In 1992, The Real World debuted on MTV, introducing the nation to the guilty pleasure of reality TV with seven strangers picked to live together in a loft.Norman Korpi, Julie Gentry, Becky Blasband, Kevin Powell, Andre Comeau, Heather Gardner and Eric Nies made up the original cast, living in New York City and just trying to get by.“We believed that if we bring different kinds of people together, after all the drama and the shouting, they will find they have more in common than not,” cocreator Jonathan Murray told The Los Angeles Times in 2020 of launching the show with producer Mary-Ellis Bunim, which has since aired 33 seasons.
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