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459 relations: "Weird Al" Yankovic, A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, ABBA, ABC News (United States), ABC Rocks, Acronym, Ad Age, Adam Ant, Adam Curry, Adam Yauch, Adobe Flash, Adolescence, Adult animation, Adult contemporary music, Adweek, Aerosmith, Al TV, Alan Goodman, Alan Hunter (VJ), Album-oriented rock, Alien Ant Farm, All Night Long (All Night), AllMusic, American Broadcasting Company, American Family Insurance, Amherst, New York, AMTV, Ananda Lewis, Andrew Dice Clay, Antireligion, AOL, Apollo 11, Associated Press, At the Drive-In, Awkward (TV series), BBC, BBC News Online, Beastie Boys, Beat It, Beavis and Butt-Head, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection, Behind the Music, BET, BET Her, Bill Clinton, Billboard (magazine), Billboard Hot 100, Billie Jean, Billy Idol, ... Expand index (409 more) »
- 1981 establishments in New York City
- 1985 mergers and acquisitions
- Music video networks in the United States
- Paramount Media Networks
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an American comedy musician, writer, and actor.
See MTV and "Weird Al" Yankovic
A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila
A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila is an American reality television dating game show similar to the TV show The Bachelor.
See MTV and A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila
ABBA
ABBA are a Swedish pop supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
See MTV and ABBA
ABC News (United States)
ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC.
See MTV and ABC News (United States)
ABC Rocks
ABC Rocks is an American music video show broadcast on ABC from June 22, 1984, to August 2, 1985.
Acronym
An acronym is an abbreviation of a phrase that usually consists of the initial letter of each word in all caps with no punctuation.
See MTV and Acronym
Ad Age
Ad Age (known as Advertising Age until 2017) is a global media brand that publishes news, analysis, and data on marketing and media.
See MTV and Ad Age
Adam Ant
Stuart Leslie Goddard, better known as Adam Ant (born 3 November 1954), is an English singer, musician, and actor.
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Adam Curry
Adam Clark Curry (born September 3, 1964) is an American podcaster, announcer, Internet entrepreneur and media personality, known for his stint as a VJ on MTV and being one of the first celebrities to personally create and administer Web sites.
Adam Yauch
Adam Nathaniel Yauch (August 5, 1964 – May 4, 2012), also known by the stage name MCA, was an American rapper, bassist, filmmaker and a founding member of the hip hop group Beastie Boys.
Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash and FutureSplash) is a discontinuedexcept in China, where it continues to be used, as well as Harman for enterprise users.
Adolescence
Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to adulthood (typically corresponding to the age of majority).
Adult animation
Adult animation, also known as mature animation, and infrequently as adult-oriented animation, is any type of animated motion work that is catered specifically to adult interests and is mainly targeted and marketed towards adults and adolescents, as opposed to children or all-ages audiences.
Adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet storm and rock influence.
See MTV and Adult contemporary music
Adweek
Adweek is a weekly American advertising trade publication that was first published in 1979.
See MTV and Adweek
Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American rock band formed in Boston in 1970.
Al TV
Al TV is an American comedy TV series created by and starring singer-songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic, which aired as periodic specials on MTV and VH1, beginning in 1984.
See MTV and Al TV
Alan Goodman
Alan Goodman is a media branding executive and one of the founders of health and wellness data management products company TESTD Inc.
Alan Hunter (VJ)
Alan Caldwell Hunter (born February 14, 1957) is one of the original five video jockeys (VJs) on MTV from 1981 to 1987 (along with Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, J. J. Jackson and Martha Quinn).
Album-oriented rock
Album-oriented rock (AOR, originally called album-oriented radio) is an FM radio format created in the United States in the late 1960s that focuses on the full repertoire of rock albums and is currently associated with classic rock.
See MTV and Album-oriented rock
Alien Ant Farm
Alien Ant Farm is an American rock band that formed in Riverside, California in 1996.
All Night Long (All Night)
"All Night Long (All Night)" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie from his second solo album, Can't Slow Down (1983).
See MTV and All Night Long (All Night)
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
See MTV and AllMusic
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. MTV and American Broadcasting Company are television networks in the United States.
See MTV and American Broadcasting Company
American Family Insurance
American Family Insurance, also abbreviated as AmFam, is an American private mutual company that focuses on property, casualty, and auto insurance, and also offers commercial insurance, life, health, and homeowners coverage as well as investment and retirement-planning products.
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Amherst, New York
Amherst is a town in Erie County, New York, United States.
AMTV
AMTV (formerly known as Music Feed, sometimes known as AMTV's Music Feed) is a television programming block on MTV in the United States, first aired unofficially as a sneak preview on March 26, 2009, and launched officially on March 30, 2009.
See MTV and AMTV
Ananda Lewis
Ananda Lewis (born March 21, 1973) is an American television host, carpenter, former model, and social activist.
Andrew Dice Clay
Andrew Dice Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein; September 29, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.
Antireligion
Antireligion is opposition to religion or traditional religious beliefs and practices.
AOL
AOL (stylized as Aol., formerly a company known as AOL Inc. and originally known as America Online) is an American web portal and online service provider based in New York City, and a brand marketed by Yahoo! Inc. The service traces its history to an online service known as PlayNET. MTV and AOL are companies based in New York City.
See MTV and AOL
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon.
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
At the Drive-In
At the Drive-In was an American post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 1994.
Awkward (TV series)
Awkward is an American teen comedy-drama television series created by Lauren Iungerich for MTV.
See MTV and Awkward (TV series)
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
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BBC News Online
BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys were an American hip hop/rap rock group from New York City, formed in 1981. MTV and Beastie Boys are 1981 establishments in New York City.
Beat It
"Beat It" is a song by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson from his sixth studio album, Thriller (1982).
See MTV and Beat It
Beavis and Butt-Head
Beavis and Butt-Head is an American adult animated sitcom created by Mike Judge.
See MTV and Beavis and Butt-Head
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America is a 1996 American adult animated comedy road film based on the MTV animated television series Beavis and Butt-Head.
See MTV and Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection
Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection is a series of three DVD box sets from MTV and Paramount Home Entertainment, each containing 40 Beavis and Butt-Head episodes chosen by series creator Mike Judge and special features such as interviews and music videos.
See MTV and Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection
Behind the Music
Behind the Music is a documentary television series that initially aired on VH1 and streams on Paramount+ since July 2021.
BET
Black Entertainment Television (BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting Black American audiences. MTV and BET are English-language television stations in the United States, music video networks in the United States and television networks in the United States.
See MTV and BET
BET Her
BET Her is an American basic cable television network currently owned by the BET Media Group subsidiary of Paramount Global's CBS Entertainment Group. MTV and BET Her are English-language television stations in the United States.
See MTV and BET Her
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.
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Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.
Billie Jean
"Billie Jean" is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson, released by Epic Records on January 3, 1983, as the second single from his sixth studio album, Thriller (1982).
Billy Idol
William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is a British and American singer, songwriter, musician and actor.
Billy Joel
William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist.
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne.
