What is MTV Entertainment Studios?
{{Infobox company | name = MTV Entertainment Studios | logo = MTV Entertainment Studios logo.svg | logo_caption = Logo as of March 2021. | former_name = {{Ubl | MTV Productions (1991–1995) | MTV Films (1996–2020) | MTV Production Development (2003–2018) | MTV Studios (2018–2021) }} | type = Subsidiary | industry = {{Ubl | Motion picture | Television production }} | founded = {{Ubl | {{start date and age|1991}} (as MTV Productions) | {{start date and age|1996}} (as MTV Films) }} | hq_location_city = [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], [[California]] | hq_location_country = U.S. | brands = {{Ubl | [[MTV]] | [[CMT (American TV channel)|CMT]] | [[Comedy Central]] | [[Pop (American TV channel)|Pop]] | [[TV Land]] | [[Paramount Network]]/[[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]] | [[Smithsonian Channel]] }} | owner = [[Paramount Global]] | parent = {{Ubl | [[MTV Entertainment Group]] | ([[Paramount Media Networks]]) }} | divisions = {{Ubl | [[MTV Animation]] | MTV Documentary Films | Comedy Partners | [[Pop Media Group|Pop Media Group, LLC]] | [[Smithsonian Channel|Smithsonian Networks Inc.]] | [[Spike Cable Networks|Spike Cable Networks, Inc.]] }} | website = {{URL|mtv.com/shows/}} }} 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. [[Category:Companies based in California]]