MTV

MTV
Founded	August 1, 1981
President	Philippe Dauman
Company	MTV Entertainment Group (Paramount Global)
Notable Series	Catfish: The TV Show The Challenge The Real World Jersey Shore Teen Mom Ridiculousness

MTV is the leading global youth media brand across every platform with operations that span cable and mobile networks, live events, theatrical films and MTV Entertainment Studios, a unit focused on developing series for SVOD and linear distribution partners.

History

MTV was founded on August 1, 1981, and soon became a part of MTV Networks. At its conception "MTV" stood for "Music Television" as the channel was designed to show music videos, but the content has shifted over time toward a youth lifestyle channel featuring numerous reality shows.

At its inception, MTV only had eighty-five music videos to show. Fifteen of them were by Rod Stewart.(source: VH1 Classic) The first music video shown on MTV was Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles.

In-Depth

• Program Listing: A complete listing of shows that aired new episodes on MTV.

Current Shows

• Help! I'm in a Secret Relationship! (Season 3 — May 21, 2024)
• Teen Mom: The Next Chapter (Season 2 — May 30, 2024)
• Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta (Season 12 — July 23, 2024)
• Caught in the Act: Unfaithful (Season 3 — September 17, 2024)
• Ridiculousness (Season 42 — October 2, 2024)
• RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 17 — January 3, 2025)
• RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (Season 13 — January 3, 2025)
• The Challenge: All Stars (Season 5 — January 29, 2025)

Upcoming Shows

• Dating at Sea (Season 1 — sometime in 2025/2026)
• Jersey Shore 2.0 (Season 1 — sometime in 2025/2026)
• Power Game (Season 1 — sometime in 2025/2026)
• The Hills: Next Gen (Season 1 — sometime in 2025/2026)

Shows in Limbo

• The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist (Season 1 — March 3-April 7, 2023)
• Ex on the Beach (Season 6 — February 9-April 27, 2023)
• MTV Couples Retreat (Season 3 — May 2-June 27, 2023)
• The Love Experiment (Season 1 — August 15-October 10, 2023)
• All Star Shore (Season 2 — September 21-December 7, 2023)
• MTV Cribs (Season 19 — October 27, 2022-December 20, 2023)
• Teen Mom: Family Reunion (Season 3 — March 13-May 29, 2024)
• Catfish: The TV Show (Season 9 — April 30-July 16, 2024)
• The West Coast Hustle (Season 1 — July 18-August 29, 2024)
• The Surreal Life (Season 2 — July 23-September 3, 2024)
• The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras (Season 40 — August 14, 2024-January 22, 2025)
• Jersey Shore Family Vacation (Season 7 — February 8, 2024-January 23, 2025)

Previous Logos

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  2010–2021

External Sites

• Official website for MTV