CNN The Nineties September 22, 2019 02:27:00
>> the young audience was the audience everyone wanted to get and people could see channels like mtv had that audience's loyalty and had the advertiser dollars to go with it. >> this concept was explained to me as a real-life soap opera. >> in 1991 we got a call from mtv and they were toying with the idea of doing some kind of a scripted show about young people. >> they said it was like a mixture between the big chill and the breakfast club. >> but ultimately decided the idea of a show with writers and actors would just be too expensive for them. >> the real world. yes, that's what this was su...