MTV orders six series

MTV has greenlit four unscripted series and 2 laffers in wide-varying projects, a significant programming push for that youthful-skewing internet. About the reality side, cabler is changing the feature film "Catfish" right into a series (Daily Variety, March 31). Show originates from the producers from the theatrical docu, including Nev Schulman, who'll examine what goes on when online buddies finally meet personally. Relativity Real will produce. "Hoods" follows one celebrity every week inside a go back to their home town. Pilot episode will feature singer Kesha returning to Nashville. Moving to some sports-designed show, "Wait Until The Coming YearInch examines a perennially losing senior high school football team that's trying to find their first win following a 43-game, five-year losing streak. "Wake Siblings" examines wakeboarding siblings Philip and Bob Soven, and just how they compete -- both appropriately and personally -- with each other. About the scripted side, Craig Wright is penning "Underemployed." Skein captures the angst college graduates sometimes face upon departing school and also the frequently hard time they've to find their place on the planet, from time to time needing to take dead-finish jobs to pay the bills. Series stars Jared Kusnitz and Inbar Lavi. Finally, "Zach Stone Is Destined To Be Famous" stars comic Bo Burnham as an individual who leaves school and employs a documentary film crew to assist him pursue the brand new American Dream: Becoming famous without any apparent talent whatsoever. "These shows will vary and different from one another, however they co-appear in talking with a millennial audience," programming topper David Janollari told Variety. "It proves that scripted, reality and, sometime later on, animation can live harmoniously about the funnel." Series turn to take advantage of the 18-24 demo sweet place, an age bracket which has arrived at the cabler in record amounts for "Jersey Shoreline." Internet is presently getting success using the first season of "Awkward" and it is preparing for any The month of january premiere of "Among The Finest My Pants Back." Not every shows happen to be hits, obviously. "Skins" was drawn after one season and "Hard Occasions of RJ Berger" was lately given its walking papers. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com