MTV ANNOUNCES ITS NEW THURSDAY NIGHT LINE-UP BEGINNING THIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 STARTING AT 10:00 P.M. ET/PT

Santa Monica, CA (February 4, 2014) - MTV announced today its new Thursday night line-up beginning this Thursday, February 6 with "Ridiculousness" still kicking off the night at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, followed by "Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory" at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT and rounding out the night will be "Jerks with Cameras" at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT.

This week on "Ridiculousness" young actor Jackson Nicoll ("Bad Grandpa") will stop by the set to join Rob Dyrdek along with co-hosts Sterling "Steelo" Brim and Chanel "West Coast," to break down the most insane viral videos! Dyrdek continues to dominate the night with an all-new episode of "Rob Dyrdek Fantasy Factory" at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT where Rob and Big make an infomercial for shoe trees and Rob finds Drama's old diary. Then at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT the hilarious pranks continue as the jerks on "Jerks with Cameras" get caught up in twerking, straitjackets and more!

MTV's Thursday nights are holding strong with last week's episode of "Ridiculousness" ranking as Thursday's #1 original cable series. This season is averaging a strong 1.2 rating with P12-34, and is the #1 original cable series in its time slot. "Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory" season six is averaging a 1.0 rating with P12-34 and "Jerks with Cameras is averaging a 0.8.

Source: Nielsen. Live+SD. P12-34, unless noted. Ranked on 000s.

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