MTV renews ‘Are You the One?’ and ‘The Challenge’; Adds Two New Shows – ‘Girl Code Live’ and ‘Greatest Party Story Ever’ to its TV Programming Fare
MTV announced on Friday that it has renewed Are You the One? and The Challenge and has ordered two pilots to series.
Are You the One? has been renewed for a 10-episode third season. The dating show that puts 10 single women and 10 single men into a matchmaking process will now also have a new twist: a $100 million prize for the group to split if they can find their matches.
The Challenge's upcoming 27th season on the other hand will be having 12 one-hour episodes, with the show placing contestants in exotic locales to compete in extreme challenges in the hopes of winning a large cash prize.
MTV has also given 10-episode orders for Girl Code Live, a weekly half-hour late night talk show hosted by Girl Code stars Nessa, Carly and Awkwafina and Greatest Party Story Ever, a half-hour weekly series that will showcase peoples' most outrageous epic tales with a comedic tone.
Executive produced by Howard Schultz, Rob LaPlante and Jeff Spangler of Lighthearted Entertainment, Are You The One? centers around the question: if your perfect match was standing right in front of you, would you even know it? In this ambitious dating experiment, MTV selected 10 single women and 10 single guys and put them through an extensive matchmaking process. All 20 will spend a month together trying to figure out their perfect match. If they do, they'll split one million dollars, the largest cash prize in MTV history.
Created by Bunim/Murray Productions, and executive produced by Jonathan Murray, Gil Goldschein, Scott Freeman and Justin Booth, The Challenge is a spinoff from two MTV reality shows - The Real World and Road Rules. Hosted by T.J. Lavin, The Challenge features alumni from these two shows, in addition to 'fresh meat' or first-time cast members and alumni from Are You the One?
Executive produced by Ryan Ling, the half-hour Girl Code Live will be hosted by three ladies from Girl Code, Nessa, Carly and Awkwafina, and will feature celebrity guests, musical artists, fun games and candid girl-talk in front of a live studio audience.
Created by Four Peaks Media Group, and executive produced by Ben Nemtin and Jonnie Penn, the half-hour Greatest Party Story Ever will showcase the craziest, funniest, most unbelievable stories by first person accounts and unique styles of animation with topics ranging range from debauchery to friendship to celebrity encounters.