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MTV Entertainment Studios

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MTV Entertainment Studios
Formerly
  • MTV Productions (1991–1995)
  • MTV Films (1996–2020)
  • MTV Production Development (2003–2018)
  • MTV Studios (2018–2021)
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
  • Motion picture
  • Television production
Founded
  • 1991; 33 years ago (1991) (as MTV Productions)
  • 1996; 28 years ago (1996) (as MTV Films)
Headquarters,
U.S.
Brands
OwnerParamount Global
Parent
Divisions
Websitemtv.com/shows/

MTV Entertainment Studios is the film and television production arm of MTV Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Founded in 1991 as MTV Productions, it is a consolidation of the former MTV Films group established in 1996 and the MTV Production Development/MTV Studios group of 2003–2021, it has produced original television shows like Beavis and Butt-Head, Æon Flux, Jackass, My Super Sweet 16, Daria, Celebrity Deathmatch, Clone High and The Real World and films such as Election, Joe's Apartment and Napoleon Dynamite. Its films are released by fellow Paramount Global division Paramount Pictures. The MTV Films unit was part of Paramount Players until 2020.