MTV's Iconic "16 and Pregnant" returns as a reimagined docu-series

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MTV announced today that it is bringing back the iconic series 16 and Pregnant, which launched over a decade ago and helped to reduce teen pregnancy to record lows (National Bureau of Economic Research), as a newly reimagined docu-series. The six-episode season premieres on Tuesday, October 6 at 9PM ET/PT on MTV

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[colossusx]

i miss true life so much.

is mtv just solely going to bring back their old series? do they even do new things anymore?

[belle_chouette]

omg I was gonna say ... I love True Life! I wish the old eps were easier to find

[colossusx]

omfg i forgot about made! i LOVED made! yes please!

[ilovespooons]

I'm pretty sure expanded sex education had more to do with lowering teen pregnancy but ... ok MTV

[chllschse]

Right. The only people I know who even watched that damn show were people my age. In other words, not teenagers. LOL.

[burntxtoashes]

yeah if anything, i feel like the pay check alone kind of glamourised it?

[ilovespooons]

This brought back a vague memory of reading an article saying the show might have increased teen pregnancy? But I'm too lazy to look it up and either way it's hard to prove.

[frejasface]

on the one hand, this show feels pretty exploitative.

on the other, it did give us this moment

remember when Jenelle from Teen Mom missed her court date just to see Kesha and got arrested afterwards pic.twitter.com/AURrNAHE3e
- realitytvshow (@bgcslave) April 16, 2018

[crash31]

LMAO I remember her saying it wasn’t even fun after she went 🤣

[sluttyroyals]

Those apostrophes on her face.....

[analievelyn]

i read the caption and i laughed :/

then i hit play and laughed again smh!

[polynucleotide]

More than a decade after 16 and Pregnant played a significant role in bringing the teen pregnancy rate down to record lows

lemme get the data that lead to your conclusion here, mtv.

[picturemegone]

significant role ... who said that?

[j3]

Dr. Dumbass Drew probably.