Thanks so much for watching! If you'd like to see more content like this and another MTV video featuring a lot more of the shows, let me know!

That reality tv boom in the mid-2000s MTV was entertaining as hell. Silent Library will always be a classic game show.

It's still super surreal to me how the 2000s are now considered a retro sorta era, where we identify elements of the decade by the way people dressed, how they wore their hair, what media they consumed. Like, it's wild to me that this video is an examination of the past, and how we now look at the '00s in a similar way we did the '80s, in the '00s. Anyways, awesome video! Had a lot of fun watching it, as always!

I worked at MTV as a security guard during this time period. Whole headquarters was operated by kids fresh out of College. Everyday felt like a party at work

Now 23 out of 24 hours of MTV programming is Ridiculousness.

It's funny how we were supposed to outgrow Nickelodeon and CN, and graduate to MTV and Adult Swim. Yet cartoons were often more substantial, subtle and artistic than reality shows.

Somehow I didn't realize just how far removed we now are from this whole era. For me, I realized that it was only a couple years after this that I stopped really watching cable at all. Now I just watch movies, KZfaq and the occasional streamed show. The TV era really is behind us...

One thing you may have forgotten was MTV's Fear. It basically was a show where a contestants who are college age students sent to a haunted place staying for 2 nights to figure out if the place is haunted by doing some dares. If they all do the dares that were on the computer, they would win at least 1,000-2,000 dollars. It was a good show and I find it hilarious seeing some people getting scared from that sort of thing. I feel like I'm the only one that remembers the show and it only lasted 2 seasons and the reason why it ended was because of budget reasons. If they ever bring it back (which they should) they can always use go pros to document their experiences.

As a kid who used to watch TRL, Daria, and other music shows on MTV, it made me feel some type of way when we had gone from music and “teen” shows to pure reality tv when I got to middle school. Entertaining, but it was no longer about the music

If this seems weird to you, imagine how weird it looks to everyone who grew up on 80s-90s MTV. Whole different planet lol.

Two of the most iconic Cribs moments were Mariah doing a stair master in heels and Red man’s cousin asleep on his couch.

As a 28yr old person i remember everything back then on mtv it was definitely a wild time. I remember as a kid/preteen I would watch viva la bam soooooo much as well pimp my ride, get scarred and mtv cribs was something else and also jackass.. you can’t forget bout them. We kids try everything from the show and lucky we didn’t get hurt.

The reality show golden age of MTV. The Osbornes, Runs House, Cribs, Pimp My Ride, Punk'd. This was my teenage era growing up and it was a fun era.

0:00 Intro 0:48 Room Raiders 4:38 Next 6:58 Life of Ryan 9:57 Parental Control 12:06 Rich Girls 15:00 MTV Cribs 18:42 Date My Mom 20:52 Rob & Big/Rod Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory 23:48 Bromance (kinda) 26:05 Yo Momma! 29:50 A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila 31:26 My Super Sweet 16 32:58 Scarred 35:16 Outro

You should've included "Laguna Beach" - that was HUGE in the early/mid 2000's - which is within the timeline of this MTV list

Pimp my Ride, Fist of Zen, Scarred, Next, South Park (it aired in my region's MTV for years since Comedy Central didn't exist there back then), Parental Control and even the earlier Ridiculousness stuff were all teenage staples. Sure, I already knew that it technically went against the channel's original music centric vision, but those shows were still very entertaining and even quite nostalgic now. Either way, I'm sort of glad we're finally embracing 2000s nostalgia.

Please do a part 2!!! I loved this video!!

One joke that still lives in my head rent free was somebody referring to season 2 of Rock of Love as “the herpes bus”😂 My whole family used to get together every week to watch Rock of Love, and immediately after switching to Cartoon Network to watch Total Drama Island😂

Not to forget the oddity that is the Spike channel. The 2000s for reality TV in general was absolutely insane

Mid 90s-2008ish mtv for me will always be a solid piece of my life from road rules real world to spring break concerts trl movie awards mtv diary cribs Daria spider man rob and big jackass viva la bam the Osborne’s jersey shore- literally shaped who I was as a young adult and am happy I can say it’s now a dream job come true 🤙🙏

Thanks for this retrospective of my youth. I was in school when all this was on and as a kid of the early 2000s bad Internet no tablets. The television was all we really had to look up to for. G4, MTV, Adult Swim/CN. Really shaped my humor and what I like. PS I also always like to hear what you have to say on SPAWNCAST because I feel like you represent my generation the best!

