--- ---  # _Celebrity Deathmatch_ Is Coming Back to Make You Nostalgic for the '90s by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Apr 14, 2015 3:02 PM UTC  Al Pacino vs. Robert De Niro on Celebrity Deathmatch Al Pacino vs. Robert De Niro on Celebrity DeathmatchMTV/Everett by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Apr 14, 2015 3:02 PM UTC It’s been 17 years since _Celebrity Deathmatch_ first aired on MTV, but things have changed a lot since then: Now, actors and singers play out their rivalries on Twitter. For those nostalgic for simpler times, MTV2 is [reviving the animated faux-fight series](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/celebrity-deathmatch-revived-at-mtv2-788551), famous for its claymation wrestling matches and goofy satires of famous personalities. (See: a [Jim Carrey vs. Mariah Carey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18k0ukI%5FwuY) face-off that includes butt-talking, Ace Ventura-style). The original series ran on MTV from 1998-2002 with a fifth season airing in 2006\. The reboot will be “reimagined for a social media world,” according to the [_Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/celebrity-deathmatch-revived-at-mtv2-788551)_._ Hopefully, that means we can expect an animated showdown between Azealia Banks and Iggy Azalea. "Celebrity Deathmatch" Is Making a Comeback ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3821029/celebrity-deathmatch-reboot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3821029/celebrity-deathmatch-reboot/"},"headline":"Celebrity Deathmatch Is Coming Back to Make You Nostalgic for the '90s","datePublished":"2015-04-14T15:02:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:23:03.731Z","description":"The reboot will air on MTV2","url":"https://time.com/3821029/celebrity-deathmatch-reboot/","keywords":["Television","MTV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39fe9cb343ac1022/6987eaf4cd6848475a09d7f2/celebrity-death-match.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39fe9cb343ac1022/6987eaf4cd6848475a09d7f2/celebrity-death-match.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH, 1998-present, Animated MTV Series, Al Pacino vs. Robert DeNiro, 1998","caption":"CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH, 1998-present, Animated MTV Series, Al Pacino vs. Robert DeNiro, 1998","creditText":"MTV/Everett","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3821029/celebrity-deathmatch-reboot/","name":"Celebrity Deathmatch Is Coming Back to Make You Nostalgic for the '90s"}}]}] ```