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    Nev Schulman Explains Why 'Catfish: The TV Show' is a Hit

    "Catfish" was a hit at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival for its star, Nev Schulman, and the two filmmakers behind it, Nev's brother Ariel and Henry Joost. Ariel and Joost went on to make the third and fourth installment of the "Paranormal Activity" franchise.

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    MTV Greenlights a Pilot for a TV Series Based on 'Scream,' with Wes Craven to Potentially Direct

    Over 16 years after self-referential horror comedy "Scream" first opened in theaters, MTV is ready to see how the franchise it started works on the small screen. The network will announce at its upfront today that it has ordered a one-hour pilot based on Wes Craven's 1996 film -- which starred Neve ...

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    20 Years of TV: How Cable Opened Up the Television Landscape to a Chorus of New Voices

    Funny, cable television didn't look like a media juggernaut when it started out. First commercially available in the U.S. in the early '70s, regulatory complications, cost and infrastructure slowed its cultural impact. It also faced the now-antique notion of "Must-See TV" -- the idea that you'd sett...

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    5 Best Bets on TV This Week: Clones, Philip Roth and an 'Adventure Time' Special

    Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Shameless," "Californication," "The Walking Dead" and the back-this-week "Game of Thrones," but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week.

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    The 'Catfish' Reunion Special Proves Show is Trying to Be 'Jerry Springer 2.0' and Failing

    This Monday, Nev Schulman and Max Joseph joined MTV News correspondent SuChin Pak for a sit-down with half of the couples from the first season of "Catfish: The TV Show," the MTV series which, you'll remember, started off as a Sundance doc about how Schulman's attempt to find love ...

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    5 Best Bets on TV This Week: Ai Weiwei in the Spotlight and Benedict Cumberbatch in Period Finery

    Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Shameless," "Girls," Californication" and "Enlightened," but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week.

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    'Catfish: The TV Show' Is Making a Name for Itself, But Is Its Premise Unraveling?

    "'Catfish' the film was about me. 'Catfish' the TV show is about you," says Nev Schulman in the intro of the MTV docu-series he currently hosts, an unscripted show based on the hit Sundance doc of the same name in which he was one of the main subjects.

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    Daria's Descendants: 5 Characters Who Owe Their Existence to MTV's Sardonic Animated Heroine

    It's been a decade since the Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn animated series went off the air, but the impact of its eponymous heroine and her deadpan journey through life in the suburbs is still felt.

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    5 Best Things to Watch on TV This Week: 'Catfish,' the MTV Reality Show, Oliver Stone and Eddie Murphy

    Sure, Sunday is incredibly overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Homeland," "The Walking Dead," "Boardwalk Empire," "The Good Wife," "Treme" and "Dexter," but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week.

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    5 Best Things to Watch on TV This Week: Broke Athletes, Presidential Ambition and Women Changing the World

    Sure, Sunday is incredibly overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Homeland," "Boardwalk Empire," "Hell on Wheels," "Copper," "Treme" and "Dexter," but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highligh...

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