The Real World: D.C., (occasionally known as The Real World:
Washington D.C.), 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.
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. Filming began on July 2, 2009 and completed on October 12,
2009. The season's December 30, 2009 premiere was watched by 1.9
million viewers. 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. 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 and consisted of 14 episodes.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. Filming began on July 2, 2009 and
completed on October 12, 2009. The season's December 30, 2009 premiere
was watched by 1.9 million viewers. 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. 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 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.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, and when cast member
and LGBT rights activist Mike Manning attends the October 10, 2009
Human Rights Campaign dinner at which Obama spoke. 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. The Real World: D.C. Top Movies & Young Movies