“Catfish: The Tv Show” is dead in the water.
The reality show that studied deceptive online relationships was canceled in MTV after nine seasons, say sources Variety. The network allows producers to buy the series elsewhere.
Hosted by Nev Schulman, “Catfish” helped people discover the truth about their suspicious digital novels – and sometimes to accept the person on the other side of the computer screen. The series is based on Schulman’s documentary in 2010 of the same name, which invented the term “catfish” for someone who uses a false identity or stolen photos to deceive others on the Internet.
Developed by Schulman, Ariel Schulman and Max Joseph, “Catfish: The Tv Show” made his debut in 2012 on MTV and ended with season 9 in July 2024. Nev Schulman and Joseph co-organized the program for his first seven seasons. In 2018, Joseph was replaced by a rotating list of presenters, of which she King, Nick Young and Machine Gun Kelly. Finally, Kamie Crawford joined as a permanent host, joining Schulman for 96 episodes.
“Catfish” not only given a name for the phenomenon of digital deception. The series has also caused international benefits to Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Mexico and the United Kingdom. His heritage continues on the screen: a recent episode of “The Paper” centered on an employee catfated by someone who has usurped a celebrity, and the current n ° 1 documentary on Netflix is entitled “Unknown number: The Lycée-Chat Fish”.
Since the end of season 9, the status of “Catfish: The Tv Show” was in the air, because it had not received a renewal or cancellation of MTV in the middle of the restructuring of the paramount merger. Last month, Schulman announced that he had obtained his real estate broker license and that people would help people buy and sell houses in New York.
