Topic summary
Dickhouse Productions
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Jackass (franchise).
Origins and casting
After Tremaine, Knoxville, and Jonze established Dickhouse Productions, a former Viacom company (now owned by Paramount Skydance), Jackass officially debuted on October 1, 2000, on MTV. After the airing of the second episode, MTV gained its highest Sunday ratings in its history, drawing 2.4 million viewers among 12- to 34-year-olds, its target demographic.