The Real World: Chicago is the eleventh 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.
It is the first season of The Real World to be filmed in the East
North Central States region of the United States, specifically in
Illinois.The season featured seven people who lived in a converted
bookstore/coffeehouse in the Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, which
production started from June 28 until November 3, 2001. This was also
the first season in which production would start months (sometimes
weeks) after wrapping the previous season allowing filming and
broadcasting almost immediately unlike the usual annual season. The
season premiered on January 15, 2002 and consisted of 24 episodes.
This was the first of two seasons to be filmed in Chicago. Twelve
years later, the show returned to the city in its thirtieth season.The
season featured seven people who lived in a converted
bookstore/coffeehouse in the Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, which
production started from June 28 until November 3, 2001. This was also
the first season in which production would start months (sometimes
weeks) after wrapping the previous season allowing filming and
broadcasting almost immediately unlike the usual annual season. The
season premiered on January 15, 2002 and consisted of 24 episodes.
This was the first of two seasons to be filmed in Chicago. Twelve
years later, the show returned to the city in its thirtieth season.The
season depicted cast members dealing with learning of the September
11th attacks, although criticism was leveled at the series, as the
cast was actually at Wrigley Field for a photo shoot when they learned
of the event. However contrary to rumors this was not staged, it is
just that producers brought a television in to the loft to see the
attack footage to inform them and for their reactions.Bunim-Murray
Productions experienced a number of problems with the production of
this season, including a nearby shooting, and numerous protests,
vandalism, and arrests by locals critical of MTV and its parent
company, Viacom, and opposed to the production's perceived
contribution to the neighborhood's gentrification. The Real World: Chicago Top Movies & Young Movies