t even know how much he must weigh — build screaming at me and grabbing me. But he didn't come off as a future wife-beater to me. But like I said, I can’t blame him for worrying about his reputation and his future after having his behavior i...
March 14, 2007: How Far They've Come
This episode really took it out of me, and that "To Be Continued" — now I feel even more overwhelmed. Well, to help me get things straight, I’ll make a time line of what’s happened with Jenn and Tyrie so far. Tell me if I have this right.Jenn comes to the Real World house and immediately has sex with another cast member, Alex. She regrets her decision because of her new friendship with Colie. Later, Jenn still feels like crap about hooking up with Alex and decides to insult him and interview about how he disgusts her. Jenn and Alex get drunk in the middle of the day and have sex again and take a shower together. Jenn doesn’t seem to feel as bad this time.Jenn suddenly remembers she has a boyfriend, Jared, and is hysterical. She says she can’t lose Jared. She tells Jared she got drunk and had sex with Alex once and got caught up in a moment. Jared makes Jenn feel bad because he hasn’t hooked up with anyone. Jenn’s sister tells Jenn he’s made ou...
March 7, 2007: No Means No
OK, guys, I'm getting ready to defend Brooke and bash Davis (standard fare, right?), so look away if you must. But I love Brooke! And I'm sick of seeing people mess with her, because she doesn't deserve it.And Davis is just so weird — even P.J. seems to think so. Why in the world were they rolling around naked, asking Brooke to join in? It was strange that Brooke was watching and calling Jenn over like it was some sort of freak sideshow to see two guys kissing, but the fact that they were, or at least Davis was, trying to call attention to themselves just makes their relationship seem kind of odd and gross to me. At least Brooke had a sense of humor about it — it helps diffuse the weirdness of Davis' constant advances on her in general. But still, I wish he would just leave her alone.And so the whole conflict between Brooke and Davis — well, it was really more Davis' problem since Brooke made it clear she didn't know why he was mad at her — stemmed from Davis...
February 28, 2007: All's Unfair in Love and War
So all of my dreams of seeing Colie get repeatedly shot down came true. Seriously, I hope the slut finally gets it through her head that her policy with men isn't going to pay off, because I actually started to feel a little bad for her this episode. She's just so pathetic. Don't worry; I still think she's a big bitch in a stupid bun.But anyway, she thankfully observed that, to use her own words, Alex will make out with anyone. I don't think she put it together that includes her though, since the moment her tearful goodbye with Corey ended, she was back to her old tricks: getting drunk, trying and failing to get Alex's attention, getting drunker, then literally throwing herself at him. (Not to mention violating and forcing her life story onto that poor girl who didn't know her in the hot tub.) But it looked like Alex, by the end, was really putting his foot down and Colie was getting the message. At least for the moment.I also hope she takes Tyrie's advice to heart (which she won't)...
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