Music Television to play music again.

[nightflight]

For much of the modern era, the word music in the MTV acronym has been an afterthought, a vestige of an earlier time and identity.
That's all about to change.
Under the guidance of new President Sean Atkins, the youth network is embarking on a redo that will put music at its center.
With ratings flat or down in a number of time periods, MTV is turning to songs as its savior. The network is prepping a new version of its classic "Unplugged"; a music competition show in the world of hip-hop produced by Mark Burnett; and an L.A.-set live-music series titled "Wonderland." The last one is MTV's first such program in about two decades.
Though much of the network's success this century has come via nonscripted series with little connection to bands ("Jersey Shore," "The Hills")--and though original scripted programming remains the rage across much of the cable dial -- MTV believes it will fare better by returning to its roots.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...-unplugged-kendrick-lamar-20160421-story.html

Can they still carve out a few minutes a day to talk about racism?

 

[Chesterton]

That's nice but do they still have truckers on the history channel, fishermen on the science channel and entertainment on the news channels?

 

[One Voice Among Many1]

As Dire Straits put it, I want my MTV....

 

[Nithavela]

That boat has sailed, everyone can dredge up any music video they want from the internet in a few seconds, and there are plenty sites that mix and match them to your preference, too.

 

[nightflight]

That boat has sailed, everyone can dredge up any music video they want from the internet in a few seconds, and there are plenty sites that mix and match them to your preference, too.

Agreed. I just wish they'd change the name of their station to SJTV.

 

[MehGuy]

Really? I wonder if the shallow sjwism being pushed on the network has anything to do with the ratings slip.

Social justice is cool and all, but not when it's dominated by overly masochistic women looking for their next oppression high. As a shorter male I face many suspiciously similar problems women face (lol), yet if I bring it up I mainly get body shaming comments and absolutely no sympathy. While not being aware that they're probably shooting themselves in the foot since women are shorter on average to men as well. It's almost like shallow social justice isn't really going to solve anything when you fail to look at the bigger picture.

 

[Chesterton]

Really? I wonder if the shallow sjwism being pushed on the network has anything to do with the ratings slip.

Social justice is cool and all, but not when it's dominated by overly masochistic women looking for their next oppression high. As a shorter male I face many suspiciously similar problems women face (lol), yet if I bring it up I mainly get body shaming comments and absolutely no sympathy. While not being aware that they're probably shooting themselves in the foot since women are shorter on average to men as well. It's almost like shallow social justice isn't really going to solve anything when you fail to look at the bigger picture.

Well yeah the SJ crap is totally faddish, they latch onto a small group of things, small enough you could even list them. They don't actually care about doing anything good where it might actually be needed. They love what strokes their egos and those are the non-issues their peer group decides to favor.

 

[TerranceL]

Sorry Mtv you've made yourself irrelevant as the market is want to do, there was a demand for music videos... youtube and other sources have answered the call.

 

[rambot]

I haven't watched any MTV in a while. Is it REALLY an SJ outlet? CAuse I would not put shows like "Jersey Shore" and "Teen Mom" there.

I say: Good on em. Show music on music televion. I wouldn't expect many to watch as TerranceL said but at least they're gonna die "honourably"

 

[MehGuy]

They need to bring back Beavis And Butthead.. again..

 

[rambot]

They need to bring back Beavis And Butthead.. again..

That is one show I could just not ever wrap my head around in terms of how and why it was enjoyed.

 

[ChristsSoldier115]

That boat has sailed, everyone can dredge up any music video they want from the internet in a few seconds, and there are plenty sites that mix and match them to your preference, too.

Yeah with hulu, youtube, and netflix I am surprised tv is still surviving. I know a lot of folks who have canceled their cable and just have internet and subscriptions to such streaming services

 

[rambot]

Yeah with hulu, youtube, and netflix I am surprised tv is still surviving. I know a lot of folks who have canceled their cable and just have internet and subscriptions to such streaming services

C'est Moi. It's eaaaasy.

 

[nightflight]

If you think MTV coming back is weird.......

http://www.columbiahouserecordclub.com/

 

[rambot]

If you think MTV coming back is weird.......

http://www.columbiahouserecordclub.com/

weeeeeeeird. How would that work? Get 500mp3 for 10c and then 10 mp3 for 30$ each?

 

[Four Angels Standing]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...-unplugged-kendrick-lamar-20160421-story.html

Can they still carve out a few minutes a day to talk about racism?

That will then make their music awards make more sense.

 

[MehGuy]

That is one show I could just not ever wrap my head around in terms of how and why it was enjoyed.

It took me a little while to get into Beavis And Butthead too. My first impression was that the writing was repetitive and lazy, but after a while I begun to pick up the subtle clues and it turned out to be one of the funniest shows I've ever watched. Which strangely gets better and better after each repeated viewing. I'd say its a show that really sucks you into its atmosphere and is quite unique as far as cartoons go.

 

[nightflight]

It took me a little while to get into Beavis And Butthead too. My first impression was that the writing was repetitive and lazy, but after a while I begun to pick up the subtle clues and it turned out to be one of the funniest shows I've ever watched. Which strangely gets better and better after each repeated viewing. I'd say its a show that really sucks you into its atmosphere and is quite unique as far as cartoons go.

I like the episode where they said "cool" and "sucks".

 

[MehGuy]

I like the episode where they said "cool" and "sucks".

I like the one where they get beaten up at a feminist meeting. Lol.

Or the one where they try to make money by suing a girl in their class for sexual harassment simply from looking too attractive and they find a sleazy lawyer willing to take their case, lol.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Yeah with hulu, youtube, and netflix I am surprised tv is still surviving. I know a lot of folks who have canceled their cable and just have internet and subscriptions to such streaming services

Hello!

I am very happy to say, I am cable-free.