The Real World: D.C.

The Real World: D.C.
Season 23
The cast of The Real World: D.C.
Starring
No. of episodes14
Release
Original networkMTV
Original releaseDecember 30, 2009 (2009-12-30) –
March 31, 2010 (2010-03-31)
Season chronology

The Real World: D.C.,[1] (occasionally known as The Real World: Washington D.C.),[2] is the twenty-third season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships.[3][4] It is the fifth season of The Real World to be filmed in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States.

The season featured eight people who lived in a house in Dupont Circle. Washington, D.C. was officially announced as the location for the newest season on June 10, 2009.[5] Filming began on July 2, 2009[6][7][8] and completed on October 12, 2009. The season's December 30, 2009 premiere[9][10][11] was watched by 1.9 million viewers.[12] The March 31, 2010 season finale was watched by 1.1 million viewers, the record low at the time for a season finale of The Real World.[13] The finale was immediately followed with a reunion special, The Real World: Washington D.C. Reunion. Overall, the season averaged 1.5 million viewers a week[14] and consisted of 14 episodes.

According to MTV's President of Programming, Tony DiSanto, "The charged atmosphere of Washington D.C., the center of our country's social and political change, will provide an electric setting for this next season of The Real World. We are thrilled to be filming our classic franchise in the heart of where history is being made ... it adds a whole new dimension to the great characters and drama our viewers expect and love from The Real World." Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty welcomed the production, pointing to the impact of young people on the national scene.[3][15]

The Washington Capitals hockey team, singer Melissa Etheridge and Washington Post cartoonist Tom Toles make guest appearances this season, in which they interact with the cast. President Barack Obama also appears in two episodes in which cast member Andrew Woods, an aspiring cartoonist, attends a press conference with Washington Times senior correspondent Joe Curl as part of Woods' internship with the newspaper,[16] and when cast member and LGBT rights activist Mike Manning attends the October 10, 2009 Human Rights Campaign dinner at which Obama spoke.[17] Manning also meets with Congressman Jared Polis of Colorado and Congressman James P. Moran of Virginia during the course of his work for the HRC.

  1. ^ The title used in all media produced by the production company, BMP. Which includes promotional shots, the title sequence and all promos and trailers for the show on MTV's site for the show. As well the title used in press releases for the show at MTV's press site. Original Press release announcing the shows premiere.
  2. ^ The title used for the MTV produced Reunion, and the title used on MTV's site for the show
  3. ^ a b Dufour, Jeff; Ryan, Kiki (June 10, 2009). "'Real World D.C.': MTV makes it official". Washington Examiner. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
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  6. ^ Calder, James (July 2, 2009). "Cast Members Arrive at D.C. Real World House". DCist. Archived from the original on July 4, 2009. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
  7. ^ Roberts, Roxanne; Argetsinger, Amy (June 8, 2009). ""The Real World: Dupont"? We Ask the Owner". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
  8. ^ Leaman, Emily (June 9, 2009). "OMG, It's The Real World—-in Washington!". Washingtonian. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
  9. ^ Stabley, Matthew (October 14, 2009). "Stabley, Matthew. "Real World" Cast Exits; D.C. Exhales" December 30, 2009". NBC Washington.
  10. ^ Puente, Marie (June 10, 2009). "Washington is morphing into a pretty cool district". USA Today. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
  11. ^ Parker, Beth (June 12, 2009). "MTV's Real World Sets Up in D.C. House". WTTG. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
  12. ^ de Moraes, Lisa (January 1, 2010). "MTV's 'Real World: D.C.' takes in 1.9 million viewers in its debut". The Washington Post.
  13. ^ "Wednesday Cable: "Real World" Hits Lows, "South Park" Stays High & "In Plain Sight" Returns". TV by the Numbers. April 1, 2010. Archived from the original on April 7, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  14. ^ Seidman, Robert (April 1, 2010). "MTV Is the No. 1 Cable Network for 12–34 Year Olds". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 19, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  15. ^ DiNunno, Gina (June 11, 2009). "The Real World Takes On Washington". TV Guide. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  16. ^ "MTV's 'Real World' meets the Beltway". The Washington Times. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  17. ^ Katherine Skiba and Peter Nicholas. "Gay rights: Obama addresses Human rights Campaign dinner, pledges to end 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'". Chicago Tribune. October 11, 2009