| The Real World: Hollywood | |
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| Season Information | |
| Season No. | 20 |
| Location | Los Angeles, California |
| Season Run | April 16, 2008 - July 12, 2008 |
| No. of Episodes | 13 |
| Cast | |
| Starring | Brianna Taylor Dave Malinosky Greg Halstead Joey Kovar Kimberly Alexander Sarah Ralston Will Gilbert Brittini Sherrod Nick Brown |
| Season Chronology | |
| Previous | The Real World: Sydney |
| Next | The Real World: Brooklyn |
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The Real World: Hollywood is the twentieth season of the MTV reality series, The Real World, which follows seven diverse strangers living in a house together as cameras follow their every move and interpersonal relationships.
It is the second season to be filmed in Los Angeles, and the fifth season to be filmed in California.
Season changes[]
This season is the first to air hour-long episodes rather than the former thirty-minute episodes. To supplement the rest of the footage that was not aired, MTV implemented the Real World Dailies. MTV would continue this trend into the following seasons.
Assignment[]
The Hollywood cast members were assigned to take improv classes at iO WEST, a comedy club in Hollywood. The cast named their group WTF.
Residence[]
The cast residence, Stage 20, was located at Columbia Square, in a seven-story, 105,000-square-foot (9,800 m2) building at 6121 West Sunset Boulevard at the intersection of North Gower Street in Gower Gulch, Los Angeles that formerly served as a CBS broadcast facility where programs such as I Love Lucy were filmed (Map). The building is part of a 125,000-foot (38,000 m) complex that takes up an entire city block, which previously housed eight studios and CBS's local television and radio operations, including KCBS-TV/KCAL-TV, KNX Radio and KCBS-FM. The complex also included a 1,050 seat auditorium, a restaurant, and a bank. The northeast corner of the complex was used for filming. It is 23.3 miles (37.5 km) from the Venice beach house where The Real World: Los Angeles was filmed. The property was purchased in August 2006 for $66 million USD by Molasky Pacific, LLC, who intend to redevelop it to attract other residential and office tenants.
The Real World Season 20 house.
According to MTV, this season of The Real World was the first to incorporate environmentally friendly household and lifestyle choices, including a solar-heated swimming pool that uses salt to reduce the need for chemical treatment, Energy Star appliances, bamboo flooring, recycled glass counters, some sustainable furniture, energy-efficient lighting, a computer powered by an exercise bicycle, paperless toilets, a smart stove, an air conditioner system that provides water for an outdoor vegetable garden, a computer that tracks the amount of carbon saved by the housemates, and a hybrid car.
Cast[]
Initial Cast
(From left to right) Greg, Dave, Sarah, Brianna, Joey, Kimberly, and Will
| Name | Age* | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Brianna Taylor | 20 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Dave Malinosky | 22 | Waynesboro, Pennsylvania |
| Greg Halstead | 20 | Daytona Beach, Florida |
| Joey Kovar | 24 | Chicago, Illinois |
| Kimberly Alexander | 24 | Columbia, South Carolina |
| Sarah Ralston | 21 | Pheonix, Arizona |
| Will Gilbert | 24 | Detroit, Michigan |
| Brittini Sherrod | 22 | Tempe, Arizina |
| Nick Brown | 23 | New Rochelle, New York |
Note: (*) Age at the time of filming.
Episodes[]
| Episode | Title | Original Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Welcome to Hollywood" | April 16, 2008 |
| 2 | "Let's Not Get Ghetto" | April 23, 2008 |
| 3 | "Where's Joey?" | April 30, 2008 |
| 4 | "Joey's Intervention" | May 7, 2008 |
| 5 | "I Need Lovin'" | May 14, 2008 |
| 6 | "Greg Vs. The House" | May 21, 2008 |
| 7 | "Get It On" | May 28, 2008 |
| 8 | "Arrival and Departure" | June 4, 2008 |
| 9 | "Joey Checks Out" | June 11, 2008 |
| 10 | "In With The New" | June 18, 2008 |
| 11 | "Making It" | June 25, 2008 |
| 12 | "Mexi-Loco" | July 2, 2008 |
| 13 | "It's A Wrap" | July 9, 2008 |