Catfish has delivered many wild and surprising twists through the years, however not every little thing filmed is match for tv. The sequence’ popular culture legacy is ceaselessly cemented, with even reveals like 90 Day Fiancé utilizing the time period for individuals utilizing others’ identities to search out love on the web. As we look forward to information as to when it might return with new episodes on the 2025 TV schedule (or past?), host Nev Schulman recalled one of many few occasions they needed to fully dump an episode earlier than it aired.
Schulman was a visitor on Josh Peck’s Good Guys Podcast, and famous there have been two occasions that Catfish was unable to air an episode they’d shot. The host set the stage by outlining the story, which seems like it might’ve been a heartwarming episode had it ever been allowed to air:
We assist this younger man who lives along with his dad and mom outdoors of Boston. We take him from Boston all the way down to Orlando which is the place this man is. We find yourself assembly the man and he is [this] pretty, candy man, however he is an enormous man. The man from Boston is so glad he does not care…He takes him to Disney World on this unimaginable date. It was so candy and it was so heartwarming. I used to be so excited for this episode to air as a result of it actually showcased a aspect of individuals and this household in Boston. It simply had quite a lot of attention-grabbing issues in it.
So many Catfish tales finish in disappointment, I’d like to see one which ends at Disney World the place they’re driving the Tron Coaster or any one of many nice sights on the parks. Sadly, it appears that evidently when your sequence relies on the acclaimed film of the identical identify, it ends on a bitter word, the present is cursed to do the identical. Or possibly, there’s simply higher odds statistically of catfish tales ending poorly?
Because it seems, nothing within the precise episode itself made it inappropriate to air on MTV. As a substitute, Nev Schulman continued his story and revealed the episode was pulled due to what occurred to one of many members after filming had accomplished:
I bear in mind getting referred to as in. We have been filming someday they’re like, ‘Hey, we received dangerous information [about] the Boston/Orlando episode. We won’t air it.’ I used to be like, ‘Why?’ Apparently the younger man who we had helped from Boston in some unspecified time in the future after filming and earlier than the episode would’ve aired, received arrested for public masturbation in some park.
I may’ve had 100 guesses for the place that story was going, and I’d’ve by no means got here up with that. Nev Schulman did not get an opportunity to share the opposite purpose why an episode did not air, however I would virtually assure it wasn’t for a wilder purpose than that if he did not lead with one other story as an alternative.
That stated, Schulman famous that the episode was eliminated for legal responsibility causes by MTV, and I am shocked that hasn’t occurred extra with Catfish. I’d think about {that a} present as controversial as that might have individuals who participated who both did not need to be on tv after or possibly even pressed costs towards the individuals who catfished them if they’d given them cash or something of that kind. For under two episodes to be scrubbed, that looks like a fairly good observe report for a present with over 200 episodes.
Catfish was renewed by MTV for brand spanking new seasons, however there is not any phrase on when these episodes will air. Host Kamie Crawford exited the sequence in late 2024, so it is doable the present is lining up a brand new successor to hold the torch on the present because it goes into the long run. In any case, I do hope we’re getting new episodes quickly.
Catfish: The TV Present is on the market on streaming for these with a Hulu subscription, and with so many episodes, you’ll be able to spend the remainder of summer time watching individuals be thrilled or dissatisfied at assembly their thriller lover.