'The Real World' shakeup: MTV changes format for first time

For the first time ever, pioneering MTV reality series "The Real World" is changing its format.

After 21 years and 28 seasons, "The Real World" is shaking things up with a twist and name change for its upcoming edition, which has the show returning to San Francisco.

Arguably TV's second longest-running reality show (the first would be "COPS," which launched in 1989), "The Real World" will be re-titled "Real World: Ex-Plosion" when it airs next year.

The season begins like any other: Seven young, attractive and single diverse castmates from around the country move into a house.

They'll start to form bonds, with each other and with San Francisco locals. Then, one month into the three-month shoot, they'll go away for a day trip. When they return, they're in for a huge shock: Their exes have moved in too.

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