In this limited series, The A.V. Club highlights the reality TV cast members who came to define their respective franchises. From a dedicated activist to a queen bee to the savviest competitor, these are the people who have altered the genre. Advertisement AIDS activist Pedro Zamora spent the majority of his time on The Real World: San Francisco, which ran from June 30, 1994, to November 10, 1994, educating others. Whether he was giving a lecture in a classroom, casually discussing his health with his partner—the late Sean Sasser—over dinner, or in the throes of yet another battle with ...