- Network: MTV , MTV - Music Television , Facebook Watch
- Series Premiere Date: May 21, 1992
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It makes for irresistible, cooler-than-cool TV. [9 Jul 1996]
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The show's basic appeal is still there. ... But just as the current generation of MTV veejays have adopted the same annoyingly aloof assembly-line attitude, so have the current participants in "The Real World," by watching MTV for years, decided how to present themselves. [9 Jul 1996]
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In an effort to perk up the show, Real executive producers Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jon Murray have decreed that this year's crew will have to start up their own business. Big mistake. Whatever remaining allure The Real World possesses derives from its fantasy aspect — free house, free-floating surrogate family.
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But the problem with "Real World" hasn't been the absence of a goal, mercenary or otherwise. It's been an increasingly obvious self-seriousness and lack of self-awareness, traits the show shares with many of its participants. ... Forcing a business startup will surely force a lot of the series' requisite conflict, but it seems as artificial a notion as much of the Miami Beach architecture. [10 Jul 1996]
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This once-sleek vehicle for twentysomething angst has pretty much run out of gas. [10 Jul 1996]
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The Real World is an insult to anyone who lives in the real world.