ADDITIONAL NOTES: completed airing its first season on 1/19/13; has yet to be renewed for a second season
DESCRIPTION: (from MTV's press release, September 2012) MTV today announced that new docu-series "This Is How I Made It" will premiere on Saturday, October 13 at 12:00 p.m. ET/PT featuring 2 Chainz and Ashley Rickards from MTV's "Awkward." The new weekly half-hour, 12 episode series will highlight two people per episode who have made it in their respective fields, chronicling the road they traveled in order to make their dreams come true. Over the course of the series, viewers will hear the personal stories behind each person's journey including 2 Chainz, Afrojack, Ashley Rickards, B.o.B, Chris Brown, Ciara, David Guetta, Demi Lovato, U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas, Mac Miller, Meek Mill, Naya Rivera, Tyler Posey from MTV's "Teen Wolf," Wiz Khalifa and more.
