MTV is officially saying goodbye to Ridiculousness after 46 seasons on the air, Us Weekly can confirm.
MTV is working to “reimagine” the network, leading to the cancellation of the long-running show, a source familiar with the situation told Us on Friday, October 31. The insider explained that the network will “feature a more curated slate” going forward to embrace its “experimental DNA.”
New content will include “exploring fresh formats, different creative voices, and refreshed programming,” the source added. (TMZ was first to report the news.)
Ridiculousness, hosted by Rob Dyrdek, premiered in August 2011 and ran on the network for 14 years. The comedy clip show was cohosted by Sterling “Steelo” Brim and Lauren “Lolo” Wood. (Chanel West Coast was formerly involved as well, leaving the show in 2023.)
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A traditional episode of the series featured Dyrdek running viewers and the live studio audience through a series of hilarious viral videos — think slipping and falling, but to the extreme — while his cohosts and a celebrity guest reacted. The show was often a topic of conversation on social media as the network aired endless marathons of Ridiculousness over the years.
The show will continue to air on MTV and will premiere previously recorded new episodes into 2026. No new episodes of the show will be filmed going forward. Select seasons will be available to stream on Paramount+.
Dyrdek has yet to publicly react to the news. The former professional skateboarder has been part of the MTV family for years, kicking off his reality TV career with Rob & Big in 2006. He went on to star in seven seasons on Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory, starting in 2009, before becoming the host of Ridiculousness.
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The retired athlete has spoken candidly about making a large sum of money on the network.
“Rob & Big aired [when] I was 32 years old,” he said during an appearance on “Trading Secrets” in 2021. “I was looking at it as a platform. I then saw what I got from the platform. I knew how bad they wanted me to do a show.”
Dyrdek estimated that he was making $35,000 for one episode of Rob & Big. MTV apparently offered him $125,000 to do a fourth season of that show, or kick off another series — which was how Fantasy Factory began.
“I would only do the show if I owned the integration. There was a little pushback starting to happen, so they gave me my integration,” he recalled. “Now, I sold deals to Chevy, Microsoft. I sold all my own deals that I wrote episodes around for the television show.”
The $125,000 he was making for one episode was “pretty unprecedented” in terms of how much talent was usually making.
“I was making millions because I owned the platform,” he added — and then he sold Ridiculousness to the network.
“I’ve built all these systems to allow my entire life to be this entire machine,” Dyrdek explained. “I shoot 250 episodes of television a year. … I live a perfectly balanced life, where I spend 32 percent of my time sleeping, 32 percent of the time working and about 30 percent with my family and wife and friends.”
