The Hills was a very successful reality television series that is getting a revival. The revival is called The Hills: New Beginnings!
So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the reality TV show!
- The Hills is an American reality television series that aired for six seasons on MTV
- From May 31, 2006, until July 13, 2010
- Developed as a spin-off of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
- The series aired six seasons
- It focused on the personal and professional lives of several young women residing in Los Angeles, California
- Its premise was conceived by Adam DiVello
- While Liz Gateley and Sean Travis served as executive producers
- The series originally focused on Lauren Conrad, who appeared in its predecessor
- As she pursued a career in the fashion industry
- It additionally placed emphasis on her housemate Heidi Montag and their friends Audrina Patridge and Whitney Port
- Conrad’s friend Lo Bosworth and Montag’s boyfriend Spencer Pratt developed major positions as part of the supporting cast in the second season
- While his sister Stephanie Pratt was added in the third
- Port left the series at the conclusion of the fourth season
- Moving to New York City and starring in her own spin-off, The City
- This show aired for two seasons
- Looking to pursue other career opportunities, Conrad left the series halfway through the fifth season
- She was subsequently replaced by fellow Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County cast member Kristin Cavallari
- Bosworth and Stephanie Pratt joined Cavallari and Patridge as primary cast members in the sixth and final season
- While Montag and her husband Pratt were removed from the series after displaying erratic behavior
- Conrad briefly returned to the series during an alternate ending for its finale
- The Hills received moderately favorable reviews from critics
- It has been recognized as a “guilty pleasure” by several media outlets
- However, the series was often criticized for tending towards a narrative format more commonly seen in scripted genres including soap operas, and appearing to fabricate much of its storyline
- The show has produced several spin-offs
- As well as distributed all seasons to DVD
- On August 2, 2016, Conrad starred in a MTV special, entitled The Hills: That Was Then, This Is Now
- The special featured a look back at the events that happened on The Hills
- And an update on Conrad’s life after the show
- On August 20, 2018, at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV announced a revival of The Hills entitled The Hills: New Beginnings
- The revival is set to air on June 24, 2019
- The Hills: New Beginnings is an American reality television show
- It is developed as a sequel to The Hills
- The series reunites the original cast members, alongside their children, friends, and new faces
- It follows their personal and professional lives while living in Los Angeles
- It made its premiere on June 24, 2019
- On August 20, 2018, at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV announced a revival of the series entitled The Hills: New Beginnings, set to air in 2019
- Original cast members Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt, Stephanie Pratt, Audrina Patridge, Whitney Port, Jason Wahler, Frankie Delgado and Brody Jenner are all set to return
- It was revealed by People that Lauren Conrad, the original star of The Hills, will not be returning for the revival
- Us Weekly confirmed that Kristin Cavallari, who replaced Conrad as star of The Hills in season six, and Lo Bosworth, who was a main cast member for season six, will also not be returning
- Us Weekly also reported that Cory in the House star Kyle Massey has been added to the cast
- As well as two bloggers
- However, this did not eventuate
- On October 3, 2018, it was reported that actress Mischa Barton would be joining the cast
- Barton starred in the Fox television series The O.C.
- Which inspired the creation of Laguna Beach
- Other new cast members will include Kaitlynn Carter, Jennifer Delgado and Ashley Wahler
- The wives of Jenner, Frankie Delgado and Jason Wahler respectively
- On October 15, 2018, it was confirmed that Brandon Thomas Lee, son of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, would be joining the cast
- On April 2, 2019, it was announced that the series is set to premiere on June 24, 2019
- In 2004, the reality television series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County premiered on MTV
- The program was created by Liz Gateley
- It documented the lives of several students attending Laguna Beach High School as they completed secondary education
- The series proved among the network’s most successful programming
- Though the entire original cast left after the second season
- They were replaced by another group of teenagers for the following season
- Television producer Adam DiVello developed the spin-off program The Hills
- To follow one of its predecessor’s original cast members, Lauren Conrad, as she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the fashion industry
- In July 2012, MTV aired a month-long morning marathon of The Hills, titled “Retro Mania”
- The following year, the marathon was renamed “RetroMTV Brunch”
- And culminated with the airing of an alternate series finale on August 9, 2013
- On August 13, 2016, reruns started to air on MTV’s new sister channel MTV Classic
- As of December 30, 2016, the series has been removed from the schedule
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