True Life

{{short description|American documentary television series}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox television

| image = True Life Logo.jpg

| genre = Documentary

| narrated = Su-chin Pak

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 21

| num_episodes = 369

| list_episodes = List of True Life episodes

| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|

• Betsy Forhan
• Lauren Lazin
• Dave Sirulnick
• Jim Fraenkel
• Marshall Eisen

}}

| opentheme = "The Gift"

| runtime = 42 minutes

| channel = MTV

| first_aired = {{Start date|1998|3|31}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2017|6|21}}

| related = {{Plainlist|

• True Life/Now
• True Life Crime
• True Life Presents: First-Time First Responders
• True Life Presents: Quarantine Stories

}}

}}

True Life is an American documentary television series that aired on MTV from March 31, 1998 to June 21, 2017. Each episode follows a particular topic, such as heroin addiction as in the first episode – "Fatal Dose". The show is created by following a series of subjects by a camera crew through a certain part of their lives. A four-episode revival series titled True Life/Now aired in 2019 and a crime investigation iteration called True Life Crime premiered in 2020.{{cite web|title=MTV Goes Behind the Controversial Headlines with New Investigative Series "True Life Crime"|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/01/03/mtv-goes-behind-the-controversial-headlines-with-new-investigative-series-true-life-crime-689302/20200103mtv01/|work=The Futon Critic|date=January 3, 2020}}

A TV special titled True Life Presents: First-Time First Responders premiered on June 9, 2020.{{cite web|title=MTV to Premiere Groundbreaking New Project "True Life Presents: First-Time First Responders" on Tuesday, June 9th at 9PM ET/PT|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/06/05/mtv-to-premiere-groundbreaking-new-project-true-life-presents-first-time-first-responders-on-tuesday-june-9th-at-9pm-et-pt-505011/20200605mtv01/|work=The Futon Critic|date=June 5, 2020}}

A four-part docu-series titled True Life Presents: Quarantine Stories premiered on August 5, 2020.{{cite web|title=MTV Set to Premiere "True Life Presents: Quarantine Stories" on Wednesday, August 5th at 9PM ET/PT|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/07/22/mtv-set-to-premiere-true-life-presents-quarantine-stories-on-wednesday-august-5th-at-9pm-et-pt-22515/20200722mtv01/|work=The Futon Critic|date=July 22, 2020}}