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Laguna Beach and The Hills are marathoning today and tomorrow

Laguna Beach and The Hills are marathoning today and tomorrow
The cast of Laguna Beach (photo by MTV)
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The return of Laguna Beach‘s format to MTV with Monday’s premiere of Siesta Key is somewhat of a return to old-school MTV, if the mid-2000s can be considered old school. New MTV viewers will discover a format and subgenre.

And along with that comes something else from MTV’s earlier life: day-long marathons of Laguna Beach and its more fraudulent spin-off, The Hills.

For those of you who didn’t watch either show because you were too young or weren’t yet born, some additional background: In the 1990s and early 2000s, pre-DVR, marathons were how we discovered shows, caught up on episodes we missed, or re-watched our favorites.

MTV is airing two marathons that it will use to introduce the cast of Siesta Key—and heavily promote the new series. They are:

  • Laguna Beach season 1, Friday, July 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:40 p.m.
  • The Hills season 5, Saturday, July 29, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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