MTV has had a lot of recent success releasing shows – whether new series or season premieres – exclusively on its app a week before the linear debut. The network is able to boost app download numbers, and sometimes, rating numbers for the linear premiere. The network was most recently able to do this with its hit show ‘Faking It.’
Tonight, MTV will try this approach again by releasing its new series ‘Slednecks’ exclusively on the MTV App on iOS, Android, and XBOX One. The show is a “half-hour comedic docu-series following a close group of friends living in rural Wasilla, Alaska as they embark on various action-packed adventures like human catapulting, airboating on ice, river wakeboarding, and glacier partying.”
The show will then premiere next week on MTV on October 30 at 10 PM EST.