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- 2012
- TV-14
- MTV
- 2012
- TV-14
- MTV
Summary Based on the popular documentary of the same name, the reality show hosted by Nev Schulman and Max Joseph help people meet face-to-face with the online person they have intense feeling for.
- 2012
- TV-14
- MTV
- 2012
- TV-14
- MTV
Catfish: The TV Show
10 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 12, 2012
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6.0
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Summary Based on the popular documentary of the same name, the reality show hosted by Nev Schulman and Max Joseph help people meet face-to-face with the online person they have intense feeling for.
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Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
57
33% Positive
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3 Reviews
67% Mixed
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Despite the occasional artificial reality flourish, Catfish: The TV Show is a timely, engaging, and often poignant addition to MTV's lineup.
The producers do a shrewd job of not just building toward the reveal, but then following its aftermath, with the emotions of the previously unseen party brought into the equation.
There's still some actual catfishing, but you have to get past all the Nev first. [27 Feb 2015, p.65]
The veracity of this series is, in the end, less important than what it says about a culture in which people blithely create online worlds on a collision course with the truth. Schadenfreude may be the lifeblood of reality television, but in "Catfish," it's fairly guilt free.
"Catfish" was a clever riff on a found-footage thriller, Catfish: The TV Show is a standard reality series mixing elements of the dating and rehab-therapy genres.
Schulman seems desperate to extract meaning from the situation, but this isn't "Undercover Boss": The only prize available for the deceived is the attention for which they may already have proven a little too hungry.
Catfish has value as a cautionary tale, and documentation of one way the Internet has affected lives. That makes it sociology, not entertainment.
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Based on 35 User Ratings
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Based on 35 User Ratings
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Production Company:
- Catfish Picture Company
- Critical Content
- Relativity Television
Initial Release Date: Nov 12, 2012
Number of seasons: 10 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards
MTV Movie + TV Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics
• 1 Nomination
Teen Choice Awards
• 1 Nomination