Block letters
Block letters (known as printscript, manuscript, print writing or ball and stick in academics) are a sans-serif (or "gothic") style of writing Latin script in which the letters are individual glyphs, with no joining.
Blogger (service)
Blogger is an American online content management system founded in 1999 which enables its users to write blogs with time-stamped entries.
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1974 by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein.
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer-songwriter and political activist.
Bow Wow Wow
Bow Wow Wow are an English new wave band, created by manager Malcolm McLaren in 1980.
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer.
Broadcasting & Cable
Broadcasting & Cable (B&C, or Broadcasting+Cable) is a monthly telecommunications industry trade magazine published by Future US.
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Broadway (Manhattan)
Broadway is a road in the U.S. state of New York.
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Bryan Adams
Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer.
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Erie County.
Buzz Potamkin
Marshall "Buzz" Potamkin (October 22, 1945 – April 22, 2012) was an American television producer and director known for founding his own television advertisement production studio, Perpetual Motion Pictures aka Buzzco Associates, and helping to establish Southern Star Productions.
Buzzco Associates
Buzzco Associates, Inc. is an animation studio that was founded in 1968 (as Perpetual Motion Pictures) by Buzz Potamkin with Candy Kugel and Vincent Cafarelli as co-creative directors and Marilyn Kraemer as executive producer.
Cable Music Channel
The Cable Music Channel (CMC) was an American basic cable channel that was owned by the Turner Broadcasting System. MTV and cable Music Channel are music video networks in the United States.
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Cable television
Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables.
Carson Daly
Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973) is an American television host, radio personality, producer, and television personality.
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV. MTV and CBS are television networks in the United States.
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CBS Broadcast Center
The CBS Broadcast Center is a television and radio production facility located on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
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CBS Sports HQ
CBS Sports HQ is a streaming video sports channel operated by the CBS Sports and Paramount Streaming divisions of Paramount focused on airing sports news, highlights and scores, similar to pre-2010 ESPNews.
CBS Sports Network
CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN) is an American digital cable and satellite television network owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global. MTV and CBS Sports Network are English-language television stations in the United States.
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Celebrity Deathmatch
Celebrity Deathmatch is an adult stop-motion claymated series created by Eric Fogel and produced by John Worth Lynn Jr.
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Channel drift
Channel drift or network decay is the gradual shift of a television network away from its original programming, to either target a newer and more profitable audience, or to broaden its viewership by including less niche programming.
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer (CEO) (chief executive (CE), or managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization especially a company or nonprofit institution.
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Cinemax
Cinemax (alternatively shortened to Max) is an American pay television, cable, and satellite television network owned by the Home Box Office, Inc. subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. MTV and Cinemax are English-language television stations in the United States and television networks in the United States.
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Citizen Change
Citizen Change is a political service group, founded in 2004 by musician P. Diddy, and backed by Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey and 50 Cent.
Clone High
Clone High is an American adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Bill Lawrence that premiered on November 2, 2002, in Canada, and January 20, 2003, in the United States.
CMT (American TV channel)
CMT (originally standing for Country Music Television) is an American pay TV network. MTV and CMT (American TV channel) are companies based in New York City, English-language television stations in the United States, music video networks in the United States, Paramount Media Networks and television networks in the United States.
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Cold (band)
Cold is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 1986 by lead singer and rhythm guitarist Scooter Ward, drummer Sam McCandless, bassist Jeremy Marshall and lead guitarist Matt Loughran.
Collider (website)
Collider is an online entertainment publication, with a focus on the film industry and television series.
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Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of multinational conglomerate Sony.
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American adult-oriented basic cable channel owned by Paramount Global through its network division's MTV Entertainment Group unit, based in Manhattan. MTV and Comedy Central are English-language television stations in the United States, Paramount Media Networks and television networks in the United States.
Cornrows
Cornrows (sometimes called canerows) are a style of traditionally three-strand braids, originating in Africa, in which the hair is braided very close to the scalp, using an underhand, upward motion to make a continuous, raised row.
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Corporate capitalism
In social science and economics, corporate capitalism is a capitalist marketplace characterized by the dominance of hierarchical and bureaucratic corporations.
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Cover version
In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song.
Crack cocaine
Crack cocaine, commonly known simply as crack, and also known as rock, is a free base form of the stimulant cocaine that can be smoked.
Cradle of Love (Billy Idol song)
"Cradle of Love" is a rock song written by Billy Idol and David Werner for Idol's 1990 fourth studio album Charmed Life.
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Cult following
A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to some person, idea, object, movement, or work, often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some medium.
Cultural appropriation
Cultural appropriation is the inappropriate or unacknowledged adoption of an element or elements of one culture or identity by members of another culture or identity.
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Culture Club
Culture Club are an English new wave band formed in London in 1981.
Culture of the Southern United States
The culture of the Southern United States, Southern culture, or Southern heritage, is a subculture of the United States.
See MTV and Culture of the Southern United States
Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist.
D-TV
D-TV is an old series of music videos created by The Walt Disney Company and produced by Charles Braverman and edited by Ted Herrmann.
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D12
D12 (an initialism for the Dirty Dozen) was an American hip hop collective from Detroit, Michigan.
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Dana Fuchs
Dana Fuchs (pronounced Fyooks, born January 10, 1976) is an American singer and songwriter known for a mix of Southern rock, soul, roots, and blues.
Daria
Daria is an American adult animated sitcom television series created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn.
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Dave Holmes (actor)
David Robert Holmes (born March 14, 1971) is an American actor, writer, television host, podcaster, producer, and former VJ who gained national attention as the runner-up on MTV's first Wanna Be a VJ contest in 1998.
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David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor.
Daytona Beach, Florida
Daytona Beach is a coastal resort city in Volusia County, Florida, United States.
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Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California, in 1978.
Deadline Hollywood
Deadline Hollywood, commonly known as Deadline and also referred to as Deadline.com, is an online news site founded as the news blog Deadline Hollywood Daily by Nikki Finke in 2006.
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Def Leppard
Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield.
Dell
Dell Inc. is an American technology company that develops, sells, repairs, and supports computers and related products and services.
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa.
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Digital cable
Digital cable is the distribution of cable television using digital data and video compression.
Digital on-screen graphic
A digital on-screen graphic, digitally originated graphic (DOG, bug, network bug, or screenbug) is a watermark-like station logo that most television broadcasters overlay over a portion of the screen area of their programs to identify the channel.
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Digital Spy
Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK.
Dire Straits
Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums and percussion).
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company. MTV and Disney Channel are English-language television stations in the United States and television networks in the United States.
Domain name
In the Internet, a domain name is a string that identifies a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control.
Domino's
Domino's Pizza, Inc., commonly referred to as Domino's, is an American multinational pizza restaurant chain founded in 1960.
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Donna Summer
Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter.
Doubleday (publisher)
Doubleday is an American publishing company.
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Doug Herzog
Doug Herzog (born July 16, 1959) is an American television executive.
Downtown Julie Brown
Julie Dorne Brown, better known as Downtown Julie Brown, is an English-born actress, television personality, SiriusXM DJ and former MTV VJ.
