''Yo Momma'' is an American

television show A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed b ...

based upon insulting one's mother. Creators, executive producers and hosts are

Wilmer Valderrama Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama ( , ; born January 30, 1980) is an American actor, producer, and television personality. He is known for his role as Fez in the sitcom ''That '70s Show'' (1998–2006), Agustín Madrigal in '' Encanto'', and as Carlo ...

, along with

Sam Sarpong Samuel Osei Sarpong Jr. (19 December 1974 – 26 October 2015) was a British actor, supermodel, and musician. He performed in over sixty feature films and fifty-five television shows, including such films as ''Carmen The Hip Hopera'', '' Love D ...

(Seasons 1 and 2), Jason Everhart and

Destiny Lightsy Destiny Lightsy is an American actress, singer and dancer who serves as the co-host for the third season of MTV's reality game show '' Yo Momma'', hosted by Wilmer Valderrama. Destiny has appeared in the movies ''You Got Served'', ''Fat Albert'' ...

. The show was produced from April 2006 to December 2007, and, as the title suggests, used "yo momma" jokes; many episodes featured guest appearances from rappers.

The Yo Momma Online Network

In conjunction with ''Yo Momma'', MTV launche
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community dedicated to increasing viewer engagement with the program, and heavily promoted during ''Yo Momma'' episodes. Site users construct a profile and upload their own yo momma jokes (or "disses"), and attempt to boost their rankings on the site by challenging other users to "Battles", exchanges of uploaded disses between two users. Both disses and Battles are voted on by the user community. A corollary feature is "Let's Bully", which allows users to send insults over e-mail using an avatar of the user's face superimposed over modifiable clip art. The Let's Bully feature was the subject of an article in Adweek Magazine.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yo Momma MTV original programming MTV weekday shows 2006 American television series debuts 2007 American television series endings English-language television shows 2000s American game shows Comedy catchphrases