MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS
This weekâs TV: Meghan and Harry talk, a look back at Biggie, and a âReal Worldâ reunion
By Matthew Gilbert Globe Staff,Updated March 1, 2021, 7:00 a.m.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will sit down for an interview with Oprah Winfrey on CBS.Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press
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Children, there was a time before âreality TVâ took over TV. The genre really got rolling â decades after PBSâs âAn American Familyâ â when MTVâs âThe Real Worldâ began, in May 1992, as something of an experiment. Seven young people were stuffed into a loft in Soho, filmed all the time, and then edited down into a nonfiction soap opera of sorts.