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MTV How The ‘Hills’ Finale Pulled Back the Curtain on Reality TV’s Fakest Era
The Hills was one of MTV’s most-watched reality programs. But when fans began questioning what was real and fake, they went meta.
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Photo: Peter Kramer / Getty Images 4 Iconic MTV Shows From the 2000s You Definitely Forgot About
What a wild time to be a teen watching TV.
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That Time Jim Carrey Went to an Award Show in Disguise and Fooled Everybody
Carrey showed up to the 1999 MTV Movie Awards dressed like a chain-smoking hippie, and spoke to Samuel L. Jackson for 15 minutes without being recognized
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Photo: Mark Mainz/Getty Images Ashlee Simpson Still Cringes at This Part of Her MTV Reality Show 20 Years Later
We’ve all been there, really.
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Photo: Chris Polk/WireImage / Getty Images 17 Years Before Next Gen NYC, MTV Had Its Own Nepo Baby Reality Show
I guess not every music progeny can be Wolf Van Halen, Julian Casablancas, or Gracie Abrams.
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The 3-Minute Stand-Up Set That Got Andrew Dice Clay Banned From MTV
Clay defiantly recited his iconic dirty nursery rhymes at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards, much to the chagrin of producer Dick Clark and the network executives
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Before ‘Jersey Shore,’ JWoww Tried Out for a Very Different Reality Show
JWoww says a prank audition for Paris Hilton’s show helped put her on the path to “Jersey Shore,” which would make her a huge star.
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MTV How MTV’s ‘The Real World’ Paved The Way for Modern Reality TV
Long before Survivor and Big Brother, MTV’s The Real World paved the way for modern reality television to thrive.
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Before ‘Jersey Shore’ Became Huge, MTV Almost Replaced the Entire Cast
Before it was a pop culture phenomenon, ‘Jersey Shore’ was reportedly pitched as a guido competition show and nearly recast after Season 1.
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MTV The Real Story Behind ‘Jersey Shore’s’ Iconic GTL Catchphrase
The reality show’s signature phrase actually came from behind the scenes after producers noticed the cast followed the same daily routine.
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MTV Before Tinder, MTV’s ‘Next’ Turned Dating Into a Brutal Swipe-Left Game Show
The chaotic MTV dating show turned rejection into entertainment years before dating apps made swiping past people feel normal.
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Russell Brand. The Osama bin Laden Gag That Got Russell Brand Fired From MTV
The ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ star is one of the only people who could’ve rivaled Gilbert Gottfried in the ‘too soon’ department
