New York – June 17, 2019 – MTV Studios, a unit of MTV and Viacom today announced Peabody®, Emmy® and Golden Globe® winning actress Tracee Ellis Ross will voice and executive produce “Jodie,” the first in a series of spinoffs based on MTV’s iconic “Daria” franchise.  “Daria,” which ran for five seasons (1997-2002) came out […]

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The attempt to get Black Lives Matter labeled a terrorist group has come to a halt. On July 6, a “We the People” petition was created on the White House website in efforts to have the federal government officially recognize the movement as an extremist group. “Terrorism is defined as ‘the use of violence and […]

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Jose Antonio Vargas, director of the MTV documentary White People, joined Roland Martin on News One Now to discuss how millennials view White privilege and…

A series of tweets published by rapper Nicki Minaj that exposed MTV for upholding a certain standard of beauty were interpreted as an “attack” by…

It’s true. Black America spends a good amount of time discussing race, thinking about race, experiencing race, and living through the trauma these conversations and…

As predicted here in January, Skins  has been cancelled.  The show has come under harsh attack by media watchdogs that have accused the network of violating child pornography laws – with the youngest actor on set being just 15 years old. The Parents Television Council called “Skins” “the most dangerous show for children ever seen,” […]

CBS News’ Christine Delargy gets an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at President Obama’s hour-long youth town hall airing on MTV, BET and CMT Thursday afternoon. MTV’s Sway Calloway and BET’s April Woodard spoke with “Washington Unplugged” before the event about young voters and turnout in the midterm elections.