Jesse Janedy breaks down the latest episode of The Real World on Facebook Watch! ABOUT THE REAL WORLD: The Real World (also known as simply Real World) is a reality television program on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. First broadcast in 1992, the show, which was inspired by the 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family, is the longest-running program in MTV history and one of the longest-running reality series in history, credited with launching the modern reality TV genre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices