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[05/07/25 - 03:26 PM]
MTV Greenlights TV's Longest Running Reality Competition Series "The Challenge" for Season 41
"The Challenge" season 41 returns this summer featuring fan favorite veterans Aneesa Ferreira, Leroy Garrett, and CT Tamburello.

[via press release from MTV]

MTV Greenlights TV's Longest Running Reality Competition Series "The Challenge" for Season 41

Fan Favorite Veterans CT Tamburello, Aneesa Ferreira and Leroy Garrett Set to Return This Summer

NEW YORK, NY (May 7, 2025) - On the heels of the monumental 40th season of The Challenge, MTV today announced that TV's longest running reality competition series has been renewed for a 41st season. The Challenge season 41 returns this summer featuring fan favorite veterans Aneesa Ferreira, Leroy Garrett, and CT Tamburello. Full cast and theme to be announced at a later date.

The series that invented the reality competition genre continues to be a ratings juggernaut for MTV with The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras delivering the biggest share in the last 4 years, up 16% from last season.

The Challenge season 41 full cast list and premiere date are to be announced at a later date. Follow The Challenge on Instagram, TikTok, X, and Facebook, subscribe to The Challenge on YouTube, and use #TheChallenge41 to join the conversation!

The Challenge was created for MTV by Bunim/Murray Productions, part of Banijay Americas. Julie Pizzi, Justin Booth and Jacob Lane serve as Executive Producers for Bunim/Murray, with Diego Amson and Brad Tiemann serving as Co-Executive Producers, Joe Awgul as Supervising Producer and Margaret Morales as Producer. Dan Caster and Leanne Mucci serve as Executive Producers with Angela Liao serving as Executive in Charge of Production for MTV.

SHOWTIME/MTV Entertainment Studios & Paramount Media Networks

SHOWTIME/MTV Entertainment Studios & Paramount Media Networks is a global network of media assets that reaches over one billion people in more than 180 countries featuring some of the most iconic brands in entertainment including SHOWTIME, MTV, Comedy Central and Paramount Network among others - and, its Studios arm which produces 120+ series annually, including some of today's biggest hits such as Yellowstone, Yellowjackets, Emily in Paris, 1883, 1923, George & Tammy, South Park, Tulsa King, RuPaul's Drag Race, The Challenge and Jersey Shore, to name a few.

About Bunim/Murray Productions:

Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP), part of Banijay Americas, is a leading producer of innovative entertainment content. The Emmy Award-winning company is widely credited with creating the reality television genre with its hit series The Real World on MTV, the first reality game show, Road Rules (MTV), in 1995; the first reality sitcom, The Simple Life (E!), in 2003; and the first reality soap opera, Starting Over, in 2003. Bunim/Murray's current programming includes The Family Stallone (Paramount+), The Challenge (MTV), The Challenge USA (CBS), The Challenge All Stars (Paramount+), The Challenge World Championship (Paramount+), Vanderpump Villa (Hulu), The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson (Lifetime) and Confessions of Octomom (Lifetime). Its recent series Watch Out For The Big Grrrls (Amazon) was honored with three Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Competition Program. Bunim/Murray Films has also produced Transhood (HBO) Valentine Road (HBO), Pedro (MTV) and Emmy Award-winning Autism: The Musical and Autism: The Sequel (HBO). Based in Glendale, CA, the company was founded in 1987 by Jonathan Murray and the late Mary-Ellis Bunim, who were inducted into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame in 2012. The company joined Banijay in 2010.

Source: Nielsen; L3/P18-49 cvg shr; S40- 8/14/24-1/8/25, S39- 10/25/23-2/21/24.





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