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The Best TV Shows on MTV

Every MTV Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Icons of MTV, MTV Video Music Awards and MTV Unplugged made their debut in 1984 and 1989, setting industry standards. Boasting a rich catalog, MTV features more than 20 shows, with broadcasting dates ranging from 1984 to 2018. Our curated list, current as of March 2025, showcases over 20 of MTV’s highest-rated series.

  • Teen Wolf
    Teen Wolf (2011)8.5

    Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day teenage life. The following characters are instrumental to his struggle: Stiles, his best friend; Allison, his love interest who comes from a family of werewolf hunters; and Derek, a mysterious werewolf with a dark past. Throughout the series, he strives to keep his loved ones safe while maintaining normal relationships with them.

  • Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
    Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out (2005)8.1

    Nick Cannon and an A-list celebrity lead a team of improv comedians as they compete against each other.

  • MTV Video Music Awards
    MTV Video Music Awards (1984)7.5

    An annual award ceremony presented by MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.

  • Undressed
    Undressed (1999)7.5

    A peek behind closed doors at the intricacies of modern relationships. Each episode features three different fictional stories and follows various characters to see what happened during their most intimate moments. No subject is too taboo. All the stories have one very important thing in common, though: someone inevitably gets undressed.

  • RuPaul's Drag Race
    RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)7.5

    Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top drag queens in the U.S. will vie for drag stardom as RuPaul, in full glamazon drag, will reign supreme in all judging and eliminations while helping guide the contestants as they prepare for each challenge.

  • The Challenge
    The Challenge (1998)7.3

    Each Challenge pits numerous cast members from past seasons of reality shows against each other, dividing them into two separate teams according to different criteria, such as gender, which show they first appeared on, whether or not they're veterans or rookies on the show, etc. The two teams compete in numerous missions in order to win prizes and advance in the overall game.

  • Jersey Shore: Family Vacation
    Jersey Shore: Family Vacation (2018)7.2

    The cast of Jersey Shore swore they would always do a vacation together. Now, five years, five kids, three marriages, and who knows how many GTL sessions later, the gang is back together and on vacation in a swanky house in Miami Beach.

  • Beavis and Butt-Head
    Beavis and Butt-Head (1993)7.1

    Two dimwitted teenagers discuss TV, heavy-metal music, nachos, and trying to "score with chicks." When the duo aren't sitting on the couch, they try to pick up girls at the local convenience store, slack off at school, or wreak havoc while working at a burger joint.

  • Ex on the Beach
    Ex on the Beach (2018)7.1

    In this social experiment, smoking-hot celebrity singles think they're running away to paradise for a once-in-a-lifetime romantic vacation full of fun and sun. But just as the party is getting started, unwanted guests arrive to break up their good time.

  • Ridiculousness
    Ridiculousness (2011)6.9

    Rob Dyrdek takes the funniest amateur internet videos and builds them into an episode of edgy, funny, and most importantly, timeless television.

  • MTV Unplugged
    MTV Unplugged (1989)6.8

    MTV's acclaimed music series showcases today's top artists and rising stars in the industry performing acoustic versions of their songs.

  • Catfish: The TV Show
    Catfish: The TV Show (2012)6.8

    Nev and his co-hosts -- from Max to Kamie to celebrity guests -- help people in dubious online relationships track down their baes IRL so they can sort out what's fact and what's fiction.

  • Teen Mom 2
    Teen Mom 2 (2011)6.4

    Jenelle, Chelsea, Kailyn, and Leah are four young women navigating complicated lives. It's not always easy being a young mom.

  • RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
    RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (2010)6.2

    The access-all-areas pass to the drama that you didn't see on the runway—the backstage bitchiness, the catfights, the struggles, the tears and the secrets. See what happens behind the scenes of RuPaul's Drag Race when the queens let their tucks breathe... and let their emotions flow.

  • Teen Mom OG
    Teen Mom OG (2009)6.1

    In 16 and Pregnant, they were moms-to-be. Now, follow Farrah, Maci, Amber, and Catelynn as they face the challenges of motherhood. Each episode interweaves these stories revealing the wide variety of challenges young mothers can face: marriage, relationships, family support, adoption, finances, graduating high school, starting college, getting a job, and the daunting and exciting step of moving out to create their own families.

  • The Osbournes
    The Osbournes (2002)5.8

    The Osbournes is an American reality television program featuring the domestic life of heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne and his family. The series premiered on MTV on March 5, 2002, and in its first season, was cited as the most-viewed series ever on MTV. The final episode of the series aired March 21, 2005.

  • The Real World
    The Real World (1992)5.7

    Each year, seven strangers in their twenties, from different backgrounds and countries, are chosen to come live together in a major city.

  • WWE Heat
    WWE Heat (1998)5.1

    WWE Heat is a professional wrestling television program that was produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

  • Punk'd
    Punk'd (2003)5.0

    What happens when the biggest stars in the world get too high on the Hollywood hog? When their bank accounts start swelling bigger than their heads? Master prankster Ashton Kutcher is there to punk 'em down to earth.

  • Whatcha Packin'
    Whatcha Packin' (2014)2.0

    Michelle Visage interviews the eliminated queen from the week's episode of RuPaul's Drag Race.