The first show aired in September 2000. By 2005,
Cribs had featured tours of the homes of over 185 celebrities including musicians, actors, and athletes over the course of 13 seasons. The show was originally narrated by
Ananda Lewis, then narrated by
SuChin Pak (originally of
MTV News). It was developed by
Nina L. Díaz. A short iteration on CMT was titled
CMT Cribs. The most watched and replayed episode of
Cribs was a special one-hour edition touring
Mariah Carey's New York penthouse. In 2005/2006,
MTV Canada produced a series of Canadian-made
Cribs episodes. A new season of
Cribs, filmed in
high definition, started in August 2007 with a new format, title sequences, new narrator and on-screen graphics. A "Priciest Pads" special was created to kick off the new season, hosted by
Kimora Lee Simmons. The show was put into
syndication in September 2008, to be offered by local television stations on a weekday basis in the United States by
Litton Entertainment. However, the Litton versions of the program were severely edited and changed. Any references to MTV were scrubbed out, and the program received a new logo referring to it as just
Cribs, while all music that was played in the original episodes was replaced by
production music to avoid
royalty fees. Although Lewis and Pak were still listed in the episode credits as narrators, all narration was stripped in the re-edited episodes, and 'coming up' segments were either silent or voiced by an uncredited announcer. The syndicated version was unsuccessful and offered in barter form, mainly on the lower-rated stations in many markets in abysmal timeslots, and in September 2009 was removed from the market. On January 24, 2009,
Cribs created a separate version specific to CMT (a sister network of MTV), dedicating itself to country music artists,
stock car drivers and
professional bullriders, and other southeastern U.S. culture figures. New episodes were taped to air on CMT with the
CMT Cribs title. Also in 2009, the MTV format switched to
Teen Cribs, which featured the homes of regular teenagers living in large and otherwise notable homes, straying away from the celebrity element. The main MTV
Cribs series restarted in September 2010 with repackaging and updates of its past visits including such celebrities as
Hanson,
Twiggy Ramirez and others. The main MTV
Cribs series created and broadcast a few new episodes in late 2010 and early 2011, featuring the homes of
Penn Jillette,
Julie Benz and
Manny Pacquiao, and others. ==Revival==