The Real World: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Each year, The Real World producers choose a group of seven people in their 20s, from different backgrounds and countries, to live together in a major city. The series presents their spontaneous, unscripted interactions with one another and the world around them.

Series details

• Title: The Real World
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1992-05-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-08-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Facebook Watch
• Typical episode runtime: 59 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 991

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1992-05-21; final listed air date 1992-08-13.
• Season 2: premiered 1993-06-26; final listed air date 1993-11-11.
• Season 3: premiered 1994-06-23; final listed air date 1994-11-04.
• Season 4: premiered 1995-06-28; final listed air date 1995-11-15.
• Season 5: premiered 1996-07-10; final listed air date 1996-12-04.
• Season 6: premiered 1997-07-15; final listed air date 1997-12-10.
• Season 7: premiered 1998-06-16; final listed air date 1998-10-27.
• Season 8: premiered 1999-06-15; final listed air date 1999-11-09.
• Season 9: premiered 2000-06-13; final listed air date 2000-11-07.
• Season 10: premiered 2001-07-03; final listed air date 2001-12-04.
• Season 11: premiered 2002-01-15; final listed air date 2002-07-09.
• Season 12: premiered 2002-09-17; final listed air date 2003-04-01.
• Season 13: premiered 2003-06-03; final listed air date 2003-11-04.
• Season 14: premiered 2004-01-06; final listed air date 2004-06-29.
• Season 15: premiered 2004-09-07; final listed air date 2005-03-08.
• Season 16: premiered 2005-06-21; final listed air date 2005-11-22.
• Season 17: premiered 2006-02-28; final listed air date 2006-08-15.
• Season 18: premiered 2006-11-22; final listed air date 2007-05-16.
• Season 19: premiered 2007-08-08; final listed air date 2008-01-09.
• Season 20: premiered 2008-04-16; final listed air date 2008-07-09.
• Season 21: premiered 2009-01-07; final listed air date 2009-04-01.
• Season 22: premiered 2009-06-24; final listed air date 2009-09-09.
• Season 23: premiered 2009-12-30; final listed air date 2010-03-31.
• Season 24: premiered 2010-06-30; final listed air date 2010-09-15.
• Season 25: premiered 2011-03-09; final listed air date 2011-06-01.
• Season 26: premiered 2011-09-28; final listed air date 2011-12-14.
• Season 27: premiered 2012-06-27; final listed air date 2012-09-12.
• Season 28: premiered 2013-03-27; final listed air date 2013-06-12.
• Season 29: premiered 2014-01-08; final listed air date 2014-04-02.
• Season 30: premiered 2014-12-16; final listed air date 2015-03-10; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Real World on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.