Ridiculousness
Genre	Clip show Comedy Cringe comedy
Created by	Jeff Tremaine Rob Dyrdek Shane Nickerson
Directed by	Michael A. Simon
Presented by	Rob Dyrdek Sterling "Steelo" Brim Chanel West Coast Lauren "Lolo" Wood
Theme music composer	Mark Mothersbaugh
Opening theme	"Uncontrollable Urge" created byDevo; performed by Rob Dyrdek
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	48
No. of episodes	1,689 (including 6 specials from seasons 16–17)(list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Christian Duguay Jeff Tremaine Kristina Edwards Lauren Dolgen Michelle Klepper Rob Dyrdek Sara Cohen Shane Nickerson Matt Harris
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Four Down Productions Dickhouse Productions Superjacket Productions Paramount Television Studios[a] Gorilla Flicks Thrill One Media
Original release
Network	MTV
Release	August 29, 2011 (2011-08-29) – present
Related
Amazingness Deliciousness Adorableness Messyness

Ridiculousness is an Americancomedyclip show that began airing on August 29, 2011, onMTV. It is hosted byRob Dyrdek and co-hosted bySterling "Steelo" Brim,Chanel West Coast (seasons 1–30) and Lauren "Lolo" Wood (seasons 31–48).Ridiculousness strictly showcases variousviral videos from the Internet, usually involving failed do-it-yourself attempts atstunts, to which Dyrdek and his panelists add mockery and reaction. The producers of the series and MTV refuse any submitted videos for the show for the safety of their viewers (as mentioned in disclaimers at the beginning and end of each episode), instead licensing already-existing content.

On September 11, 2012,Ridiculousness was renewed for a 20-episode third season.^[1][2] It premiered on February 14, 2013,^[3] and included a crossover withJersey Shore whenPauly D guest-starred. The season took a hiatus from April 2013 to July 18, 2013.^[4] Season 3 averaged a 1.6 P12-34 rating and is the No.1 original cable series in its time slot with P12-34.^[5]

The series is produced by Superjacket Productions, Rob Dyrdek's production company, under a multi-year deal with MTV.^[6]

The theme song, acover ofDevo's "Uncontrollable Urge", was done along with Devo memberMark Mothersbaugh, with Dyrdek providing the "yeah"s. Music supervisor Ben Hochstein said that "Kids think the song is original to our show and have never heard of Devo, but hopefully, their parents appreciate the connection."^[7][8]

Due to the series being consistently^[9]marathoned^[10] on MTV^[11][12] and MTV2, beginning in October 2015, some episodes ofRidiculousness were repackaged with lower-costproduction music. The new music was under blanket licenses overlaying the former tracks. The former tracks would have required MTV to paymusic licensing fees to artists.

In 2023, after co-hosting 30 seasons of the series,Chanel West Coast left the show to pursue her solo career.^[13][14]The West Coast Hustle, a reality TV series about the former co-host, premiered onMTV on July 18, 2024.^[15] After Chanel West Coast's departure, several guest co-hosts were tried out, and eventually Lauren "Lolo" Wood became part of the cast.^[16]

The show's cancellation was confirmed on October 31, 2025, one of many changes made under MTV's newSkydance ownership, with the show's final episodes to air some time in 2026.^[17]

In 2016, aNew York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the mostFacebook Likes found thatRidiculousness "is most popular in rural Alaska, New Mexico and Montana, and least popular in Washington, D.C., Atlanta and San Francisco".^[18]

By 2020, many journalists and media commentators noted that the series frequently occupied a great majority of MTV's programming lineup.^[19][20] In September 2020, John Gonzalez ofThe Ringer observed that the network often schedules marathon repeats ofRidiculousness that span multiple days, including one 36-hour period in August 2020 when MTV broadcast nothing else except episodes of the show. He speculated the show's success could be attributed to its "lowbrow content" and "familiar and formulaic" structure.^[21]

That same year, Michael Schneider and Kate Aurthur ofVariety reported that reruns ofRidiculousness were broadcast for 113 of 168 total hours (67.3%) during one week in June 2020. They attributed its ubiquity to media companies, such asViacomCBS, prioritizingstreaming content at the expense of their linear television networks. In response, MTV released a statement saying that the television network was "just a single sliver" of their overall operations, and that an array of programming was being developed for other mediums, and Tanya Giles, a ViacomCBS executive, said that the show was prioritized on the schedule as "escapist" entertainment with wide appeal for viewers at home during theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[22] Contrary to that statement, as of May 2022, its repeats continue to make up a majority of the network's weekly schedule, with an unofficialTwitter account compiling the network's schedule showing the extent of MTV's dependence on the series to fill its broadcast week.^[23]

In November 2020, Adam Buckman of MediaPost also wrote about the show's prominence on MTV, and reached similar conclusions to its cause as Schneider and Aurthur. Buckman called it "an abuse of the end-user that today's low-rent cable TV channels presumably wish to reach -- i.e., cable subscribers at home who pay steep fees every month for dozens of name-brand cable channels that seem to have abandoned the idea of developing and producing original, attractive content worth paying for."^[24]

Amazingness premiered on MTV on December 8, 2017, and ended on January 19, 2018. Presented by Rob Dyrdek, with Chris "Drama" Pfaff,Eddie Huang and Krystal Bee. Every episode features six contestants showcasing their unique talents. After each performance, the judges decide who moves on and who is eliminated. The last performer standing is awarded $10,000.^[25]

MTV greenlitDeliciousness on November 23, 2020 and the series later premiered on December 14, 2020. It is hosted byTiffani Thiessen, withAngela Kinsey,Kel Mitchell andTim Chantarangsu.^[26]

On June 21, 2021, MTV greenlitAdorableness, hosted by James Davis, withAlyson Hannigan,Ross Mathews andDulcé Sloan. The series premiered on July 19, 2021.^[27]

On June 4, 2021, MTV greenlit,Messyness, hosted byNicole "Snooki" Polizzi, withTori Spelling,Adam Rippon andTeddy Ray. The series premiered on August 23, 2021.^[28]

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