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Is Viacom trying to kill MTV?

Posted on 2/7/21 at 11:32 am
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
61469 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 11:32 am
Or do people really love the hell out of Chanel West Coast, Rob Dyrdek, and Steelo Brim?

Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
42234 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 11:33 am to
This is a normal schedule for them.
Posted by SECSolomonGrundy
Slaughter Swamp
Member since Jun 2012
18305 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 11:35 am to
It's probably better than anything else they have to show.


Season 48 of the challenge?
Catfished?
Music videos?
Posted by UndercoverBryologist
Member since Nov 2020
8077 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 11:37 am to
Newsflash:

The Simpsons, SNL, and MTV are all dead.

You can stop praying to God that they'll make a full recovery. The doctor has called time of death, they've harvested the organs for donation, the grave has been dug, the casket has been laid, and everyone has gone home.
Posted by Muthsera
Member since Jun 2017
7319 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 11:43 am to
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Rob Dyrdek


Contract probably pays him $0.01/hour of programming. Would be a good deal for both sides.
Posted by Shiftyplus1
Regret nothing that made you smile
Member since Oct 2005
14553 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 11:46 am to
Mtv died back in like 2002 or 2003.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
39396 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 11:47 am to
MTV is what the fall of Western Civilization looks like.
Posted by UndercoverBryologist
Member since Nov 2020
8077 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 11:49 am to
If anything, if you have older parents that are still clinging to their cable boxes rather than switching to streaming, show them this schedule (also show them TruTV's weeklong marathons of Impractical Jokers) and ask them if they are getting their money's worth from their cable/satellite bills?
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
120445 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 11:51 am to
Personally I veg out all day watching “Owww, My Balls!”

Posted by FLTech
he/won
Member since Sep 2017
28126 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 11:52 am to
I’m not trying to sound like an a-hole but when was the last time you actually sat and watched a couple of hours of music videos?

NEVER!

People bitch about them getting rid of music videos but what the frick do you expect them to do? Just play music videos on loop all day with zero listeners?
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
120445 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 11:53 am to
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People bitch about them getting rid of music videos but what the frick do you expect them to do? Just play music videos on loop all day with zero listeners?


Maybe a little more variety of programming wouldn’t be too much to ask.

And really the internet killed MTV.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
156485 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 11:53 am to
Someone posted this a while back, and there was FAR LESS things other than Ridiculousness. Like it was a week of that show and maybe like one or two others. At least this one has different shows on it, and some movies.

The best day of Rob Dyrdek’s life was when he walked into the MTV offices for the first time.
Posted by UndercoverBryologist
Member since Nov 2020
8077 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 11:57 am to
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I’m not trying to sound like an a-hole but when was the last time you actually sat and watched a couple of hours of music videos?

NEVER!


If I want to watch certain music videos like Metallica's "One" video, I'll watch it on YouTube. The problem with music videos in general is that they became cookie-cutter promotional shorts for bubblegum pops songs in the late 90s. They became throwaway parts of pop culture. People lost interest in them.

Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
43068 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 11:59 am to
When I'm working from home I'll fire up the YouTubes and stream music on the TV and every now and then there is a classic video that pops up and I'll take a break to watch it.

And yes, MTV is the movie Idiocracy. Wow.
This post was edited on 2/7/21 at 11:59 am
Posted by frankthetank
Member since Oct 2007
2527 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 12:15 pm to
The only reason MTV is still a channel is because these companies force you to pay for a package of all of channels instead of the ones people actually want.

This, and may other channels, need to die.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
157174 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 12:24 pm to
quote:

The problem with music videos in general is that they became cookie-cutter promotional shorts
that's what they always were
Posted by PEEPO
Member since Sep 2020
1820 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 12:30 pm to
You can't kill what's already dead.
Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2015
51685 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 12:31 pm to
If they want to show that much Rob Dyrdek, at least re-run Rob & Big some.
Posted by UndercoverBryologist
Member since Nov 2020
8077 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 12:31 pm to
quote:

that's what they always were


There was also a pinch of creativity involved, going all the way back to the Buggles' "Video Killed The Radio Star."

Hell, David Fincher directed Paula Abdul's "Straight Up" video and added more visual creativity than that song deserved.



Music videos got REALLY experimental with R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion."

Posted by keks tadpole
Yellow Leaf Creek
Member since Feb 2017
8678 posts
Posted on 2/7/21 at 12:33 pm to
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People lost interest in them.

Today's woke culture would not appreciate "Hot for Teacher".
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