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MTV Expands Lineup of Documentary Series with New slate of Programming In 2006
Veteran Series True Life, My Super Sweet 16 and Cribs Return with All New
Episodes
NEW YORK, Feb. 15 -- MTV announced a wide-ranging
expansion of News & Docs series production for 2006, following up on the
success of such documentary series as veteran groundbreaker True Life. MTV
has given the greenlight to three new shows catering to audience's demand for
more programming that presents an honest and accurate portrayal of young
people's lives.
"Our audience has responded strongly to programs that cover the social
issues, lifestyle trends, and everything in between that affect young people's
lives," says Dave Sirulnick, Executive Vice President, MTV Multiplatform
Production, News and Music. "In the same spirit of True Life, the new line-up
uniquely tells the stories of young people from their personal points of
view."
The critically-acclaimed MTV News & Docs staple True Life continues to
perform well after 8 years on air. The last cycle of True Life episodes
(December 15, 2005 -- January 26, 2006) reached more than 65 million viewers.
Among viewers P12-34, the series outpaced its last by 15% and the season
ranked #1 in its time period. In fact, last cycle's True Life: I Have OCD was
the highest-rated episode of True Life ever.
MTV News & Docs programs slated to premiere go inside the experiences of
young people navigating through a juvenile detention and justice center at the
hands of a no-nonsense judge, the competitive world of high school football
and its implications for young players in a small Southern town, and the
cutthroat realm of beauty pageantry and the motivations of their contestants.
These programs include:
MTV Juvies -- Summer 2006 -- 8 episodes, 1hr
This gritty and tense documentary illustrates what happens when kids, who
have never had a brush with the law, find out their choices have real
consequences. Through exclusive State Supreme Court access to the Lake County
Juvenile Center in Indiana, MTV Juvies depicts what happens to first time
offenders during their stay at the detention center, and offers an
unprecedented look inside the courtroom, where their lives and their future
are at the hands of a sole judge who will determine their sentence. Created
By: Lily Neumeyer, Karen Grau, Bill Hussung; Executive Producers: Dave
Sirulnick, Lily Neumeyer; Karen Grau/ Bill Hussung (Calamari Productions);
Kevin Dill (Dill Entertainment)
Two-A-Days [working title] -- Summer 2006 -- 8 episodes, 30 mins
This documentary series follows the highly-ranked Hoover High School
Bucaneers of Hoover, Alabama, through their high school football season. The
Bucs are nationally ranked and chasing their fourth consecutive state
championship title. But in Alabama, communities take their football extremely
seriously, and the players are living under tremendous pressure to earn a
football scholarship, win a championship ring -- not to mention the demands of
girlfriends, parents, and teachers. Executive Producers: Dave Sirulnick, Amy
Bailey; Co-Executive Producers: Jason Sciavicco, Jesse Dupree
Tiara Girls -- April 19, 2006 -- 8 Episodes, 30 mins
Tiara Girls documents the lives of beauty pageant contestants -- the
stories of young women as they prepare and train for competition -- shopping
for their sometimes outrageously expensive wardrobes, training their bodies
and even hiring special coaches for interviews and presentation. Find out
what motivates these young women, the often significant role that parents play
in guiding their children's aspirations, how they deal with victory or loss,
and explore their ultimate goals in living the life of a tiara girl.
Executive Producers: Dave Sirulnick, Marshall Eisen, and Kimberly Belcher
Cowin; Series Producer: Mary Jaras; Producers: Stephanie Bond, Patricia Chica,
Brooke Gaston, Anne Russell
Each episode of MTV Juvies, Two-A-Days [wt], and Tiara Girls will be
followed by a program aftershow on MTV Overdrive, the network's broadband
channel (overdrive.mtv.com).
In addition to new series, hit MTV News & Docs series return with all-new
episodes. True Life beings a new cycle of 5 episodes on Wednesday, February
22, 2006, My Super Sweet 16 will have 7 new episodes premiering on April 12,
2006 and Cribs will premiere new episodes in spring 2006.
MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world's
leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. MTV
Networks, with more than 100 channels worldwide, owns and operates the
following television programming services -- MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1,
mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT,
NOGGIN, VH1 CLASSIC, LOGO, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV
NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of these networks trademarks
of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robust
consumer products businesses and its more than 95 interactive properties
worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless and interactive television
services and also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication
deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.
SOURCE MTV
Web Site: http://www.mtv.com
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