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Duran Duran
Duran Duran are an English pop rock band formed in Birmingham in 1978 by singer Stephen Duffy, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist/bassist John Taylor.
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.
Eddy Grant
Edmond Montague Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a Guyanese-British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known for his genre-blending sound and socially-conscious lyrics; his music has blended elements of pop, British rock, soul, funk, reggae, electronic music, African polyrhythms, and Latin music genres such as samba, among many others.
Electric Avenue (song)
"Electric Avenue" is a song by Guyanese-British musician Eddy Grant.
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture.
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Eurythmics
Eurythmics were a British pop duo formed in 1980, consisting of Scottish vocalist Annie Lennox and English musician and producer Dave Stewart.
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy is an American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 2001.
Fear (American TV series)
Fear (promoted as MTV's Fear) is an American paranormal reality television series that originally aired from 2000 to 2002 on MTV and spawned the genre.
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Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
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Financial News Network
The Financial News Network (FNN) was an American financial and business news television network that was launched November 30, 1981. MTV and financial News Network are English-language television stations in the United States and television channels and stations established in 1981.
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Flashdance
Flashdance is a 1983 American romantic drama dance film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Jennifer Beals as a passionate young dancer, Alex Owens, who aspires to become a professional ballerina, alongside Michael Nouri, who plays her boyfriend and the owner of the steel mill where she works by day in Pittsburgh.
Flavorwire
Flavorwire was a New York City-based online culture magazine.
Flix (TV network)
Flix (stylized as FLiX) is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by Showtime Networks, a subsidiary of Paramount Global operated through its Paramount Media Networks division. MTV and Flix (TV network) are English-language television stations in the United States and television networks in the United States.
FNMTV
FNMTV (officially Feedback New MTV; informally Friday Night MTV) is a music video program on MTV focused on premiering new music videos and airing viewers' instantaneous feedback from its website.
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Forbes
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.
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Frankenchrist
Frankenchrist is the third album by the American hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys, released in 1985 on Alternative Tentacles.
Fred Seibert
Frederick G. Seibert is an American television producer and media proprietor.
Friday Night Videos
Friday Night Videos was an American music video/variety program that aired from July 29, 1983, to May 24, 2002, on NBC.
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Frontline (American TV program)
Frontline (stylized in all capital letters) is an investigative documentary program distributed by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States.
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G8
The Group of Eight (G8) was an inter-governmental political forum from 1997 until 2014.
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Genesis (band)
Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, in 1967.
George Lois
George Lois (June 26, 1931 – November 18, 2022) was an American art director, designer, and author.
GIF
The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF; or) is a bitmap image format that was developed by a team at the online services provider CompuServe led by American computer scientist Steve Wilhite and released on June 15, 1987.
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Gigaom
Gigaom is a technology focused analyst firm and media company.
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GLAAD
GLAAD is an American non-governmental media monitoring organization.
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Grace Jones
Grace Beverly Jones (born 19 May 1948) is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, model and actress.
Guido (slang)
Guido is a North American subculture, slang term, and ethnic slur referring to working-class urban Italian-Americans.
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Hall & Oates
Daryl Hall & John Oates, commonly known as Hall & Oates, were an American rock duo formed in Philadelphia in 1970.
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera was an American animation studio and production company, which was active from 1957 until its absorption into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001.
HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.
Hauppauge, New York
Hauppauge is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Islip and Smithtown in Suffolk County, New York on Long Island.
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HBO
Home Box Office (HBO) is an American pay television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent-subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. MTV and HBO are English-language television stations in the United States and television networks in the United States.
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HBTV
HBTV (Hanna-Barbera Television) is a series of animated music videos created by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1985 and 1986 featuring clips from various animated Hanna-Barbera programmes.
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Heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States.
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer.
High-definition television
High-definition television (HDTV) describes a television or video system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies.
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Homophobia
Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who identify or are perceived as being lesbian, gay or bisexual.
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser.
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Hulu
Hulu (styled hulu in its logo) is an American subscription streaming media and content hub within the Disney+ streaming service owned by The Walt Disney Company.
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I Miss You (Blink-182 song)
"I Miss You" is a song by American rock band Blink-182, released on February 2, 2004, as the second single from the group's self-titled album (2003).
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I Want My Maypo
"I Want My Maypo" was an advertising slogan used by Maltex Company of Burlington, Vermont.
In Concert (American TV series)
In Concert is a late-night television series created by Don Kirshner.
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Incubus (band)
Incubus is an American rock band from Calabasas, California.
Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms.
Internet Protocol television
Internet Protocol television (IPTV), also called TV over broadband, is the service delivery of television over Internet Protocol (IP) networks.
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IPod
The iPod is a discontinued series of portable media players and multi-purpose mobile devices designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The first version was released on November 10, 2001, about months after the Macintosh version of iTunes was released.
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Is It College Yet?
Is It College Yet? is a 2002 American animated comedy-drama television film written by Glenn Eichler and Peggy Nicoll, and directed by Karen Disher.
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Is It Fall Yet?
Is It Fall Yet? is a 2000 American animated comedy-drama television film written by Glenn Eichler and Peggy Nicoll, and directed by Karen Disher and Guy Moore.
J. J. Jackson (media personality)
John J. "J.
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Jackass 3D
Jackass 3D (known as Jackass 3 on home media) is a 2010 American 3D reality comedy film directed by Jeff Tremaine.
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer.
Jersey Shore (TV series)
Jersey Shore is an American reality television series that ran on MTV from December 3, 2009, to December 20, 2012.
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Jersey Shore: Family Vacation
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation is an American reality television series that premiered globally on April 5, 2018, on MTV.
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Jesus Christ Pose
"Jesus Christ Pose" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden, released in 1991 as the first single from the band's third studio album, Badmotorfinger (1991).
Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Mesa, Arizona.
Joan Armatrading
Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading (born 9 December 1950) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Joe Elliott
Joseph Thomas Elliott (born 1 August 1959) is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer and one of the founder members of the hard rock band Def Leppard.
Joe Leeway
Joseph Martin Leeway (born 15 November 1955) is a British musician and songwriter, who is best known as being a member of the pop band Thompson Twins, joining the band in 1981 after being one of their roadies.
John Hubley
John Kirkham Hubley (May 21, 1914 – February 21, 1977) was an American animated film director, art director, producer, and writer known for his work with the United Productions of America (UPA) and his own independent studio, Storyboard, Inc.
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the administration of Barack Obama.
John Mellencamp
John J. Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American singer-songwriter.
John Sykes (American businessman)
John Sykes (born May 14, 1955) is an American entertainment executive and the President of Entertainment Enterprises for iHeartMedia since 2011.
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Jon Butcher
Jon Butcher (born May 5, 1955) is an American rock, blues songwriter, guitarist and freelance multimedia producer.
Jonah Goldberg
Jonah Jacob Goldberg (born March 21, 1969) is an American conservative syndicated columnist, author, political analyst, and commentator.
Jonathan Elias
Jonathan Elias (born 1956) is an American composer best known for his film soundtracks.
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor.
