Teen Mom OG

Teen Mom

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This article is about the American reality television series. For teenage pregnancy and motherhood, see Teenage pregnancy. For the original related TV series about teenage pregnancy, see 16 and Pregnant. For spin-off series, see Teen Mom 2 and Teen Mom 3.

Teen Mom OG
Also known as	Teen Mom OG
Genre	Reality television
Developed by	Lauren Dolgen
Starring	Farrah Abraham Catelynn Baltierra Maci McKinney Amber Portwood
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	102 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Morgan J Freeman Lauren Dolgen Kenda Greenwood Andrew Portnoy Jessica Zalkind Nick Predescu Sara Cohen Hank Kaufman
Camera setup	Multiple
Running time	42 minutes
Production company(s)	11th Street Productions
Distributor	Viacom Media Networks
Release
Original network	MTV
Picture format	NTSC (480i) HDTV 1080i
Original release	Original series: December 8, 2009 (2009-12-08) – October 9, 2012 (2012-10-09) Revival series: March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23) – present
Chronology
Preceded by	16 and Pregnant
Followed by	Teen Mom 2 Teen Mom 3
Related shows	Teen Mom Poland Teen Mom UK
External links
Website	www.mtv.com/shows/teen_mom/series.jhtml

Teen Mom, renamed Teen Mom OG since the fifth season,^[1] is an American reality television series that premiered on December 8, 2009 on MTV. Developed as the first spin-off of 16 and Pregnant, it aired four seasons before its initial conclusion on October 9, 2012. Its revival was announced in February 2015, with its fifth season scheduled to premiere on March 23, 2015.^[2] The series follows the lives of Farrah Abraham, Maci Bookout, Catelynn Lowell, and Amber Portwood, who were featured on the first season of 16 and Pregnant; it documents their first years of motherhood and places additional emphasis on strained family and romantic relationships.^[3]
The pilot episode was the network's highest-rated premiere in over a year, with 2.1 million total viewers;^[3] the record was surpassed by the controversial series Skins, which had 3.26 million viewers. The first-season finale brought in 3.6 million viewers.^[4] The second-season finale pulled in over 5.6 million viewers,^[4] at which time a spin-off Teen Mom 2 was announced for January 11, 2011.^[5] In December 2015, it was announced via the Teen Mom OG Facebook page that the show was back for a sixth season, and featured a trailer for the upcoming season, with it being set to premiere on January 4, 2016.
In December 2016, Portwood announced her decision to quit the series, citing what she felt was "unfair treatment" following the sixth season's finale and reunion shows; despite this, Portwood returned to the series for its seventh season, which premiered in April 2017.