Description: Buzzkill is a hidden-camera reality show which started airing in 1996 on the MTV network. The show derived its name from the slang term buzzkill, meaning a sudden undesired event that causes one's "high" or "buzz" to become of a lesser experience or depleted. Each new episode was set in a different location and consisted of three separate pranks. A forerunner to prank reality shows, Buzzkill was essentially a series of pranks played not only on the layman but often on celebrities and major public figures.