DC SocialPulse: Real World Skeletons - The Premiere

*** Advisory: DC SocialPulse contains adult language and
spoilers for some readers. Viewer Discretion is Advised. ***

By DC Cueva

@DC408dxtr / @DC408dxnow

Hi, hello, what's up and welcome to the first edition of DC SocialPulse for Real World Skeletons. With an incredible 2nd season of Are You The One? now in our rear view mirror (and with two last posts coming up here shortly), our focus now turns towards what will ultimately be an ultra-busy Tuesday for MTV fans. And eventually, there will be two reasons to look forward to this night, as there will be episodes of not just The Real World, but also The Challenge airing back to back.
   On Tuesday, the 30th season of the iconic reality franchise kicked off in Chicago as the new class of seven strangers made their move to their new city for an experience they will never forget. Right off the bat, a romance starts up with two of the castmates. Plus it's déjà vu all over again as something that happened on Free Agents earlier this year happens again in Chi-Town. And this all comes before any of the skeletons of the seven strangers walk into the door of their house in the West Loop. We'll have the premiere covered here, along with the release of the trailer for The Challenge: Battle of the Exes 2 as we reach four weeks before its debut, hence the new name Double Shot Tuesdays.

But first off as we begin covering the 7th & 8th MTV series that we've provided full coverage of here, if you're checking out DCBLOG for the first time, as always welcome...it's great to have you with us and make yourself comfortable. An DCBLOG exclusive, DC SocialPulse is our signature feature, offering one-of-a-kind running tweet diaries of the MTV shows you love and the big events as they happen, straight from the people watching them in the twitter world, including myself.
   Social media has definitely been the game-changer for the TV industry in how people can have the true communal experience of watching TV and interacting with castmates, fans, friends and everyone else. Having grown a strong rapport with so many of Team MTV since the summer of 2012, both inside & outside of the RW/Challenge community, this site strives to bring that interaction to you on these journals. It's also the premise of my secondary DCNOW twitter hub devoted to live tweets.

   If you're a fan who wants to relive how your favorite castmates reacted to a hookup, a fight, a mission or anything else that took place, of course we will have everything covered. Or, in the case of some of you such as yours truly, those who might have stayed off social media while the episodes aired and didn't get the benefit of having the true TV/Twitter experience of your favorites tweeting along with you out west - or even watched it on your DVR or OTT service a day or so later to avoid those spoilers, DCSP is your first opportunity to catch up on the tweets you missed.
   These posts are designed & curated just for you so you don't have to browse through them all afterwards. And they're all carefully pieced together by me to replicate that experience in real-time, tweet-by-tweet, uncensored and unfiltered into these diaries, so you won't miss a thing. These posts serve as a public service so that all fans, regardless of where you live or when you watch it, can catch up on the social interaction, plus I add in wraps, thoughts and perspective when necessary. And it's recommended to have a two-screen experience to watch these shows, and have an internet device handy to follow the simultaneous, spontaneous interaction among cast, fans and all of us.

   It's because of these SocialPulse posts I've done since Rivals II that made up for what will soon be 20,000 views of this blog. Yes, it's a really long process of compiling all these tweets for you here, but the reward is a worldwide audience that reads this site, and receiving acclaim from fans and castmates. And the work I do to put this together, along with all the other posts that I do in covering these shows, have certainly made it worth it too. After all, no shows can lend themselves more perfectly to this kind of great insight, perspective and storytelling like MTV shows, and no channel has a deeper, more intimate relationship with & impact on both its personalities and its viewers.

Enough of this prologue. Let's get now to the reason you are actually here for: the following are the actual tweets of the cast, alumni, fans and me as we got to see the premiere, along with the Monday buildup to the premiere, the Exes 2 trailer being released and the day after the first episode.

- As we begin, please note there is explicit language in many of the tweets below, but I am keeping it uncensored in order to retain the heat of the moment. So if you are mature enough, please read with discretion. :-)

- Plus, if you haven't watched the episode yet, then don't proceed. But don't worry, bookmark DCBLOG as I will compile all of these tweets into these posts after every episode so you won't be in the dark of how your favorites saw this all unfold.

So without further delay, join us after the jump as we say hello to Bruno, Jason, Madison, Nicole, Sylvia, Tony and Violetta as they enter Chicago for The Real World; and our first footage of Exes 2.

Double Shot Tuesdays: Countdown to Real World Skeletons & Exes 2

DCBLOG's coverage of Real World Skeletons and Battle of the Exes II
are dedicated in the memories of Ryan Knight and Diem Brown.

By DC Cueva
@DC408Dxtr

Hi, hello, what's up and welcome to DCBLOG's coverage of both Real World Skeletons and The Challenge: Battle of the Exes 2. This will represent the sixth and seventh seasons of an MTV series that we've covered extensively on here, shows which I love so much and something that represent sort of a religion to me as a longtime MTV fan. And now the best time of year is coming up.
   With only 2 days until we head to Chicago this Tuesday for a new season of TV's longest-running reality franchise, I was thrown a curveball last week and now there's something to look forward to Tuesdays, times two. And perhaps, my schedule of working, babysitting the kids and spending spare time covering this show on this blog and following it on my social platforms will have to be adjusted accordingly for what's about to be announced on here. Here comes Double Shot Tuesdays.
   Yes, things are about to get a bit complicated as two of the shows I follow the most in the television world will not only be on at the same time, but also on the same night. For the first time in several years, seasons of MTV shows produced by reality TV pioneers Bunim-Murray Productions will air simultaneously, as its magnum opus, The Real World, will have its landmark 30th season in the Windy City, premiering this Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 10PM. Aside from everything we expect from this great show, RW Skeletons will see the roommates tackle people from their pasts head-on.
   Just after we usher in the new year, on January 6th at 11PM, the 26th season of the show that Bill Simmons' Grantland site calls, "the 5th major pro sport," will start up as The Challenge: Battle of the Exes 2 takes shape from Panama. In addition to all of what we can expect in great competition, all the drama, a cast full of names familiar & fresh and lots of twists, there will be a sense of poignancy to this season as Diem Brown and Ryan Knight take part in what will turn out to be their last Challenge as their untimely passings last month will make this season an emotion-packed one.

Coming up here, we'll have a preview of the seasons of both shows coming your way here, including a look at all of the roommates in Chicago and all the teams competing in Panama, as well as their back stories. Join us after the jump as we preview Real World Skeletons and Battle of the Exes 2.