Off The Record Guide to MTV's "The Real World": The First Three Years

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Reality TV had to start somewhere and MTV's "The Real World" was the beginning of the genre that has nearly taken the place of scripted television.

The show began in 1992 and was decidedly more "real" than it is nowadays. This is when the strangers picked to live together seemed like actual twenty-somethings plucked from the street and chosen to live together.

The first three seasons dealt with the issues of abortion, abuse, sex, AIDS, homosexuality, racism, struggling to make dreams come true, relationships and more. They also brought memorable characters like Pedro Zamora and Puck into the realm of popular culture.

Read all about the beginning of MTV's longest-running series and relive the early '90s.

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