MTV has ordered 12 episodes of a reality series being inspired John Hughes’ 1985 teen cinema classic, The Breakfast Club.
If You Really Knew Me will follow five kids from one high school as they embark on Challenge Day, a one-day program that aims to break down barriers between cliques.
“Each episode takes place at a different high school that, like most schools, has a fixed caste system of winners and losers, and a student body that labels everyone – jock, freak, brain, etc – whether they like it or not,” MTV said in press release issued last week. “But through this program, all the preconceptions about who they are will be turned on their head. Amazingly poignant, this series is a shockingly authentic peek into the minds of real teenagers as they step beyond their cliques, reveal their most intimate feelings for the first time, and truly change.”
The show is expected to premiere this fall. Will you watch?