MTV Catfish

MTV Catfish is an American reality-based documentary television series airing on MTV about the truths and lies of online dating.
==History==
The term "catfish" originated as the title of a 2010 documentary in which filmmaker Nev Schulman discovers that the woman with whom he'd been having an online relationship had not been honest in describing herself. The term has since come to be used to refer to someone who creates a fake personal profile on social sites using someone else's pictures and false biographical information to pretend to be someone else, usually intending to trick someone into falling in love with them. https://web.archive.org/web/20100802030307/https://variety.com/review/VE1117941945.html?categoryid=31&cs=1
The show presents the "hopeful" as the one who initiates contact in an attempt to discover the true identity of their online romance, or "catfish". Some of the show's casting calls solicit stories from hopefuls. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718164807/http://remotecontrol.mtv.com/catfish-the-tv-show-is-now-casting Casting director Michael Esposito has said that the show has received more than 100 applications a day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzkQ16wlGPI
It is usually the catfish who makes the first contact with MTV. Producers then proceed to gather information about the deception from the catfish and contact them afterwards. Everyone involved in the series signs a contract agreeing to appear on camera before the episode enters production. https://www.hollywood.com/tv/catfish-mtv-catfishing-america-59085718
The program was hosted by Nev Schulman and Max Joseph for the first seven seasons. Joseph left the program in August 2018, halfway through the seventh season. https://www.eonline.com/news/964236/max-joseph-gets-emotional-in-his-final-catfish-episode For the remaining episodes of the seventh season that aired in 2019, he was replaced by alternate presenters. When the eighth season began in January 2020, Kamie Crawford was chosen as the permanent new presenter. https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/01/kamie-crawford-catfish-host In early January 2024, It was announced that Joseph would return for the 9th season to host an episode. https://www.mensjournal.com/streaming/max-joseph-announces-return-to-catfish 
==Channel==
The MTV Catfish YouTube channel was created on July 1, 2019, they usually upload clips from their show. 
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