Dyrdek at work.
Photo: Rick Kosick/MTV/Viacom/Everett Collection
Well, this is ridiculousness. MTV canceled the clip show Ridiculousness after 14 years and 1,700 episodes, for Variety. Hosted by Rob Dyrdek, the clip show of various online fail videos featured commentary by Steelo Brim, Chanel West Coast, and a rotating cast of comedians. On a typical day, MTV will play anywhere between 20 and 30 episodes of the show, using random episodes to eat up half its daily scheduling. Sources tell Variety reruns will continue to air and the show will put out already-taped episodes into 2026, but the network will produce nothing new.
The cancellation follows the sale of MTV’s parent company, Paramount, to Skydance and Larry Ellison on August 7. Since then, Ellison has brought Bari Weiss to lead CBS News, fired about 2,000 staffersand now canceled the bedrock of MTV’s programming. According to Varietythe end of Ridiculousness comes as the new regime plans for MTV to embrace “its experimental DNA” with programming that showcases “different creative voices.” Dyrdek was on track to increase his deal from $32 million to $45 million by 2029, according to bankruptcy documents recently filed by the show’s production company, Superjacket. “Different” does include cheaper creative voices.
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