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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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MTV was pivoting away from its music origins in the early to mid 2000s, solely focusing on original content. The network produced some truly wild content, many that will live in infamy—Jersey Shore, The Real World, Catfish, The Challenge—and others that have been lost to time. We’ve collected four MTV shows from the 2000s that you probably forgotten even existed.

MTV was big on dating shows in particular, especially if it could be made into a competition series. Before there was Love Island, there was Next. The show was a unique concept where singles would go on speed dates with other singles stationed inside of a bus. It was basically Tinder in real life: will you go........

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