“The Real World” Denver house before it was renovated into the sex pad it is now.

– Speculation has run rampant lately about what’s going to happen to “The Real World” Denver house at 1920 Market St. in LoDo. Will it turn back into a bar or restaurant, as it was before the show? Will it be divided into apartments to trade on its cachet as a former reality TV show set? Of course Bunim/Murray Productions and MTV aren’t saying a word as they get ready to sell the property, which Bunim/Murray purchased from Heritage Bank on March 8 for $2.7 million. But we have an idea where it’s going…

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Woah… hold up there, partner. Hold up!

– Despite announcing “The Real World” Denver air date as Dec. 5, the unofficial but usually correct Real World/Road Rules blog is being contradicted by an official statement from MTV. “There is some confusion as to the premiere date of ‘Real World – Denver,’” said Louisa Harris of MTV Communications. “The premiere has not been officially announced by MTV but we will keep you apprised as soon as that info is available. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.” (emphasis added)

– I doubt it’s any real inconvenience on most people’s parts, since the actual air date (if it’s any different at all) will probably fall right around early December anyway. But dang… I was planning my entire life around that premiere date. Now what am I going to do with all these frickin’ micro-brew kegs, 3-D glasses and toxic glitter confetti?

MTV will be filming promos behind these walls soon.

– Bunim/Murray Productions, the creators and producers of “The Real World,” “One Ocean View” and other improv soap operas, has handled nearly all the production duties for the current Denver season thus far, but now — according to sources close to the show — the big dogs are in town. That’s right, MTV has arrived in the Mile High City for a day of filming.

– The crew — mostly different from the youngsters Bunim/Murray uses, and mostly real professionals getting rate pay — will supposedly shoot promos for the upcoming season in (and perhaps around) “The Real World” Denver house at 1920 Market St. in LoDo. They’ll shoot in the courtyard, among other places, all day with the reassembled cast. An early call will lead to a long day.

– There was also another cast party last night at Jet Hotel, a favorite hangout of the cast. In addition to the cast a few crew members, (maybe ten or so) showed up. Not many were invited though…

– As we reported a few weeks ago, “The Real World” Denver will premier in the fourth quarter of 2006 on MTV. That exact date has now been reported by this blog as Dec. 5, at 10 p.m. EST/9 p.m. Central. If it’s true, it means we’ve got a little over two months to gear up for the festivities. Our friends over at the Real World/Road Rules blog also had this to report: “This was announced as part of MTV’s fall lineup, with no mention of Road Rules, which is still being re-tooled. There’s no official word whether or not production has been dropped as of yet, but the rumor mill is starting and Road Rules may see the light of day yet again.”

Behold, the unholy union of reality TV and daytime talk shows.

– A recent Craigslist ad was looking for Denverites that had been rubbed the wrong way by “The Real World” Denver cast and crew. The headline: “National Talk Show looking for locals who hated the real world shoot,” was followed by: “We’re looking for people that were negatively affected by the Real World filming in Denver and would like to talk about it on national TV…”

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