san fran,and boston where the best seasons,after that it went downhill,every season the same people,same situations,the cast stays drunk all the time,has the same silly fights.

When they first started out it was an interesting premise. Mix 'em and match 'em. Observe them as they interacted and got to know each other. But it turned into soap opera type show including all the drama and swooning. Changed from regular folk to 'stars.'

Law and Order had an episode where a show, not unlike the "Real World", lead one of the characters to murder the other. I thought to myself, "you know, I might actually watch that abomination if they killed off the people involved..."
While I acknowledge the fact that the Real World invented the "reality show" genre, which after a decade actually lead to a show I could love (Project Runway), I don't know that the complete debasement of American entertainment was worth it.

First of all, and this is a tired argument, the Real World has nothing to do with the Real World, any more than it casts real people. How do these "people" pay their rent in these austentacious palacial abodes they fight and f**k in? My roommate was quick to point out however that the San Francisco season "did more for his people (he's gay) than any other mainstream entertainment". Okay fine, but if I were scripting this show, and it is ofcourse scripted, I would definitely cast a serial killer. The last "survivor" would win something fun, like a car, or maybe a prosthetic limb, I dunno. And ofcourse the FBI would want to ask the killer a question or two. Hate the "Real World" almost as much as the people who watch it, and thus keep it on the air. Thanks for that, jerks.

About as "real" as the Smurfs...

This garbage is at the core of the reality TV abomination. It started it all. Now people will prostitute themselves out to these shows to try to be an instant star and will invariably be crushed. Thanks, MTV.

The core enemy behind the villianous spread of reality television. Competely amoral, completely uncreative, completely tasteless, and completely boring--this is MTV (Many Terrifying Visions) epitomized. Thankfully, it appears as if the reality television is about to burst--and in its place, I hope, a new wave of fantasy sitcoms (like the 60s), dramas that aren't gritty, gameshows with good-natured concepts, and a flood of new creative animated shows.

When this first came out, in the early 90's, I did find myself watching it...sort of like passing a car accident on the road and being unable to avert your eyes. Thankfully, that was a very short-lived aberration on my part. This is "Reality TV" at its absolute crappiest. Exploited, narcissistic nobodies act-out with each other in the silly hope that this exhibitionism will lead to some sort of lucrative "career." They're basically a collection of deluded young fools, pretending to be very "earnest" and deep, or "outrageously" confrontational, but MTV's laughing all the way to the bank. Always follows pretty much the same formula. Whatever town or city they happen to be in, there's always a pretty girl, a jock (rest assured that the jock and the pretty girl will end up having hot, mindless sex for the cameras), usually one or 2 minorities to stir the pot of ethnic antagonism, a weirdo, a drunk, maybe a homosexual, etc. etc. Hopelessly contrived and squalid "drama" and yet it returns to TV year after year. I mean, where is Puck from San Francisco (I think) now? Or Savannah from Miami? Or Aloysius from Toledo? Or...(insert the name of your favorite overblown-nothing here)...

how? how does this crap become a tv show? how does it stay on the air for so long? are people watching this? i've seen maybe one episode of a few different seasons, hoping each season that something worth watching may immerge, but no (after all, it's MTV). it's the same ridiculous, immature drama that i see on my college campus everyday. i don't get it. so they move it to a new city each season, and go out and find ultimately the same characters to fulfill the same stupid roles as the last season. bout time to sink this ship, ain't it?

i never really watched a full season of any of them. the one i watched the most would have been new orleans. i watched las vegas for a while but it was mostly about them sleeping around and that wasnt interesting enuf to watch. chicago had its moments as did los angeles. paris was not interesting. ct always fighting with someone so that was too much negativity for me

Five stars. For the worst show. MTV inflicted this steaming butt log on the viewers. An insult! It's sickening seeing these self-indulgant, turd burgling rich kids fumble along through one inane situation after another. The show should be called The sufferings of the upper classes. Dave Chappelle's parody of this show was genius. Now THATS a show I'd really like to see!

I have hated it ever since I first heard about it...Now I don't really watch it but from what I've seen it goes like this: the girls are either megasl*ts, mega-argumentative-b*****s, or whiny drama queens who bawl over every stupid thing, or all three. The guys are all douchebag jocks. They all screw eachother limp and drink until they barf. Then they go cry about it some more. CANCEL THIS TURD.

It all depends on the season. The first was okay. It was new, it was different, in fact we can point a finger that that season as the start of the monster that reality television has become. I really liked Los Angeles. There's something about the second season of shows like this that seems to make them the most interesting. The producers of the show have learned from their mistakes in the first season and are more aware of what to expect, while the people are familiar with the show but it hasn't been around long enough for them to fully digest what's going on. Then we get to San Francisco. I lost interest here, mostly because the most memorable person was Puck, and he is the biggest phony I've ever seen. London never captured my attention, but Seattle and Miami was okay. It wasn't until New Orleans that I really started watching it regularly. I can't even pinpoint why other than Julie's conflicts with her religion and upbringing and the very fact that she was there. Other seasons, Hawaii was okay, the return to New York wasn't bad, and I rather liked the season in Chicago. San Diego turned out to be one of my favorites as well. The only season I really haven't had much of a chance to see much of would be Las Vegas, which would be the year they basically had a re-creation of The Harrad Experiment. In the end, I've taken this long to say....s'okay.

I used to despise this show, after all I am a straight male, so when me and my girlfriend moved in together I was hopelessly forced to view these travesties starting with the Paris season. And I must say its not that bad, its really stupid and only a geek would want to get really into it, but its not that bad and my gf loves it.

While some of the Real World seasons (San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, New Orleans, and Las Vegas [with that super skank Trashelle]) were marginally compelling, the last few have been as unwatchable as being forced to watch bathroom activities on Big Brother. The Paris episodes (what's with the Chowderhead Good Will Hunting Wannabe who would yell and bob his head like a village idiot when he was feeling rowdy) were putrid. Then there was the San Diego sessions. All these dudes and dudettes did was get drunk, fight, and go to jail. I always laugh when they have those stupid Real World vs. Road Rules All Stars. The Real Worlders are always getting their butts whipped in every competition (unless it involves activities that replicate sex acts in some sublimal way) and are 10 Times weaker, slower, and lazier than their Road Rules rivals. It's a no-brainer because all Real World dudes do is lay on their asses, smode cigarettes, and back stab each other. Hoping Real World Philly (my hometown) is worthwhile.

Who wants to watch a bunch of fiesty spoiled brats living together? WHY SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT THESE PEOPLE?

yah, a bunch of spoiled wussy teens given a frickin house..... yah.. how real why dont they buy it themselves with thier own hard earned money it would be more real.... but it makes for some pretty good entertainment sometimes...

it sucks ,it is a cheap drama with a bunch of dumb people. What kinda life do these people have. They are all losers in my book.

Yes, if 5 in this case means the worst, then that exemplifies this show, alongside all reality t.v.

THE STUPIDEST SHOW EVER!

The worst! Why watch somebody else live their life instead of me living my own?