The growth of streaming series is at an all-time high with services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. Network MTV has moved its 33rd season of  “The Real World”  from television to the internet, exclusively available on Facebook Watch. The premise of the show is still the same, seven very diverse humans coexisting in the same house. So what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real.

As many networks offer the ability to view their dense catalog of the show through an app, the introduction of using Facebook Watch as a platform is genius. We live in an age whenever a new, beloved, or even hated series airs it tends to trend of social media platforms like Facebook/Twitter. The hive of people following the series is able to connect with a community of fans and share thoughts on episodes in real time as the show airs.

Now the genius part of putting a series like “The Real World” on Facebook is people can comment in real time while watching the episode with the housemates. For the first time in the shows history housemates have access to their personal cell phone, so fans can follow each individual’s Snapchat, Instagram, facebook, or twitter and get a feed of what’s going down in the house in real time. 

So let’s meet this diverse cast:

Meagan Melancon, 23 a deeply religious, conservative sports journalist from Baton Rouge, LA.

Dondre Randolph, 25 a pansexual, who’s a staunch conservative and Trump supporter from Huston, Texas.

Justin Blu, 26 is an activist and a graduate student of African American Studies from Atlanta, Georgia. His never dated outside his race and questions whether interracial marriages are good for the Black community. He considers himself a mentor to other young people.

Clint Wright, 28 a muscular influencer who loves to post shirtless selfies. Clint lives on his family’s farm in Potterville, Michigan.  His longing for what’s beyond the farm is why he went on the Real World.

Yasmin Almokhamad also known as Yassa , 27 a multimedia artist. She’s half Armenian, half Syrian and was raised as both Christian and Muslim. Despite her upbringing is identified as Queer and seems to be constantly amused by what’s unfolding around her.

Arely Avitua, 21 is a DACA recipient and mother at the age of 17, missing out on her teen years she believes this experience is an opportunity for her to go wild. Arely lives in constant fear that the DACA program could end, sending her back to Mexico and hopes to bring attention to the flaws of the program.

Tovah Marx, 26 a social worker from Scottdale, Arizona. She recently got out of an emotionally abusive relationship but is still looking for love.

The first episode starts like any season with the introduction to the housemates, from their different backgrounds like region, race, religion, and upbringing audience can quickly tell that there will be housemates bumping heads. When Dondre asked Justin his thoughts on the Colin Kaepernick situation every white person left the room and each minority stayed, viewers would soon find out that Tovah and Meagan didn’t comment because they felt they had no right to comment on black issues. This was an effort to stay PC (politically correct) but this experience will put every housemate in an uncomfortable conversation as they try to understand someone else’s situation.    

You can catch new episodes of “The Real Word: Atlanta” on Facebook Watch with new content drops daily, Monday through Thursday.