The Best TV Shows on MTV3

Every MTV3 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from February 2026 that includes over 20 unique series. Icons of MTV3, Ruusun aika and Gladiaattorit made their debut in 1990 and 1993, setting industry standards. MTV3 has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1990 and as recent as 2021.

  • Team Ahma
    Team Ahma (1998)9.0

    Stories about things that happen in the line of duty to two good friends working in the volunteer road service.

  • Roba
    Roba (2012)7.6

    A new captain comes to take over the police station. Old behaviors and installed management will be questioned and put into debate. Police drama that tells the life of the policemen of the station of Roba, in the south of Helsinki. Winner of the Venla award for the best drama series in 2013.

  • Ruusun aika
    Ruusun aika (1990)7.5

  • TiLT!
    TiLT! (1997)7.0

    Tilt is a Finnish video gaming programme aired primarily on MTV3. It started out in 1997 on MTV3 and was also seen on Sub and briefly on Nelonen. Currently the programme is aired on JIM. Tilt.tv was originally hosted by Jaana Pelkonen, who more recently hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki together with Mikko Leppilampi. After Jaana the host was Anna-Maija Jalkanen from 2005 to the spring of 2007 after Jalkanen the host was Kristiina Wheeler from 2007 to 2008. The current host is Anni Uusivirta. The show has had continuing success and has been exported to Poland and other countries. At times the show has gathered mixed feelings amongst gaming fans and there have been grumblings about the program being biased and having hosts that generally have no gaming background. On the other hand the current host Kristiina has been working in game retail, in addition to being a musician. Tilt.tv regardless remains Finland's only steadily running gaming show, especially after the collapse of MoonTV. Tilt.tv has been running continuously for over 10 years, which sets it to compete for the title of the longest running gaming TV show in the world.

  • The Look of a Killer
    The Look of a Killer (2011)7.0

    In this gripping thriller based on the novels by Finnish author Matti Rönkä, Viktor Kärppä is a former KGB agent who settles in Finland, the country of his ancestors. He tries to make a living as a private investigator and business facilitator for Russian migrants, but finds himself entangled with organized crime. He may look like a killer, but he isn't one.

  • MasterChef Finland
    MasterChef Finland (2011)7.0

    MasterChef Suomi sees amateur chefs compete against each other in different culinary challenges for the honourable title of MasterChef!

  • Taskmaster Finland
    Taskmaster Finland (2020)7.0

    In this Finnish version of popular British format "Taskmaster," Jaakko Saariluoma will be seen in the role of Taskmaster, with Pilvi Hämäläinen as his right hand. They will be judging the stars competing as they explore the limits of their insight in a variety of tasks that require intelligence, skill, and wit. Guests will be visiting the studio and joining the fun.

  • Vintiöt
    Vintiöt (1994)5.7

    Vintiöt is a Finnish television comedy and sketch series that ran on the MTV3 channel beginning in 1994.

  • Nymphs
    Nymphs (2014)5.4

    They live among us, forever young and deadly seductive. And unlike vamps, it's not blood they crave from their male, as 17-year-old Didi Tiensuu discovers when she beds her boyfriend for the first time and promptly kills him. The sultry nymphs Kati and Nadia take Didi under their wings in her new life as a divine being and sexual predator.

  • Putous
    Putous (2010)4.8

    Finnish sketch comedy television show.

  • Secret Lives
    Secret Lives (1999)4.1

    Salatut elämät (Secret Lives) is a Finnish television soap opera that premiered on MTV3 on 25 January 1999. The series' storylines follow the daily lives of several families who live in the same apartment block in Helsinki.

  • Freezing Embrace
    Freezing Embrace (2021)4.0

    Commissioner Antti Hautalehto is faced with a complicated case when young men start drowning in the small Finnish town of Borg. Almost every week a new body is found in the river, and soon Hautalehto has reason to distrust his own police colleagues.

  • Gladiaattorit
    Gladiaattorit (1993)3.5

    A Finnish reality competition that matches amateur athletes against each other and the show's own "gladiators" in contests of strength, agility, and endurance.

  • Tanssii tähtien kanssa
    Tanssii tähtien kanssa (2006)2.0

    Tanssii tähtien kanssa is a Finnish version of the British BBC television series Strictly Come Dancing. The show has run on MTV3 since March 3, 2006, on Sunday evenings. The sixteenth season will be aired in the fall of 2023. The show was originally hosted by Marco Bjurström and Ella Kanninen. Ella Kanninen left the show after the second season and was replaced by model and Season 2 contestant Vanessa Kurri. In 2009, Kurri was replaced by Vappu Pimiä after only one season. Marco Bjurstöm left the series after Season 4 and Mikko Leppilampi took over as host. Ella Kanninen returned to host the seventh season due to Pimiä's maternity leave; Pimiä will return to host the eight season with Leppilampi. From 2022 Pimiä was joined by Ernest Lawson. The series' title is a pun on the title of the film Dances with Wolves, Tanssii susien kanssa.

  • Muodin huipulle
    Muodin huipulle (2009)N/A

    Muodin huipulle is Finland's version of the American reality television series Project Runway. The show started airing on Finland's MTV3 on 1 October 2009 at 20.00. In addition, Muodin huipulle Extra started airing on MTV3's daughter channel Sub on 24 September at 21.00. Season one was hosted by fashion designer and entrepreneur Minna Cheung in Heidi Klum's role and fashion editor and host Jaakko Selin filled Tim Gunn's role as fashion mentor. Season two's host will be model Nora Vilva and mentor will be designer Janne Renvall. Janne Kataja, who is well known for working on MTV3 and subprograms, hosted Muodin huipulle Extra. The season one winner, Katri Niskanen received a one-year contract with Spalt PR, one year cooperation with L'Oreal Paris hair and makeup, and a Bernina Sewing Machine worth €6,000. In addition to this, the winner's collection was featured in the February 2010 issue of Finnish fashion magazine Olivia.

  • Sinkkulaiva
    Sinkkulaiva (2013)N/A

  • Pitääkö olla huolissaan?
    Pitääkö olla huolissaan? (2016)N/A

  • Rantabaari
    Rantabaari (2019)N/A

  • Masked Singer Suomi
    Masked Singer Suomi (2020)N/A

    Masked Singer Suomi

  • Sukuni salat
    Sukuni salat (2021)N/A