Punk'd premieres on MTV

MAR 17 2003

Ashton Kutcher's Punk'd debuted on MTV, turning the hidden-camera format on celebrities rather than the public. Early stunts convinced Justin Timberlake that agents were seizing his home over unpaid taxes and staged the theft of Frankie Muniz's Porsche. The original run continued to 2007 and made the show's title a verb.