The Real World

The more MTV’s reality granddaddy The Real World changes, the more it stays the same. Now in its 30th season, the…

Any big format change, especially one that happens during the 29th season of a show, is guaranteed to be divisive.…

Over this past weekend I, like many of my peers, found myself sucked into MTV’s “retromania” marathon of three…

Well, friends, the end is here. After 12 glorious episodes, the final installment of The Real World: New York is…

This week we arrive at the penultimate episode of The Real World: New York and, while it lacks the seismic drama of J…

One of the more striking things about the first season of The Real World is that Julie is clearly intended to be the…

Let’s begin this week by talking about the above picture, which I chose not to humiliate Heather B. (Heather—if…

Writing about the first season of The Real World all summer long, I’ve found it almost impossible to avoid using the…

I’d like to begin this week’s Real World coverage by wishing MTV a happy 30th birthday.  I was an obsessive viewer…

Let’s begin this week by discussing the elephant in the room: the ridiculous titles of these vintage Real World…

Ask most people what they remember about the first season of The Real World, and, assuming they remember the show at…

I’d like to begin this week’s recap with a bit of boasting. On Friday night, in a moment of cosmic convergence…

In the few weeks that I’ve been writing about The Real World: New York, I've started to notice a persistent theme in…

Almost nothing happens in the third episode of The Real World: New York and, as a result, it’s a gem. It's almost…

As I see it, there are two compelling reasons to revisit the first season of The Real World. First, it provides a…

Brace yourselves for the retrospectives, people. It’s been nearly 20 years since The Real World debuted on MTV in…