Years ago, when I was in college, I saw Heather and Julie (us old folks remember them from the FIRST season of Real World) speak. They told stories about how the producers would set things up just to cause fights on the show. I've always assumed that I should watch shows like Jersey Shore w/ the understanding that the fiction outweighs the reality.
I loved the first and the second one... all others were garbage! plus it started the demise of MTV s a full on music channel... after the original Real world started, the bad ass hours of music were replaced with stupid ass reality TV and game shows