via justkevin:johnnyfive: MTV has landed the rights to develop a U.S. version of the award-winning U.K. phenomenon “Skins,” it was announced today by Liz Gateley, Senior Vice President, MTV Series Development. Created by father and son team, Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain, the E4 and Channel 4 series is about a group of British teenagers who are trying to grow up and find love and happiness. Bryan Elsley will be writing and executive producing the U.S. version.

NFW!! that’s just awful plus SKINS is suppose to be raunchy and our sensors don’t allow that. MTV is going to butcher the SKINS name maybe HBO should pick it up instead…