Ridiculousness, one of the longest-running series in MTV history, is no more. The comedy clip show was canceled this morning after airing 46 seasons since its inception in 2011. The series, in which a panel of hosts react to comedic viral clips, will no longer film new episodes. However, MTV will continue to air previously shot content for the rest of the year and into 2026, putting its total episode count somewhere above 1,700. That makes it MTV’s most prolific series by episode count and its second-longest-running, behind The Challenge. Ridiculousness dominated MTV’s lineup in the 2010s and the first half of the 2020s, sometimes filling up to 113 of the network’s 168 weekly broadcast hours. It was also one of the network’s most expensive series. Rob Dyrdek, the show’s primary host and co-creator, brought home a $32.5 million salary last year. The shock cancellation is reportedly part of an effort by Paramount, which owns MTV, to scale back its spending after its $8 billion merger with Skydance Media in August. The cancellation news comes just three weeks after MTV announced it would cut all of its U.K. music programming channels at the end of 2025. Beyond MTV, Paramount has laid off nearly 2,000 employees across the company and canceled several CBS programs. A source at the network told Variety that MTV chose to cancel Ridiculousness in favor of “a more curated slate of content” that “embraces its experimental DNA.”
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