Kabel (typeface)
Kabel is a geometric sans-serif typeface that was designed by the German designer Rudolf Koch and released by the Klingspor foundry from 1927 onward.
Kelly Osbourne
Kelly Michelle Lee Osbourne (born 27 October 1984) is an English television personality, singer, actress, and fashion designer.
Kiss (band)
Kiss (often styled as KISS) was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals, bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar, vocals) and Peter Criss (drums, vocals).
KSNV
KSNV (channel 3) is a television station in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, affiliated with NBC.
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L. Brent Bozell III
Leo Brent Bozell III (born July 14, 1955) is an American conservative activist and writer.
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Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County (or simply Laguna Beach) is an American reality television series that originally aired on MTV from September 28, 2004, until November 15, 2006.
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Last Call with Carson Daly
Last Call with Carson Daly is an American late-night television series that was broadcast by NBC from 2002 to 2019.
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Les Garland
Les Garland is an American entertainment executive who is the founder and CEO of AfterPlay Entertainment, a media and entertainment consulting practice.
Letterboxing (filming)
Letter-boxing is the practice of transferring film shot in a widescreen aspect ratio to standard-width video formats while preserving the film's original aspect ratio.
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Like a Virgin (song)
"Like a Virgin" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna from her second album of the same name.
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Linkin Park
Linkin Park is an American rock band formed in Agoura Hills, California, in 1996.
Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality.
List of ethnic slurs
The following is a list of ethnic slurs, ethnophaulisms, or ethnic epithets that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnic, national, or racial group or to refer to them in a derogatory, pejorative, or otherwise insulting manner.
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List of first music videos aired on MTV
This is a list of the first music videos broadcast on MTV's first day, August 1, 1981.
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List of MTV award shows
MTV, the first and most popular music television network in the U.S. has a long history of hosting live music events in which awards are presented.
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List of Paramount channels
This is a list of Paramount Global channels.
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List of Super Bowl halftime shows
Halftime shows are a tradition during American football games at all levels of competition.
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Little Red Corvette
"Little Red Corvette" is a song by American recording artist Prince.
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Live 8
Live 8 (French: En direct 8, German: Live 8, Italian: Vivi 8, Japanese: ライブ8 (romanised: Raibu 8), Russian: Прямой эфир 8 (romanised: Pryamoy efir 8)) was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa.
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Live Aid
Live Aid was a multi-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985.
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Logo TV
Logo TV (often shortened to Logo, and stylized as Logo.) is an American basic cable channel owned by Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global. MTV and Logo TV are English-language television stations in the United States, Paramount Media Networks and television networks in the United States.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
Lower third
In the television industry, a lower third is a graphic overlay placed in the title-safe lower area of the screen, though not necessarily the entire lower third of it, as the name suggests.
Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
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Magyar Televízió
Magyar Televízió (Hungarian Television) or MTV is a nationwide public television broadcasting organization in Hungary.
Manhattan
Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.
Manhattan Design
Manhattan Design was a graphic design collective in New York City from 1979 until 1991.
Marilyn Manson (band)
Marilyn Manson is an American rock band formed by namesake lead singer Marilyn Manson and guitarist Daisy Berkowitz in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1989.
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Mark Goodman
Mark Goodman (born October 11, 1952) is an American radio host, TV personality and actor.
Martha Quinn
Martha Quinn is an American actress and radio and television personality, best known as one of the original video jockeys on MTV (along with Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and J. J. Jackson).
Mary + Jane
Mary + Jane is an American comedy television series that aired on MTV from September 5 to November 14, 2016.
Master control
Master control is the technical hub of a broadcast operation common among most over-the-air television stations and television networks.
Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Hollywood, California, in 1981 by bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, with guitarist Mick Mars and lead vocalist Vince Neil joining right after.
Meg Griffin (DJ)
Meg Griffin (born December 2, 1953) is an American radio disc jockey, currently heard on the Sirius XM Satellite Radio channels The Loft, Classic Vinyl, and The Beatles Channel.
Megalomaniac (Incubus song)
"Megalomaniac" is a song by the American rock band Incubus, from their 2004 album A Crow Left of the Murder... It was released as a single in December 2003, and eventually reached the top of ''Billboard''s Modern Rock Tracks, where it stayed for a six-week period.
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Men at Work
Men at Work are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1978 and best known for breakthrough hits such as "Down Under", "Who Can It Be Now?", "Be Good Johnny", "Overkill", and "It's a Mistake".
Metal Evolution
Metal Evolution is a 2011 documentary series directed by anthropologist and filmmaker Sam Dunn and director, producer and music supervisor Scot McFadyen about heavy metal subgenres, with new episodes airing every Friday at 10 pm EST on MuchMore and Saturday at 10pm EST on VH1 Classic.
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band.
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist.
Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video)
Michael Jackson's Thriller is the music video for the song "Thriller" by the American singer Michael Jackson, released on December 2, 1983.
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Michael Nesmith
Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, and actor.
Michael Powell (lobbyist)
Michael Kevin Powell (born March 23, 1963) is an American attorney and lobbyist who served as the 24th chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 2001 to 2005.
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Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer.
Midge Ure
James "Midge" Ure (born 10 October 1953) is a Scottish musician, singer-songwriter and record producer.
Mike Judge
Michael Craig Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, and musician.
Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus
Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus is an American animated docuseries television series created by Mike Judge, Richard Mullins and Dub Cornett that premiered on September 22, 2017 on Cinemax.
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Mikey Craig
Michael Emile Craig (born 15 February 1960) is a British musician and DJ best known as the bassist of the pop/soul/new wave group Culture Club.
Money for Nothing (song)
"Money for Nothing" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits, being the second track on their fifth studio album, Brothers in Arms (1985).
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Morality
Morality is the categorization of intentions, decisions and actions into those that are proper (right) and those that are improper (wrong).
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MTV
MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel. MTV and MTV are 1980s fads and trends, 1981 establishments in New York City, 1985 mergers and acquisitions, companies based in New York City, English-language television stations in the United States, music television channels, music video networks in the United States, Paramount Media Networks, race-related controversies in television, television channels and stations established in 1981 and television networks in the United States.
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MTV (Australian and New Zealand TV channel)
MTV was a 24-hour general entertainment channel specialising in music and youth culture programming which serves Australia and New Zealand.
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MTV (Latin American TV channel)
MTV is a Latin American pay television network that was launched on 1 October 1993 as the Hispanic American version of MTV.
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MTV Artists Platform
MTV Artists was an online music portal, owned by Viacom, intended to generate traffic to web and video content owned by the company and give more opportunity to artists.
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MTV Chi
MTV Chi was a spin-off network from MTV targeted at young Chinese Americans, which ran from 2005 to 2007, as part of its MTV World division. MTV and MTV Chi are music video networks in the United States.
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MTV Classic (American TV channel)
MTV Classic (formerly VH1 Smooth, VH1 Classic Rock, and VH1 Classic) is an American pay television network owned by Paramount Media Networks. MTV and MTV Classic (American TV channel) are companies based in New York City, English-language television stations in the United States and music video networks in the United States.
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MTV Desi
MTV Desi is a digital platform from MTV that targeted Desis (people of South Asian origin) in the United States, as the name implies. MTV and MTV Desi are music video networks in the United States.
