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.