The Real World: Season 3

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Season Details & Credits

MTV | MTV - Music Television | Facebook Watch | Season Premiere Date: June 23, 1994

Starring: Rachel Campos, Jon Brennan, Cory Murphy

Summary: "This is the true story of seven strangers picked to live in a house and have their lives taped. Find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real. The Real World..."

How many times have we heard those words? The Real World was the first reality show on tv, premiering in 1992. It is still on the air, about to "This is the true story of seven strangers picked to live in a house and have their lives taped. Find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real. The Real World..."

How many times have we heard those words? The Real World was the first reality show on tv, premiering in 1992. It is still on the air, about to air it's 21st season, set in Brooklyn. When The Real World was created, it created a new genre of television that years later would be copied by other networks and become almost an obsession around the world. MTV originally wanted to make a soap opera, but the costs were too high, so they thought "what if we could get rid of writers, and scripts, and sets?". That resulted on the first Real World, set in NY neighborhood of SoHo, Manhattan, where 7 people that had never met before had to live in a house together for some time.

As the years went by, The Real World slowly gained its shape and space. New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Miami, Boston, Seattle, Hawaii, New Orleans, Chicago, Las Vegas, Paris, San Diego, Philadelphia, Austin, Key West, Denver, Sydney and now Hollywood...all these locations have hosted the show. Auditions to be a cast member today attract hundreds of thousands of people in hopes to be one of the strangers in the house. Living rent-free for 6 months in a very hip house with very interesting (and often annoying) roommates, and being on an internationally broadcast tv show is quite attractive to people in their late teens/early 20s.

How much of the show is actually true we'll never know. A lot of what we see on tv is edited to make it look like it all happened in a certain timeline. All the houses have cameras everywhere, and there's a clause in the contract of each housemate that says they're not allowed to go places where the cameras are not allowed in. And all the sounds are taped in a separate way, so, according to Melissa from New Orleans, a lot of times when they're talking and you can only see the back of their heads, the words you hear might not be the words they actually said at the time. Edited or not, none of the scenes aired on the show are acted. They all happened, without scripts.

Each cast member receives around $250 per week, plus their house expenses paid (not including food. That's why every time a parent comes over, they cook). Anything else they want, they have to pay for. Plus, they don't get to take any of all the cool stuff you see in the house.

Today, The Real World is shown in several countries, and local versions of the show have already been made. Loving it or hating it, you just know it's here. The Real World: the first and original reality show.… Expand

Creator: Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray

Genre(s): Drama, Reality

Season 3 Episodes

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S3:E20. Last Call
Air Date: November 4, 1994
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S3:E19. Love Rules
Air Date: October 28, 1994
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S3:E18. Just Friends
Air Date: October 21, 1994

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Critic Reviews

Ken Tucker

Jun 11, 2013

The first season of Real World had a lot of momentum just because of its sheer novelty. The second season began to drag because the El Lay crew proved generally to be self-absorbed bores. But the current Real World benefits enormously from two ticking time bombs: Puck's outrageously boorish behavior, which is destined to set off explosive fights with his roommates; and, more profoundly, Pedro's HIV-positive status, which adds another layer of self-consciousness to this TV project. Read full review

John J. O'Connor

Jul 8, 2013

Its collection of carefully contrasted types and personalities promises to be the best yet. [22 Jun 1994]

Chris Willman

Jul 8, 2013

The premiere is inordinately entertaining, and the follow-up episodes previewed equally so. [23 Jun 1994]

David Hiltbrand

Jun 26, 2013

This septet just has more highly evolved communication skills. They have a problem? They sit down and talk about it. BOR-ING!!! Or maybe the novelty has just worn off this experiment. Read full review

Jul 8, 2013

Much of the footage is gimmicky and trite, but there's seemingly more going on than there was before. [30 Jun 1994]

Adam Sandler

Jul 8, 2013

This first episode scores on most accounts ... But as show progresses, the first-meeting euphoria of the racially and morally diverse contingent gives way to the ubiquitous whining and bickering. [23 Jun 1994]

Miles Beller

Jul 8, 2013

Alienation, acceptance, anger, askew camera angles and other such stuff now part and parcel of "R.W.'s" life-as-TV-soap-opera are all here and accounted for. Now if only something truly genuine would occur in MTV's so-called "Real World." [23 Jun 1994]

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season 31

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  Air Date: March 17, 2016
Season 30

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  Air Date: December 16, 2014
Season 29

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  Air Date: January 8, 2014
Season 28

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  Air Date: March 27, 2013
Season 27

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  Air Date: June 27, 2012
Season 26

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  Air Date: September 28, 2011
Season 25

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  Air Date: March 9, 2011
Season 24

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  Air Date: June 30, 2010
Season 23

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  Air Date: December 30, 2009
Season 22

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  Air Date: June 24, 2009
Season 21

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  Air Date: January 7, 2009
Season 20

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  Air Date: April 16, 2008
Season 19

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  Air Date: August 8, 2007
Season 18

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- Season 18 Overview
  Air Date: November 22, 2006
Season 17

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  Air Date: February 28, 2006
Season 16

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  Air Date: June 21, 2005
Season 15

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  Air Date: September 7, 2004
Season 14

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  Air Date: January 6, 2004
Season 13

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  Air Date: June 3, 2003
Season 12

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  Air Date: September 17, 2002
Season 11

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- Season 11 Overview
  Air Date: January 15, 2002
Season 10

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- Season 10 Overview
  Air Date: July 3, 2001
Season 9

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- Season 9 Overview
  Air Date: May 21, 1992
Season 8

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- Season 8 Overview
  Air Date: May 21, 1992
Season 7

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- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: May 21, 1992
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: July 15, 1997
Season 5

49
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: July 10, 1996
Season 4

71
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: June 28, 1995
Season 3

70
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: June 23, 1994
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  S3:E20. Last Call
  Air Date: November 4, 1994
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  S3:E19. Love Rules
  Air Date: October 28, 1994
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  S3:E18. Just Friends
  Air Date: October 21, 1994
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  S3:E17. Hawaii
  Air Date: October 14, 1994
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  S3:E16. Love and Death
  Air Date: October 7, 1994
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  S3:E15. Why is Love Like an Elevator
  Air Date: September 30, 1994
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  S3:E14. Old Fish, New Fish
  Air Date: September 23, 1994
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  S3:E13. Homecoming
  Air Date: September 16, 1994
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  S3:E12. Rebel, Rebel
  Air Date: September 9, 1994
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  S3:E11. Getting Dropped
  Air Date: September 2, 1994
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  S3:E10. Kiss and Tell
  Air Date: August 26, 1994
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  S3:E9. Collision Course
  Air Date: August 19, 1994
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  S3:E8. Together and Apart
  Air Date: August 12, 1994
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  S3:E7. Coffee and Sympathy
  Air Date: August 5, 1994
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  S3:E6. Trouble in Paradise
  Air Date: July 28, 1994
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  S3:E5. You Gotta Have Art
  Air Date: July 21, 1994
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  S3:E4. From a Six to a Nine and Back Again
  Air Date: July 14, 1994
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  S3:E3. White Like Me
  Air Date: July 7, 1994
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  S3:E2. Love Stinks
  Air Date: June 30, 1994
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  S3:E1. Planes, Trains and Paddywagons
  Air Date: June 23, 1994
Season 2

77
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: January 14, 2022
Season 1

64
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: May 21, 1992