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MTV Entertainment Studios
MTV Entertainment Studios is the film and television production arm of MTV Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global.
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MTV Generation
The MTV Generation refers to the adolescents and young adults of the 1980s to 1990s, a time when many were influenced by the television channel MTV, which launched in 1981.
MTV Global
MTV Global (formerly MTV Europe) is the international version of the American TV channel MTV as 24-hour music video and entertainment pay television network officially launched on 1 August 1987 as part of the worldwide MTV network. MTV and MTV Global are 1980s fads and trends, 1981 establishments in New York City, 1985 mergers and acquisitions, companies based in New York City, English-language television stations in the United States, music television channels, music video networks in the United States, Paramount Media Networks, race-related controversies in television, television channels and stations established in 1981 and television networks in the United States.
MTV Hive
MTV Hive was MTV's online music video portal and its editorial mouthpiece for coverage of indie music genres, providing music news and music on-demand.
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MTV Icon
MTV Icon (stylized as mtv:ICON) is a series of annual television specials produced by MTV between 2001 and 2004, each paying homage to a musical artist or band selected as a cultural icon, in a format similar to the network's annual Video Music Awards and Movie Awards events.
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MTV International
MTV International, also known as Music Television International and MTVI was the internet-based international version of MTV.
MTV K
MTV K was an English-language online media hub under the MTV brand that focused on K-pop music for a global audience. MTV and MTV K are music video networks in the United States.
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MTV Live (American TV program)
MTV Live is an American television program that aired from 1997 to 1998 on MTV, featuring interviews with celebrity guests, live musical performances, news coverage, and music video premieres.
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MTV Live (TV network)
MTV Live (formerly Palladia) is a 24-hour American pay television music video channel owned by Paramount Global. MTV and MTV Live (TV network) are English-language television stations in the United States and music video networks in the United States.
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MTV News
MTV News was the news production division of MTV. MTV and MTV News are Paramount Media Networks.
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MTV Tres
MTV Tres is an American owned by Paramount Media Networks, a subsidiary of Paramount Global. MTV and MTV Tres are music video networks in the United States.
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MTV Unplugged
MTV Unplugged is an American television series on MTV.
MTV Video Music Awards
The MTV Video Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as the VMAs) is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.
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MTV2
MTV2 (formerly M2) is an American pay television channel owned by the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global, through PMN’s MTV Entertainment Group Subdivision. MTV and MTV2 are English-language television stations in the United States, music video networks in the United States and television networks in the United States.
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MTVU
MTVU (formerly stylized as MtvU and mtvU) is an American digital cable TV channel owned by the MTV Entertainment Group, a unit of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. MTV and MTVU are companies based in New York City, English-language television stations in the United States and music video networks in the United States.
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MTVX
MTVX was an American hard rock music video channel operated by Viacom's MTV Networks division.
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Mudvayne
Mudvayne is an American heavy metal band formed in Peoria, Illinois, in 1996.
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Music industry
The music industry refers to the individuals and organizations that earn money by writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling recorded music and sheet music, presenting concerts, as well as the organizations that aid, train, represent and supply music creators.
Music television
Music television is a type of television programming which focuses predominantly on playing music videos from recording artists, usually on dedicated television channels broadcasting on satellite, cable, or Streaming Platforms.
Music video
A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes.
Musical Youth
Musical Youth are a British reggae band formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England.
My Band
"My Band" is a song by American hip hop group D12.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
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NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. MTV and NBC are television networks in the United States.
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Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who in 1969 became the first person to walk on the Moon.
Nelly
Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, and actor.
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Nevermind
Nevermind is the second studio album by the American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991, by DGC Records.
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.
New wave music
New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s. MTV and New wave music are 1980s fads and trends.
New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
NFL on CBS
The NFL on CBS is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games that are produced by CBS Sports, the sports division of the CBS television network in the United States.
Nick Jr. Channel
The Nick Jr. MTV and Nick Jr. Channel are English-language television stations in the United States and television networks in the United States.
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (occasionally shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through Paramount Media Networks' subdivision, Nickelodeon Group. MTV and Nickelodeon are English-language television stations in the United States, Paramount Media Networks and television networks in the United States.
Nicktoons (American TV channel)
Nicktoons is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global. MTV and Nicktoons (American TV channel) are English-language television stations in the United States and television networks in the United States.
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Night Tracks
Night Tracks is an American music video television program that aired on TBS in late night on Fridays and Saturdays from June 3, 1983 to May 30, 1992.
Nina Blackwood
Nina Blackwood is an American disc jockey and music journalist, who was the first of the original five MTV VJs (along with Mark Goodman, J. J. Jackson, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn).
Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987.
NSYNC
NSYNC (also stylized as *NSYNC or N Sync) are an American vocal group and boy band formed by Chris Kirkpatrick in Orlando, Florida, in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich.
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One Astor Plaza
One Astor Plaza, also known as 1515 Broadway and formerly the W. T. Grant Building, is a 54-story office building on Times Square in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
Order Sons of Italy in America
The Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America, formerly the Order Sons of Italy in America (Ordine Figli d’Italia in America, OSIA), is the largest and the oldest Italian American fraternal organization in the United States.
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Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English musician and media personality.
Paramount Global
Paramount Global (also known simply as Paramount) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate controlled by National Amusements and headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Times Square, Midtown Manhattan. MTV and Paramount Global are companies based in New York City.
Paramount Media Networks
Paramount Media Networks (founded as MTV Networks in 1984 and known under this name until 2011; thereafter known as Viacom Media Networks until 2019; then known as ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks until 2022) is an American mass media division of Paramount Global that oversees the operations of many of its television channels and online brands. MTV and Paramount Media Networks are companies based in New York City.
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Paramount Network
Paramount Network is an American basic cable television channel owned by the MTV Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global. MTV and Paramount Network are English-language television stations in the United States, Paramount Media Networks and television networks in the United States.
Paramount+
Paramount+ (formerly CBS All Access until 2021) is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Paramount Global.
Parents Music Resource Center
The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) was an American committee formed in 1985 with the stated goal of increasing parental control over the access of children to music deemed to have violent, drug-related, or sexual themes via labeling albums with Parental Advisory stickers.
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Parents Television and Media Council
The Parents Television and Media Council (PTMC), formerly the Parents Television Council (PTC), is an American media advocacy group founded by conservative Christian activist L. Brent Bozell III in 1995, which advocates for what it considers to be responsible, family-friendly content across all media platforms, and for advertisers to be held accountable for the content of television programs that they sponsor.
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Pat Benatar
Patricia Mae Giraldo (Andrzejewski; formerly Benatar; born January 10, 1953) is an American singer and songwriter.
People (magazine)
People is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories.
Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English musician.
Pete Wentz
Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III (born June 5, 1979) is an American musician who is the bassist and lyricist for the rock band Fall Out Boy.
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter and human rights activist.
Peter Wolf
Peter Wolf (born March 7, 1946) is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist of The J. Geils Band from 1967 to 1983 and as a solo artist.
