MTV signature unwritten franchise The real world is returning to kick off the March 4 launch of Paramount +, ViacomCBS ‘renamed streaming service. One new Real world installment will bring together the original New York cast in the iconic New York loft to The Real World Homecoming: New York.
In the multi-episode docuseries, the original seven strangers will revisit the shocking moments and explosive issues that occurred during the historic season and discuss how they compare to today’s social climate. After spending decades apart, viewers will gather with New York housemates Becky Blasband, Andre Comeau, Heather B. Gardner, Julie Gentry, Norman Korpi, Eric Nies and Kevin Powell to find out how the series has transformed their lives since the cameras have stopped rotating and find out, once again, what happens when they stop being polite … and start to get real.
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“MTV’s The real world was credited with creating the genre Reality TV and was one of the first series to address important and unrepresented topics of the time, HIV / AIDS, race, gender, orientation and religion, ”said Chris McCarthy, president of the MTV Entertainment Group. “With Paramount + being home to so many successful global reality franchises, it seems appropriate to bring back the franchise and the cast that started it all.”
Created for MTV by Jonathan Murray and the late Mary-Ellis Bunim of Bunim / Murray Productions, The real world it was the first reality show on television. It helped form a generation and sought to highlight culturally resonant stories such as HIV / AIDS, race, sexual orientation, mental health and addiction, including one of the first LGBTQ + relationships documented in a TV series, the first same-sex commitment ceremony in television, and his unforgettable portrait of Pedro Zamora’s battle with HIV.
The real world reboot was one of the first titles from MTV Studios when it was released in 2018. The project went to Facebook Watch for a portion, which has already aired.
Lily Neumeyer, Sitarah Pendelton-Eaglin, Candida Boyette-Clemons and Nadim Amiry are executive producers at MTV Entertainment Studios. Jonathan Murray, Julie Pizzi, Erica Ross, Kevin Lee and Trish Gold are executive producers at Bunim / Murray Productions. Jacob Lane is the executive co-producer and George Verschoor is the consultant producer.
MTV recently successfully revived another basic reality on the network, Jersey Shore, with its original cast.
Jersey Shore is among a number of major ViacomCBS reality show franchises that will be on Paramount +, along with Love & Hip Hop, Love Island, RuPaul’s Drag Race, The Amazing Race, Survivor, The Challenge, Big Brother and more.
Several seasons of The real world are available for broadcast now on CBS All Access, which will soon be renamed Paramount +.