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Article: TV shows hit on a capital idea ; G OVERLINE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 7, 2009
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It may be up for debate whether Washington, D.C., is Hollywood
for ugly people, as the joke goes, but there's little doubt that the
television industry likes what it sees in the nation's capital.
Whether for appearances or patriotism, a throng of new television
shows, particularly reality programs, have chosen the venerable city
of marble and monuments as their location.
MTV, a pioneer in the reality genre, opted to take its long-
running series "The Real World" to Washington for its 23d season.
The D.C. version of the globe-trotting show, which has filmed in New
York, Paris, and Cancun, Mexico, is set to air in late December. The
outcome of last year's presidential election helped sway the ...