Philo (company)
Philo (formerly Tivli) is an American internet television company based in San Francisco, California.
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965.
Playboy TV
Playboy TV (originally The Playboy Channel) is a pay television channel based in the United States. MTV and Playboy TV are television networks in the United States.
Political correctness
"Political correctness" (adjectivally "politically correct"; commonly abbreviated to P.C.) is a term used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society.
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Pop (American TV channel)
Pop, commonly referred to as Pop TV (formerly known as Electronic Program Guide, Prevue Guide, Prevue Channel, TV Guide Channel, and TV Guide Network), is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global under its networks division through MTV Entertainment Group. MTV and Pop (American TV channel) are English-language television stations in the United States, Paramount Media Networks, television channels and stations established in 1981 and television networks in the United States.
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Pop-Up Video
Pop Up Video is a VH1 television show that shows music videos annotated via "pop-up" bubbles — officially called "info nuggets" — containing trivia and witticisms relating to the video in question.
PopClips
PopClips is a music video television program, the direct predecessor of MTV.
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Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958April 21, 2016) was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, and actor.
Production logo
A production logo, studio logo, vanity card, vanity plate, or vanity logo is a logo used by movie studios and television production companies to brand what they produce and to determine the production company and the distributor of a television show or film.
Prometheus Books
Prometheus Books is a publishing company founded in August 1969 by the philosopher Paul Kurtz (who was also the founder of the Council for Secular Humanism, Center for Inquiry, and co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry).
Pyromania
Pyromania is an impulse control disorder in which individuals repeatedly fail to resist impulses to deliberately start fires, to relieve some tension or for instant gratification.
Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass).
Rap City
Rap City is a music video television program block that originally aired on the Black Entertainment Television (BET) network from August 11, 1989, to November 8, 2008.
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Ratt
Ratt (stylized as RATT) was an American glam metal band that had significant commercial success in the 1980s, with their albums having been certified as gold, platinum, and multi-platinum by the RIAA.
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Ray Munns
Raymond "Ray" Lee Munns (born March 11, 1980) is a former MTV VJ and Trance DJ.
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors.
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Record shop
A record shop or record store is a retail outlet that sells recorded music.
Ric Ocasek
Richard Theodore Otcasek (March 23, 1944 – September 15, 2019), known as Ric Ocasek, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Rick James
James Ambrose Johnson Jr. (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004), better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.
Rick Springfield
Richard Lewis Springthorpe (born 23 August 1949), known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian-American musician and actor.
Ridiculousness (TV series)
Ridiculousness is an American comedy clip show that began airing on August 29, 2011, on MTV.
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Robert Morton (producer)
Robert Morton is an American television producer most notable for his work as a producer and later co-executive producer of the NBC program Late Night with David Letterman.
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Robert Pittman (media executive)
Robert Warren Pittman (born December 28, 1953) is an American businessman.
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Rock the Vote
Rock the Vote is a nonpartisan non-profit organization in the United States.
Rock Your Body
"Rock Your Body" is a song by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake from his debut studio album, Justified (2002).
Rockit (instrumental)
"Rockit" is a composition recorded by American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and produced by Bill Laswell and Michael Beinhorn.
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.
Salon.com
Salon is an American politically progressive and liberal news and opinion website created in 1995.
Satanism
Satanism refers to a group of religious, ideological, and/or philosophical beliefs based on Satan – particularly his worship or veneration.
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Say What?
Say What? is a music video series that aired on American MTV in 1998.
Say What? Karaoke
Say What? Karaoke (also known as SWK, and later SWK 2.0) was a karaoke game show that aired on the American cable television network MTV.
Scout Durwood
Scout Durwood is an American comedian, actress, singer, writer, and director.
Scream (franchise)
Scream is an American murder mystery and meta slasher franchise that includes six films (and a seventh in active development), a television series, merchandise, and games.
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Scream (TV series)
Scream (also known as Scream: The TV Series) is an American anthology slasher television series developed by Jill Blotevogel, Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie for MTV and Brett Matthews for VH1.
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Sean Combs
Sean Love Combs (born Sean John Combs; November 4, 1969), also known by his stage name Diddy, formerly Puff Daddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, record producer and record executive.
Seapunk
Seapunk is a subculture that originated on Tumblr in 2011.
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Seaside Heights, New Jersey
Seaside Heights is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore, within Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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Second audio program
Second audio program (SAP), also known as secondary audio programming, is an auxiliary audio channel for analog television that can be broadcast or transmitted both over-the-air and by cable television.
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Second British Invasion
The Second British Invasion was a sharp increase in the popularity of British synth-pop and new wave artists in the United States.
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She Works Hard for the Money
"She Works Hard for the Money" is a song by American singer Donna Summer and the title track from her eleventh studio album of the same name (1983).
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Showtime (TV network)
Showtime, also known as Paramount+ with Showtime (with "Showtime" being the former name of its main channel from 1976 to 2024, but still used for certain marketing and channel branding contexts), is an American premium television network and the flagship property of Showtime Networks, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. MTV and Showtime (TV network) are English-language television stations in the United States and television networks in the United States.
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Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds (born 19 June 1963) is an English music journalist and author who began his career at Melody Maker in the mid-1980s.
Skins (American TV series)
Skins is an American/Canadian teen comedy-drama television series that premiered on January 17, 2011, on MTV in the United States.
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Skins (British TV series)
Skins is a British teen comedy drama television series that follows the lives of a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of sixth form.
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Smithsonian Channel
The Smithsonian Channel is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through its media networks division under MTV Entertainment Group. MTV and Smithsonian Channel are English-language television stations in the United States, Paramount Media Networks and television networks in the United States.
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Snow Summit
Snow Summit is a ski resort that was established in 1952 and is in the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.
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Soccer on CBS Sports
Soccer on CBS Sports is a number of television programs that have aired soccer matches in the United States on CBS, CBS Sports Network, Paramount+ (formerly CBS All Access) and CBS Sports Golazo Network.
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Social group
In the social sciences, a social group is defined as two or more people who interact with one another, share similar characteristics, and collectively have a sense of unity.
Social influence
Social influence comprises the ways in which individuals adjust their behavior to meet the demands of a social environment.
Social justice
Social justice is justice in relation to the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society where individuals' rights are recognized and protected.
Soft rock
Soft rock (also known as light rock) is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in Southern California and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions.
Soundgarden
Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto.
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard.
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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated (SI) is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954.
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Spring break
Spring break, known variously as Easter vacation, Easter holiday, Easter break, spring vacation, mid-term break, study week, reading week, reading period, Easter week or March break, is a vacation period including Easter holidays in early Northern Hemisphere spring at universities and schools, which has been observed in Europe since the late 19th century, was introduced during the 1930s in the US, and is observed in many other countries.
Standard-definition television
Standard-definition television (SDTV; also standard definition or SD) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition.
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Station identification
Station identification (ident, network ID, channel ID or bumper) is the practice of radio and television stations and networks identifying themselves on-air, typically by means of a call sign or brand name (sometimes known, particularly in the United States, as a "sounder" or "stinger", more generally as a station or network ID).