I had a friend who was on parental control. That is as close as I will ever be to MTV in any way.

Dude parental control was one of my favorite shows when I was a teen, the over acting is so so funny BBs death hurt when I found out :(

I hope you cover MTV2 next with some of their weird stuff they did in the 00s, primarily MTV2 Video Mods. I went down that rabbit hole last night while watching Twitch, it needs to be seen to be believed. They also did a cool cross-promotion with Rock Band in 2010 with a music video block of older songs in RB3 like Space Oddity & Here I Go Again, which was pretty cool in hindsight since you dont see MTV doing that anymore.

PLEASE do an episode on the simple life. I've been enjoying all of your content lately. Thanks Jordan!

Dude, 'Fat Camp' is ALL I revisit from 2005 MTV! It's SERIOUSLY an entertaining time capsule with good intentions to help kids lose weight, and one of the versions uploaded here has the original commercials to add to the experience of the time:):) I watched its premiere and quoted 'Heavyweights' the whole time;) I never watched MTV aside from that back then--too busy on Vh1 all over the AWESOMENESS that still are the 'I Love the 80s' and 'I Love the 70s' specials:):)

My favorite episode of Cribs was the Jackass one. Bam's ridiculous mansion then Steve-o's trashed apartment with obvious areas where drugs were removed to Chris Pontius living out of his car. Was just so on point and real

I turned 15 in 2000, so this was my era of MTV. Probably the best era they had.

I loved CRIBS not because I was jealous, but because I loved architecture and home design. It was just interesting.

For me was Celebrity Deathmatch, Happy Tree Friends (here in Latin America MTV had the rights of this show), Silence Library and Boiling Points. Missed this era of MTV

Lol I miss those days! Thanks for taking me down memory lane 😊

Wow, I watched every single show that was mentioned. I loved MTV in the mid-90s to the early 00s.. The nostalgia 😭

Personally, I hate gossip and gossip-based media, so absolutely none of this was familiar to me and I didn't watch MTV much at all. I did, however, watch your entire video, so you all get your watch time from me because I think it's really cool watching you cover stuff that you clearly have a passion for and enjoy making. Your genuine joy in making these episodes and presenting them to us is enough for me to justify watching reviews on things I've never seen, myself, or have little interest in. At least... I HOPE you enjoy what you do here.

I remember my parents never wanting me to watch Next because of "swear words". Looking back on it, they were probably sparing me the cringe lol

The way I’ve actually seen each of these shows. Thank you for making this ❤️

I’m really glad someone else acknowledged this era of MTV; I was beginning to think that it was all drug fueled hallucinations I was remembering

I was like tweenage-middle school around this era, and witnessing it was insane. I was like "these people are TERRIBLE!" and even back then I'd think "weren't there music videos on here at one point??"

I LOVED Scarred! I would honestly love to see Jacoby come back with his super Dad energy and have one more season 😂

My teenage years in the 2000s consisted of Viva La Bam, Jackass, The Osbournes, True Life and many more great shows. Also, getting ready for school and having music videos playing in the background. MTV in the late 90s-mid/late 2000s was probably the best it ever was. Now whenever I see MTV, they only air Ridiculousness and Catfish. There isn't much variety anymore.

I hated reality TV for the most part, but documentary stuff like scarred with actual information was always cool. So I mainly watched things like that and Daria reruns, and the same 2 music videos that seemed to play every commercial break (I swear I had "Hey Ya" and "Fighter" memorized before I ever pirated the music for myself)

I remember parental control. One girl still stuck with the guy that was a jerk, even after going out with the good guys.

Back when MTV was gold. I wish MTV would be great again...

