Back in March, I did a post about the president and CEO of Paramount Media Networks, Chris McCarthy, saying in an interview that the reason why Ridiculousness is on MTV so much is because it is essentially comfort TV for older people (i.e. old millennials).
Now, I don't watch MTV, so I assumed they just showed the same 100-plus episodes of Ridiculousness over and over, with them occasionally filming new episodes here and there. But boy, was I wrong.
Earlier today, America's news source, Pop Crave, tweeted that Rob Dyrdek had revealed that he tapes 336 episodes of Ridiculousness a year!!!
I honestly couldn't believe it. But sure enough, back on March 15, Rob posted on Instagram that they were now shooting 336 episodes a year — up from 252 episodes a year that they used to do. Like, they're shooting almost 100 more episodes than they used to tape!!!
Rob then went on to reveal that they're actually shooting more episodes in less time, saying, "The crazy thing is we are shooting it in the same amount of days and in less time. We shoot 4 days a month for 5 hours, 10 months a year."
"Over the years all aspects of the show has been relentlessly automated and optimized," he added, after thanking the team that works on the show. Rob then went on to say, "Crazy to think prep time and shoot time totals for episodes are under 40 minutes. It used to be a few hours of prep time and few hours to shoot. Without this dedication to optimization on all aspects of this show, shooting 336 a year would not be possible. 8 episodes a day in 5 hours including breaks, changes and lunch is crazy."
So yeah, Rob is working smarter, not harder!!! And I guess the next time you put on MTV, you can take comfort in the fact that you're likely to be watching a brand-new episode of Ridiculousness.