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Stevie Nicks
Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist.
Sting (musician)
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known professionally as Sting, is an English musician, activist and actor.
STS-1
STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program.
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Sucker Free
Sucker Free, known as Sucker Free Daily on weekdays and then Sucker Free Countdown on Sundays, was a former hip-hop video block on MTV2.
Sum 41
Sum 41 is a Canadian rock band from Ajax, Ontario.
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Sun Sentinel
The Sun Sentinel (also known as the South Florida Sun Sentinel, known until 2008 as the Sun-Sentinel, and stylized on its masthead as SunSentinel) is the main daily newspaper of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Broward County, and covers Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties and state-wide news, as well.
Super Bowl XXXV
Super Bowl XXXV was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Baltimore Ravens and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion New York Giants to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2000 season.
Super Bowl XXXVIII
Super Bowl XXXVIII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Carolina Panthers and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2003 season.
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Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy
The Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show, which was broadcast live on February 1, 2004, from Houston, Texas, on the CBS television network, is notable for a moment in which Janet Jackson's right breast and nipple—adorned with a nipple shield—was exposed by Justin Timberlake to the viewing public.
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Super Freak
"Super Freak" is a 1981 single produced and performed by American singer Rick James.
TBS (American TV channel)
TBS (originally an initialism of Turner Broadcasting System), stylized as tbs, is an American basic cable television network owned by the Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. MTV and TBS (American TV channel) are English-language television stations in the United States and television networks in the United States.
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Ted Turner
Robert Edward Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist.
Teen Wolf
Teen Wolf is a 1985 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Rod Daniel and written by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman.
Teen Wolf (2011 TV series)
Teen Wolf is an American supernatural teen drama television series developed by Jeff Davis for MTV.
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TeenNick
TeenNick is an American pay-TV channel that is operated by the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. MTV and TeenNick are English-language television stations in the United States and television networks in the United States.
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Television film
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for initial showing in movie theaters, and direct-to-video films made for initial release on home video formats.
That Metal Show
That Metal Show is a talk show that premiered on VH1 Classic on November 15, 2008 and ended on May 9, 2015 with a span of 14 seasons.
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane is a 1990 American action comedy film noir mystery film directed by Renny Harlin and written by David Arnott, James Cappe, and Daniel Waters based on a story by Arnott and Cappe.
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The Austin Chronicle
The Austin Chronicle is an alternative weekly newspaper published every Thursday in Austin, Texas, United States.
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
The Buggles
The Buggles are an English new wave band formed in London in 1977 by singer and bassist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoff Downes.
The Cars
The Cars were an American rock band formed in Boston in 1976.
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The Commercial Appeal
The Commercial Appeal (also known as the Memphis Commercial Appeal) is a daily newspaper of Memphis, Tennessee, and its surrounding metropolitan area.
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The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, West Sussex.
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The Fox and the Hound
The Fox and the Hound is a 1981 American animated buddy drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and loosely based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Daniel P. Mannix.
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The Human League
The Human League is an English synth-pop band formed in Sheffield in 1977.
The Midnight Special (TV series)
The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series originally broadcast on NBC from 1972 to 1981, created and produced by Burt Sugarman.
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The Monkees
The Monkees were an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s.
The Movie Channel
The Movie Channel (TMC) is an American premium television network owned by Showtime Networks, a subsidiary of Paramount Global operated through its Paramount Media Networks division. The network's programming mainly features first-run theatrically released and independently produced motion pictures, and during promotional breaks between films, special behind-the-scenes features and movie trivia. MTV and the Movie Channel are English-language television stations in the United States and television networks in the United States.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Old Grey Whistle Test
The Old Grey Whistle Test (sometimes abbreviated to Whistle Test or OGWT) is a British television music show.
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The Osbournes
The Osbournes is an American reality television program featuring the domestic life of heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne and his family—his wife Sharon, their daughter Kelly, and their son Jack.
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977.
The Selecter
The Selecter is an English 2 tone ska revival band, formed in Coventry, England, in 1979.
The Sharon Osbourne Show
The Sharon Osbourne Show (stylized as SharOn and simply as Sharon) is an American first-run syndicated talk show that was hosted by Sharon Osbourne.
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The Specials
The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, were an English 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry.
The Waitresses
The Waitresses were an American new wave band from Akron, Ohio, best known for their singles "I Know What Boys Like" and "Christmas Wrapping." They released two albums, Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? and Bruiseology, and one EP, I Could Rule the World If I Could Only Get the Parts.
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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The Washington Times
The Washington Times is an American conservative daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It covers general interest topics with an emphasis on national politics.
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This Love (Maroon 5 song)
"This Love" is a song by the American pop rock band Maroon 5.
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Thomas Schlamme
Thomas David Schlamme (born) is an American television director, known particularly for his collaborations with Aaron Sorkin.
Thompson Twins
Thompson Twins were a British pop band, formed in 1977 in Sheffield.
Thriller (song)
"Thriller" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson.
Tila Tequila
Nguyễn Thị Thiên Thanh (born October 24, 1981), better known by her stage name Tila Tequila, is an American model, singer, television and social media personality.
Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City.
Tina Turner
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was a singer, songwriter, and actress.
Tokenism
Tokenism is the practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to be inclusive to members of minority groups, especially by recruiting people from underrepresented groups in order to give the appearance of racial or gender equality within a workplace or educational context.
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Tom Freston
Thomas E. Freston (born November 22, 1945) is an American media proprietor, businessman, and financier.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were an American rock band formed in Gainesville, Florida, in 1976.
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Top 40
In the music industry, the Top 40 is a list of the 40 currently most popular songs in a particular genre.
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Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops (TOTP) is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006.
Total Request
Total Request was a music video request show on MTV in the United States.
Total Request Live
Total Request Live (known commonly as TRL) is an American television program broadcast on MTV that premiered on September 14, 1998.
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Tracy Wormworth
Tracy Ann Wormworth (born December 15, 1958) is an American bass guitarist.
True Life
True Life is an American documentary television series that aired on MTV from March 31, 1998 to June 21, 2017.
Tumblr
Tumblr (pronounced "tumbler") is a microblogging and social networking website founded by David Karp in 2007 and currently owned by American company Automattic.
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TV Everywhere
TV Everywhere (also known as authenticated streaming or authenticated video on-demand) refers to a type of American subscription business model wherein access to streaming video content from a television channel requires users to "authenticate" themselves as current subscribers to the channel, via an account provided by their participating pay television provider, in order to access the content.
TV Land
TV Land is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through its networks division. MTV and tV Land are English-language television stations in the United States, Paramount Media Networks and television networks in the United States.
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U2
U2 are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976.
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Ultravox
Ultravox (earlier styled as Ultravox!) were a British new wave band, formed in London in April 1974 as Tiger Lily.
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Unconditional Love (Donna Summer song)
"Unconditional Love" is the second single from Donna Summer's eleventh studio album, She Works Hard for the Money (1983).
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Undergrads
Undergrads (stylized as underGRADS) is an adult animated sitcom centered on the lives of four college undergraduate freshmen.