Does anyone remember the horror prank show called Room 401? It was hosted by Jared Padalecki. The most famous clip from it was when a man flew up in the air and another guy just said "HE GONE!!" It only lasted a handful of episodes back in 2007

Couldn’t stop replaying 20:21 😂😂 his face. Great vid. I miss fantasy factory but I’ll watch ridiculousness forever. They’re MTV’s SpongeBob foreal🤷🏽‍♂️😆 RIP Big Black 🕊️

YOOO I haven’t finished the video yet but I’ll love hearing your takes on more content like this. I encourage the branching out

Thank you for all your hard work and entertaining videos!

Scarred has always been my all time favorite MTV show. Me, my brother, and our cousin would spend our Summer vacation watching Scarred, Fantasy Factory, Rob & Big, G4, and Adult Swim. Miss those times will scour for episodes of Scarred just to get a taste of the before times once more.

Room Raiders, Next, Parental Control, and Date My Mom were all such hilarious premises for episodic dating shows. And yes I watched them all hahaha. It was also really exciting for me that they had gay episodes, which was not very common for dating shows back in the day. In that same vein, I also watched a Shot at Love with Tila Tequila. For as problematic as it was and she is, I do still appreciate it for bringing bisexuality closer to the surface of cultural consciousness. I was definitely aware of the other shows you mentioned (especially Cribs- that was super popular), but don’t think I ever watched any of them.

I love this time capsule of a video! It’s really true that MTV was so disjointed in the best possible way! In addition to the shows that you listed, there were so many one season wonders like miss seventeen, 8th and Ocean, Pageant Place, and the Paper!

Zach Stone is Gonna Be Famous was my favorite MTV show. Mocking reality shows and being more enjoyable. Bo Burnham was great in it!

Pimp my ride, Parental control, Punk’d, Viva La Bam, The Osbornes’, and Made were all crazy in their own special way! What nostalgia!

Man this was such a wild era to grow up in, toxic as hell for sure watching all this and believing it was real but very interesting to look back on!

The Redman episode of Cribs is forever iconic 🤣

You could do a part 2 on the more extreme stuff of MTV/MTV2. Something like Celebrity Deathmatch, Dirty Sanchez, Strutter, Wildboyz, Wonder Showzen, Homewrecker, Stankervision and all those animated shows MTV and MTV2 aired at the time...

Holy shit, you saved the best for last. What a nice reminder of the most hardcore show on the network. Every one of these shows were heavily watched in my home except for Rich Girls and Bromance. Never heard of those somehow. Kind of ignored Date My Mom too but the rest were hard to look away from lol

Anything from Viacom late and early was weird and crazy: Anything from MTV Drawn Together, Chappelle Show and The Man Show from Comedy Central Some animation content from Nickalodeon It was a weird and expermental time for Viacom

Pimp my Riiiiiiiide. Loved watching X-ibit rip on the guests’ cars before the fix up 😂

2000s mtv was the golden age of trash tv and I miss it. It was simpler, happier times. Take me back 😔

This was my era of MTV. When I was in high school and college.

Almost never watched MTV except a few episodes of Parent Control (unless Wife Swap was also an MTV show, the premise fascinated me). Nonetheless this was an entertaining video and would not mind if you created more, like a video on Simple Life or anything similar!

OMG 20:25 I LOST MY LUNCH!!! dying of laughter. the sound of a branch snapping to go along with her rolling the ankle . so funny. great timing. unexpected!

I feel like MTV should've stayed about music, and made a second channel for all this extra stuff like they did later on MTV2..js..😎❤️

You fucking killed me with the hoorays during the NEXT section

Definitely need a Simple Life episode! But also was really hoping for some MTV challenge series

As a 31 year old I can definitely say that was a good era and mixture of random but entertaining things

I'll never forget the dude who ripped his sack trying to grind a rail. 💀 Scarred was a crazy show!

That Ying Yang Twins segment has me cracking up lmfao

Mariah got the first full episode for cribs on season 1 and she didn't have to fake anything- it was all real and hers and she still has it. What being a writer and having good contracts can do for you

I remember watching Silent Library. The contestants had to be quiet while doing crazy tasks.

