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'Real World’s’ Jonathan Murray: How 'Jersey Shore' Has Impacted Reality TV

5:00 AM PST 3/9/2011 by Lacey Rose

The co-creator of the seminal MTV show, which is heading into its 25th season Wednesday night, also reveals which reality show he thinks may have crossed the line in a Q&A with The Hollywood Reporter.

When Jonathan Murray and his late producing partner Mary Ellen Bunim pitched MTV on the concept for the Real World over breakfast in 1991, there was nothing like it on the air.

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