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| show_name = Yo Momma
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| genre = [[Reality television|Reality TV]] [[game show]]
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| runtime = 30 minutes
| genre = [[Reality television|Reality TV]] [[game show]]
| starringcreator = [[Wilmer Valderrama]]
| picture_format = 4:3 (Seasons 1, 2)<br />16:9 (Season 3)
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| producer = Lisa Lettunich, Jonathan Cane, Ross Breitenbach,
| runtime = 30 minutes
| creatorexecutive_producer = [[Dean Minerd, Rod Aissa, Wilmer Valderrama]]
| presenter = Wilmer Valderrama<br />Jason Everhart<br />[[Sam Sarpong]]<br />(Seasons 1 and 2)<br />[[Destiny Lightsy]] (Season 3)
| developer =
| starring = [[Wilmer Valderrama]]
| producer = Lisa Lettunich, Jonathan Cane, Ross Breitenbach,
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| executive_producer = Dean Minerd, Rod Aissa, Wilmer Valderrama
| narrated = [[Big Boy (radio host)|Big Boy]]
| presenter = Wilmer Valderrama<br />Jason Everhart<br />[[Sam Sarpong]]<br />(Seasons 1 and 2)<br />[[Destiny Lightsy]] (Season 3)
| theme_music_composer =
| starring = [[Wilmer Valderrama]]
| opentheme = "Yo' Mama" (remix)<br />by [[The Pharcyde]]
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| endtheme =
| narrated = [[Big Boy (radio host)|Big Boy]]
| country = United States
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| opentheme = "Yo' Mama" (remix)<br />by [[The Pharcyde]]
| language = English
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| network = [[MTV]]
| country = United States
| first_aired = {{start date|2006|4|3}}
| location =
| last_aired = {{end date|2007|12|27}}
| language = English
| num_seasons = 3
| network = [[MTV]]
| num_episodes = 64
| first_aired = {{start date|2006|4|3}}
| list_episodes = List of Yo Momma episodes
| last_aired = {{end date|2007|12|27}}
| related =
| num_seasons = 3
| num_episodes = 64
| list_episodes = List of Yo Momma episodes
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| website = http://www.yomomma.tv
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'''''Yo Momma''''' wasis an [[United States|American]] [[television show]] based upon [[Maternal"Yo insultmama" joke|jokes insulting one's mother]]. Creators, executive producers and hosts are [[Wilmer Valderrama]], along with [[Sam Sarpong]] (Seasons 1 and 2), [[Jason Everhart]] and [[Destiny Lightsy]]. The show—whichshow ranwas produced from April 2006 to December 2007, and, as the title suggests—usedsuggests, used "yo momma" jokes, and; many episodes featured guest appearances from rappers. ''Yo Momma'' was parodied in the 2008 spoof movie ''[[Meet the Spartans]]'' in a brief scene where the Spartans engage in a battle of "yo momma" jokes with a crowd of people dressed in a manner that are similar to the show's contestants.
 
Season 1 was in [[Los Angeles]], season 2 was in [[New York City]], and season 3 was in [[Atlanta]].
==Guest appearances==
 
===Season 1: Los Angeles===
* Week One: [[Method Man]]
* Week Two: [[Mike Jones (rapper)|Mike Jones]]
* Week Three: [[Chingy]]
* Week Four: [[Ne-Yo]]
* Best of LA: They were selected as the jury for the hosts
 
===Season 2: New York City===
* Week One (Brooklyn): [[Jadakiss]]
* Week Two (Manhattan): [[E-40]]
* Week Three (Bronx): [[Fat Joe]]
* Week Four (Queens): [[Chamillionaire]]
* Best of NY: As was the case in Season One, the mommas of the weekly runners-up were jury members.
 
===Season 3: Atlanta===
* Week One: [[Ying Yang Twins]]
* Week Two: [[Bow Wow (rapper)|Bow Wow]]
* Week Three: [[Jermaine Dupri]]
* Week Four: [[Frankie J]]
* Best of Atlanta: Again, the mommas of the weekly runners-up served as the jury for the head-to-head semi-finals.
 
==The Yo Momma Online Network==
In conjunction with ''Yo Momma'', MTV launched [http://yomomma.tv YoMomma.tv], a [[Web 2.0]] 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. BothThe dissesuser andcommunity Battles are votedvotes on byboth thedisses userand communityBattles.
 
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.<ref>[{{cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/aw/magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003621458]|title=Adweek|work=adweek.com|access-date=17 February 2017}}</ref>
 
==References==
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* {{official website|http://yomomma.tv}}
* {{IMDb title|0475209|Yo Momma}}
 
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