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Real World cast member Ryan Knight died

Real World cast member Ryan Knight died

November 29, 2014 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

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 before 8 a.m., but just after 10 a.m., someone “discovered that Ryan was unconscious and not… continue reading

Real World’s Pedro Zamora died 20 years ago today

Real World’s Pedro Zamora died 20 years ago today

November 11, 2014 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

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

Real World 30’s twist is even more insane than its subtitle

October 20, 2014 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

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”

Chicago gets Real World 30, residents don’t want “shenanigans”

July 2, 2014 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

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

Real World wants to go back to Chicago

June 12, 2014 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

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

Real World will live to age 30: MTV renewed it

April 24, 2014 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

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

The exact same thing made and destroyed The Real World

January 8, 2014 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

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

Real World Seattle Irene’s must-read indictment of Real World, MTV, and reality TV’s evolution

November 25, 2013 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

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

Real World Ex-Plosion: Big Brother’s 10-year-old twist comes to MTV’s dying show

November 13, 2013 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

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

Real World back to San Francisco, but MTV may be ready to cancel the series

August 16, 2013 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

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’s increasing violence, decreasing consequences

August 8, 2013 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

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

Real World’s Puck arrested for domestic violence yet again

July 22, 2013 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

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

MTV’s Real World marathon this weekend: let’s all feel old together

March 19, 2013 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

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

“Explosive,” “volatile,” “psychological, sexual warfare”: The Real World Portland

February 20, 2013 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

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

Happy Endings + The Real World = awesome

November 25, 2012 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

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

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