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LOS ANGELES - The upcoming season of MTV's Pimp My Ride will be its last.
The network has confirmed that the auto-centric series, hosted by rapper Xzibit, will return for its final season this week in the US.
(The final eight episodes previously aired in a June 9 marathon, a strategy MTV sometimes employs to generate buzz for shows ahead of their regular weekly time-slot premiere.)
Ride will be paired up with new car-makeover competition series, Trick It Out, hosted by former American Idol contestant Becky O'Donohue, which debuts this weekn in the US.
- REUTERS/Hollywood Reporter
