A novel MTV program is trying to make programming more mentally healthy washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In a rare admission, MTV says its programming offers a dim view of mental health
Steven Zeitchik, The Washington Post
April 1, 2021
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A scene from The Hills: New Beginnings in 2019. The MTV series was one of 29 studied by researchers and found to be misrepresenting mental-health challenges. The networks executives are now trying to change that.MTV
When Jersey Shore s Ronnie Ortiz-Magro got into an on-camera fight with his sometime-girlfriend Jen Harley a few years ago, words quickly grew heated. You re driving me crazy, Ortiz-Magro yelled at Harley in the show, an episode of the spinoff Jersey Shore: Family Vacation. Cause you re a [bleeping] psychopath, she shot back.
In a rare admission, MTV says its programming offers a dim view of mental health lmtonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lmtonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As Oprah's interview with Megan, Duchess of Sussex, puts mental health again in the headlines, the president of MTV Entertainment Group says the timing couldn’t be better to revamp the way mental health is portrayed.