A review of the premiere of The Real World: Go Big or Go Home, MTV’s 31st season of its groundbreaking reality show, which has now become something else entirely.
Real World 31 cast must do Road Rules-style challenges to stay
Most of The Real World season 31 cast have been identified, as has this season’s twist, “go big or go home,” which apparently involves challenges that the cast must complete to stay on the show. In other words, it sounds like the show is borrowing… continue reading
MTV confirms Real World isn’t dead yet by reminding us of the season that killed it
The Real World has officially been renewed and has not been cancelled after all, despite MTV’s complete lack of enthusiasm for the show, and will return for season 31. As was previously reported, the show is being filmed at the Gold Spike Hotel in… continue reading
The Real World 31’s location appears to be Las Vegas yet again
MTV has not publicly renewed its ratings-challenged and creatively declining flagship reality show The Real World, but reports indicate that it is getting ready to film its 31st season in Las Vegas at the Gold Spike Hotel and Casino. Vital… continue reading
Will The Real World be cancelled?
Will MTV’s The Real World live past its 30th season, which is currently airing? Or will The Real World be cancelled? Last week, the network announced the renewal of the show’s spin-off, The Challenge, for a 27th season, along with… continue reading
Interview: Real World’s creator on Real World Skeletons, Challenges
Jonathan Murray tells reality blurred about the ethics of ambushing Real World Skeletons cast members, The Challenges’ “toxic” environment, and more.
Real World cast member Ryan Knight died
The Real World New Orleans 2010 cast member Ryan Knight was found dead Thanksgiving morning. He was 29. In a statement, the Kenosha Police Department said “there were no obvious signs of injuries.” He was at a friend’s house where someone saw him sleeping… continue reading
Real World’s Pedro Zamora died 20 years ago today
The Real World San Francisco cast member Pedro Zamora died 20 years ago today, just a few hours after the finale of the MTV show’s third season was broadcast; he was 22. Earlier this year, The National AIDS Memorial Grove announced… continue reading
Real World 30’s twist is even more insane than its subtitle
MTV’s The Real World will celebrate its milestone 30th season by subjecting its cast to even more emotional torture than is usually involved in appearing on The Real World. That’s because its new twist is about surprising the cast with their “shattered lives, broken… continue reading
Chicago gets Real World 30, residents don’t want “shenanigans”
The Real World season 30 is definitely filming in Chicago, as officials approved Bunim-Murray’s request to film the show in a former nightclub at 1100 W. Randolph St.. But residents who met with producers are skeptical and don’t want the… continue reading
Real World wants to go back to Chicago
The Real World appears to be headed back to Chicago for its 30th season, assuming it get can permits. The house would be located at 1100 W. Randolph St. in Chicago’s West Loop, west of downtown. Crain’s Chicago Business reports… continue reading
Real World will live to age 30: MTV renewed it
Although it was facing down its own demise, The Real World has been renewed by MTV, since its 29th season. That’s because The Real World Ex-Plosion, was a success: it was the franchise’s “highest-rated season since 2011” and “was up… continue reading
The exact same thing made and destroyed The Real World
Blame Delicious Deliveries for the decline of The Real World. The Miami cast’s attempt to create a business using $50,000 was forced on it by producers, who required the cast to engage in a conflict-creating project together. It was a… continue reading
Real World Seattle Irene’s must-read indictment of Real World, MTV, and reality TV’s evolution
Irene McGee is best known for her 1998 exit from The Real World Seattle: Citing her Lyme disease as the reason, she leaves the show, only to be hit in the face by a fellow cast member, Stephen, as cameras… continue reading
Real World Ex-Plosion: Big Brother’s 10-year-old twist comes to MTV’s dying show
MTV announced this afternoon that the next season of The Real World will have 12 cast members, bringing in the ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends of the usual seven-person cast to ambush them and create crazy drunken stupid drama. How creatively bankrupt… continue reading