The Real World

TV Show

The Real World (known as Real World from 2014 to 2017) is a reality television series produced through MTV and Bunim/Murray Productions that currently airs on Facebook Watch after airing on MTV from 1992-2017 and was originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. First broadcast in 1992, the show, which was inspired by the 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family, is the longest-running program in MTV history, one of the longest-running reality series in history, and is credited with launching the modern reality TV genre. Seven to eight young adults are picked to temporarily live in a new city together in one residence while being filmed non-stop.

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Genre	Reality +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Created by	Mary-Ellis Bunim Jonathan Murray +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Narrated by	narrated by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Opening theme	"Up Like" performed by SILAS (Season 29–Season 32) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Country of origin	United States +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Original language	English +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
No. of seasons	33 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
No. of episodes	614 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

PRODUCTION

Executive producer	Gil Goldschein Kelly Rose Jacquelyn French Jim Johnston Jonathan Murray +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Producer	George Verschoor Matt Kunitz Rick de Oliveira Anthony Dominici Russell Heldt Ted Kenney Ken Chien +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Production location	production location +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Running time	30 minutes (1992–2008, 2019-present) 1 hour (2008–2017) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Production company	Bunim/Murray Productions +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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RELEASE

Original network	MTV (1992–2017) Facebook Watch (2019–present) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Picture format	480i (SDTV) (1992–2008) 1080i (HDTV) (2009–present) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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First shown in	first shown in +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Original release	May 21, 1992 (1992-05-21) – present +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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Related shows	Road Rules The Challenge +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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