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 a scholarship was renamed in his honor: the Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship is for… 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 relationships, estranged family members, and dark secrets,” all for entertainment that will be called, and this… 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 “shenanigans” that came last time the show filmed in the Windy City. The Chicago Tribune… 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 that an affiliate of Bunim-Murray Productions will appear “before the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals”… 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 44 percent vs. last season, and experienced 33 percent growth from the season debut to… 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 response to the relative boredom The Real World London, which itself was just the fourth… 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 rolled. Now, 15 years later, Irene tells the story of her time on the series–not… 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 is The Real World? It is using the 10-year-old twist from Big Brother 4, then… continue reading
Real World back to San Francisco, but MTV may be ready to cancel the series
The Real World will return to San Francisco for its 29th season, but there are signs that MTV may be over the show. The house will be located at 1244 Sutter Street in what is “the former home of the Avalon ballroom which hosted headliners such as The Doors, Janis Joplin and The Grateful Dead,”… continue reading
The Real World’s increasing violence, decreasing consequences
The Real World Portland had what may have been the most violent fight in the 28-season history of the MTV series, leaving two cast members to move out because they were so fearful. It made the show look like its sibling Challenge shows, which have repeatedly featured violence and drunken violence, and Bad Girls Club,… continue reading
Real World’s Puck arrested for domestic violence yet again
The Real World San Francisco cast member David Rainey, better known as Puck, has again been arrested for domestic violence. This time he was arrested for “July 13th in L.A. and charged with inflicting bodily injury on a woman who cops say is a “spouse, former spouse, cohabitant or former cohabitant” of Puck (a.k.a. domestic… continue reading
MTV’s Real World marathon this weekend: let’s all feel old together
In advance of next week’s debut of The Real World Portland, the 28th season of the reality series, MTV announced that it will air marathons of three curiously chosen seasons of the show this weekend: season one, three (The Real World San Francisco), and season 12 (The Real World Las Vegas, also known as the… continue reading
“Explosive,” “volatile,” “psychological, sexual warfare”: The Real World Portland
MTV today announced the cast of The Real World Portland, which has been known since last fall, and both trailers and a press release make it clear that the show is continuing to be cable TV’s preeminent cocktail of alcohol, sex, and violence. Perhaps the only new thing is that the cast includes a dog,… continue reading
Happy Endings + The Real World = awesome
ABC’s comedy Happy Endings parodied The Real World on last Tuesday’s episode, with the storyline revolving around Damon Wayans and Adam Pally’s characters appearing on The Real World Sacramento, a season that was never broadcast season because one of the cast members burned down the show’s firehouse home. Happy Endings has been really hit or… continue reading
Sean Duffy re-elected: The Real World still has representation in Congress
The Real World Boston cast member Sean Duffy was re-elected to the United States House of Representatives yesterday, assuring that reality TV cast members still have a representative in Congress. Drunk 20-somethings hooking up and/or fighting in hot tubs can relax. Sean defeated Pat Kreitlow by winning 56 percent of the vote. The AP reports… continue reading