Dude, please do the Simple Life. I've been rewatching all the seasons. It's worth the deep dive

This brought back msn messenger, limewire, blockbuster, and ps2 exc. nostalgia like no other

MTV clearly has lost it’s way

I’ve rewatched this video too many times. We need a part 2! 😍

I'm sure pimp my ride could be its own show

oh the good 'ol days. Miss the 90s and early 2000's. kids today dont know what they could of had. The best times.

I'm 23 and my mom was in her 20s too when she had me and I remember this era of MTV very well, cause my mom loved reality TV. A much simpler time

I love the in depth “hey Arnold” video you did. Your review, It’s like a comfort episode while I’m working. It’ll be nice to get another one😉🙃

This was legit my childhood. MTV was weird AF during the early 2000s but i wouldn't change a thing lmao.

Man this has been such a blast from my past. I remember this in middle and high school. When did I get old lol

MTV was better when it had music and the man on the moon

MTV sits on this catalog and plays ridiculousness 24/7

Man this was my era 😭 all these shows were so entertaining and somehow innocent in a way like it wasn’t no political shit just watching tv to relax. Life of Ryan was one of my favorites as I was also into skating for a while. I feel like skating was super popular for a while having skaters be on the same level as actors and singers in popularity. I’m glad to see Ryan doing so well he really did always seem like a genuine dude he was just under a lot of pressure at a very young age. Also kinda sad to see how Tila spiraled 😢. She also seemed pretty genuine to me like someone who was just being herself. Still seems to me like she was destroyed when her gf died and is still not able to deal with it but I digress. I wish someone would make one of those compilation vids I see people make of classic cartoons (which I watch often) but of all the classic mtv shows 😂

MTV and vh1 in the 2000s was literally the best ! I got hooked on all the shows ! Entertaining as hell!!

Yesssss, this Era of MTV was FORMATIVE for me and my sisters.

I miss when it was still music and just starting to get into animation scene/live action comedy shows. 90s MTV is still my favorite era.

The Real World/Road Rules Challenge will always be the greatest show in MTV history.

I actually loathed these shows growing up. I was right at the beginning of my teen years during this time and I was bullied and picked on a lot in school. I was kind of nerdy so these "cool kid" shows made everyone around me judge people based on what these shows represented and I was a victim of that. I never watched ANY MTV growing up unless actual music videos were on.

-NEXT- gotta be one of the most cruelly entertaining reality shows ever; seeing a bunch of spoiled girls and boys rejects potential good partners just for the dumbest reason you can say... that's entertaining. I remember one episode In which this girl connected with one boy an were having a great time, in a mini golf course, the she rejected based sole reason that she wanted to know what other kind of boys were on the bus, in the end she ended up rejecting everyone.

When they used to pull out the black light for the “stains” in Room Raiders 👀👀👀

I was hoping you would discuss Andrew W.K.'s show! I absolutely loved it 😂

I was holding my breath the whole video for Scarred lol. I just started teaching my son how to skate, thought about that show for the first time in ages. Great video!!

These shows were so heavily scripted that it was impossible to take any of them seriously (looking at you, Parental Control and Date my Mom)

The Andy Milionakis show was basically a Low Budget Televised Version of Early YT content

Omg thank you for not showing a clip of my episode of NEXT. I mean I did win but still...so embarrassing. Haha

idk if any of you guys have hits tv but I sure do back then, it's almost like MTV except there's no shows or anything,just music,that's what we have before MTV and having MTV on the other hand brings a whole new feeling,watching the shows,seeing who's on the MTV chart attack,man it was a blast

Love this. You gotta do a part two. Wild n out, Runs house, real world, making the band etc

I’ve been waiting my whole life for someone to address the ptsd that was Scarred.

Parental control was so beloved by many narc parents. my mom wanted to put me on there specifically so she could control me and who i "picked". she was still trying to get me to say i was celibate and also set me up at 22 like this after i literally ran away from her at 17. i turned 18 in 2010 for reference.

You’re editing is amazing😂 I was cackling at the date my mom segment

I had forgotten about so many of these, thank you for this