MTV Entertainment Studios

MTV Entertainment Studios

Logo as of March 2021.
Formerly	MTV Productions (1991–1995) MTV Films (1996–2020) MTV Production Development (2003–2018) MTV Studios (2018–2021)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Motion picture Television production
Founded	1991; 33 years ago (1991) (as MTV Productions) 1996; 28 years ago (1996) (as MTV Films)
Headquarters	Hollywood, California , U.S.
Brands	MTV CMT Comedy Central Pop TV Land Paramount Network/Spike Smithsonian Channel
Owner	Paramount Global
Parent	MTV Entertainment Group (Paramount Media Networks)
Divisions	MTV Animation MTV Documentary Films Comedy Partners Pop Media Group, LLC Smithsonian Networks Inc. Spike Cable Networks, Inc.
Website	mtv.com/shows/

MTV Entertainment Studios is the film and television production arm of MTV Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Founded in 1991 as MTV Productions, it is a consolidation of the former MTV Films group established in 1996 and the MTV Production Development/MTV Studios group of 2003–2021, it has produced original television shows like Beavis and Butt-Head, Æon Flux, Jackass, My Super Sweet 16, Daria, Celebrity Deathmatch, Clone High and The Real World and films such as Election, Joe's Apartment and Napoleon Dynamite. Its films are released by fellow Paramount Global division Paramount Pictures. The MTV Films unit was part of Paramount Players until 2020.