Road Rules
At the Old Ball Game
TV Flash files “At the Old Ball Game” as hour 26 of 219 in the TV Flash guide — Road Rules (1995–2007) on MTV, season 2, episode 11, aired 1996-09-16, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E11: listed hour 26 of 219 in the Road Rules guide, hour 11 of 16 in season 2. It aired 1996-09-16 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “It's Raining, It's Snowing” (S02E10). Next is “Bikes and Parents” (S02E12).
Viewer FAQ
Where does At the Old Ball Game sit in the Road Rules guide?
S02E11 is listed hour 26 of 219 — hour 11 of 16 in season 2, season 2 episode 11.
When did Road Rules S02E11 air?
At the Old Ball Game aired 1996-09-16 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this just The Real World in a van?
Companion format: same Bunim/Murray casting-for-conflict family, plus missions, an RV, and competition DNA the house show didn't score the same way.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Real World packed into an RV: missions, strangers, reality as a road trip. MTV turns docu-soap into competition — challenges, chemistry, and the pipeline that became The Challenge’s combat sport. Nineties youth TV learning to score conflict, ancestor of every later show that sent pretty people on a bus and called it a test.
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