The Real World is back! MTV reboot set to premiere on Facebook Watch with interactive audience
It's widely credited as the catalyst for reality television programming.
And The Real World is set to return on Facebook Watch after a few year hiatus, according to Deadline.
The classic MTV reality show 'will launch with three versions' on June 13, in Atlanta, Georgia, Mexico and Thailand, with viewers getting a chance to interact with the show online.
Friends! The Real World is set to return on Facebook Watch after a few year hiatus, according to Deadline; the cast of Skeletons, Season 30 is pictured in 2014
Deadline reported that the 'reimagined series expands on connecting people from wildly divergent backgrounds to find common ground on the issues that often divided them.'
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In the U.S. version, seven strangers come together and 'people stop being polite and start getting real,' the aptly coined MTV slogan used to describe the show.
The social media platform will also try to connect fans to participants in the show with Facebook Live, watch parties and other innovations. MTV president Chris McCarthy said it's an opportunity to create a new genre of television.
Housemates: The classic MTV reality show 'will launch with three versions' on June 13, in Atlanta, Georgia, Mexico and Thailand, with viewers getting a chance to interact with the show online; the cast of San Francisco, Season 3 is pictured in 1994
New and improved: Deadline reported that the 'reimagined series expands on connecting people from wildly divergent backgrounds to find common ground on the issues that often divided them'; the cast of Hawaii, Season 8 is pictured in 1999
'MTV's The Real World helped to define a generation and created a new genre of television with a simple yet powerful idea of connecting people from wildly divergent backgrounds to find common ground on the issues that often divided them,' McCarthy said.
'By partnering with Facebook Watch and BMP, we have the opportunity to impact culture and create a new genre of television all over again, while engaging the next generation of content consumers around the world.'
It will be co-produced by MTV and owned by Viacom Inc and Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP), the studio behind the original series.
The Real World aired 32 separate seasons on MTV between 1992 and 2017.
New blood: In the U.S. version, seven strangers come together and 'people stop being polite and start getting real,' the aptly coined MTV slogan used to describe the show; the cast of Portland, Season 28 is pictured in 2013