Unico National
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
Van Halen
Van Halen was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1973.
Vanity Fair (magazine)
Vanity Fair is an American monthly magazine of popular culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast in the United States.
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Vaporwave
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Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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VH1
VH1 (originally an initialism for Video Hits One) is an American Basic Cable television network that launched on January 1, 1985, and is currently owned by the BET Media Group subsidiary of Paramount Global's CBS Entertainment Group based in New York City. MTV and VH1 are English-language television stations in the United States, music video networks in the United States, Paramount Media Networks and television networks in the United States.
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VH1 Storytellers
Storytellers is a television music series produced by the VH1 network.
Viacom (1952–2005)
The original phase of Viacom Inc. (derived from "Video & Audio Communications") was an American mass media and entertainment conglomerate based in New York City.
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Vice (magazine)
Vice (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics.
Vice Media
Vice Media Group LLC is a Canadian-American digital media and broadcasting company.
Video jockey
A video jockey (abbreviated VJ or sometimes veejay) is an announcer or host who introduces music videos and live performances on commercial music television channels such as MTV, VH1, MuchMusic and Channel V.
Video Jukebox (TV series)
Video Jukebox was an American television program which aired from 1981 to 1986 on HBO.
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Video Killed the Radio Star
"Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley in 1979.
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Videocassette recorder
A videocassette recorder (VCR) or video recorder is an electromechanical device that records analog audio and analog video from broadcast television or other AV sources and can play back the recording after rewinding.
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Vine (service)
Vine was an American short-form video hosting service where users could share up to 6-second-long looping video clips.
Vote Early Day
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Walter Yetnikoff
Walter Yetnikoff (August 11, 1933 – August 9, 2021) was an American music industry executive who was the president of CBS Records International from 1971 to 1975 and then president and CEO of CBS Records from 1975 to 1990.
Wardrobe malfunction
A wardrobe malfunction is a clothing failure that accidentally exposes a person's intimate parts.
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Westwood One
Westwood One, Inc. is an American radio network owned by Cumulus Media.
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, film producer, and philanthropist.
Windowbox (filmmaking)
Windowboxing (also called either the "postage stamp effect", "gutterboxing", "matchboxing", or "double letterboxing") in the display of film or video occurs when the aspect ratio of the media is such that the letterbox effect and pillarbox effect occur simultaneously.
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WIVB-TV
WIVB-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Buffalo, New York, United States, affiliated with CBS.
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WNBC
WNBC (channel 4) is a television station in New York City that serves as the flagship of the NBC network.
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World Wide Web
The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is an information system that enables content sharing over the Internet through user-friendly ways meant to appeal to users beyond IT specialists and hobbyists.
You Better Run
"You Better Run" is a song by the Young Rascals.
Young adult
In medicine and the social sciences, a young adult is generally a person in the years following adolescence, sometimes with some overlap.
YouTube
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.
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ZZ Top
ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969.
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106 & Park
106 & Park is an American hip hop and R&B music video show, set up in a countdown format, that was broadcast on weekdays at 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT on BET; it aired on a one-day delay on BET International.
1080i
1080i (also known as BT.709) is a combination of frame resolution and scan type.
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12 Angry Viewers
12 Angry Viewers is a daily half-hour television show in the United States on MTV.
1989 MTV Video Music Awards
The 1989 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 6, 1989, honoring the best music videos from April 2, 1988, to June 1, 1989.
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2004 United States presidential election
The 2004 United States presidential election was the 55th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
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2006 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2006 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on August 31, 2006, honoring the best music videos from June 11, 2005, to June 26, 2006.
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2007 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, honoring the best music videos from the previous year between June 2006 to June 2007, took place on September 9, in Las Vegas at The Palms.
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2008 United States presidential election
The 2008 United States presidential election was the 56th quadrennial presidential election, held on November 4, 2008.
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2011 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards took place on August 28, at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, honoring the best music videos from the previous year.
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2012 United States presidential election
The 2012 United States presidential election was the 57th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.
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2016 United States presidential election
The 2016 United States presidential election was the 58th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.
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24/7 service
In commerce and industry, 24/7 or 24-7 service (usually pronounced "twenty-four seven") is service that is available at any time and usually, every day.
31st G8 summit
The 31st G8 summit was held on 6–8 July 2005 at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland and hosted by Prime Minister Tony Blair.
480i
480i is the video mode used for standard-definition digital video in the Caribbean, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Myanmar, Western Sahara, and most of the Americas (with the exception of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay).
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See also
1981 establishments in New York City
- A7 (bar)
- Beastie Boys
- Bloomberg L.P.
- Blue Note Jazz Club
- Bronx Times-Reporter
- Buttrick White & Burtis
- Carlisle Collection
- Carolines on Broadway
- Citymeals-on-Wheels
- Committee to Protect Journalists
- Cro-Mags
- Dicapo Opera
- Diller Scofidio + Renfro
- Eastern Consolidated
- Force MDs
- Fun Gallery
- Green Oasis Community Garden
- Kings Point Handicap
- Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center
- Lamb's Theatre
- Lesbian Sex Mafia
- MTV
- MTV Global
- Marriott World Trade Center
- National Coalition of 100 Black Women
- New York Mets Hall of Fame
- Paper Tiger Television
- Park Avenue Plaza
- Riverside Symphony
- Run-DMC
- Sonic Youth
- South Oxford Tennis Club
- Spys (band)
- St. John's Red Storm men's lacrosse
- Staley-Wise Gallery
- Supreme Team (gang)
- Teachers College Reading and Writing Project
- The American Mercury
- The Princeton Review
- The Reality Club
- Timescape Books
- Tommy Boy Records
- United Orient Bank
- WSIA
- Whodini
- Women in Housing and Finance
1985 mergers and acquisitions
- B. F. Sturtevant Company
- Carnation (brand)
- Castle & Cooke
- Cella's
- Cessna
- G.D. Searle, LLC
- Gale (publisher)
- Harvey Nichols
- Hunt's
- Irwin Industrial Tools
- Kayser-Roth
- Lycoming Engines
- MTV
- MTV Global
- McGraw-Edison
- Nabisco
- Neve Electronics
- New York & Company
- Onyx Systems
- Pantene
- Paradise Systems
- Parker Brothers
- Red Carpet Inn
- Reebok
- Satellite Syndicated Systems
- Shasta (drink)
- Showtime Networks
- Southern Progress Corporation
- Terak Corporation
- Tongling Nonferrous Metals
- Turkey Hill (company)
- Turkey Hill Minit Markets
- Verbatim (brand)
Music video networks in the United States
- BET
- BET Soul
- Bohemia Visual Music
- CMT (American TV channel)
- Cable Music Channel
- California Music Channel
- FM (TV channel)
- Fuse (TV channel)
- Gospel Music Network
- Greek Music Television
- HTV (Latin America)
- Heartland (TV network)
- International Music Feed
- LATV
- List of Music Choice channels
- MOR Music TV
- MTV
- MTV Chi
- MTV Classic (American TV channel)
- MTV Desi
- MTV Global
- MTV Hits (Latin American TV channel)
- MTV K
- MTV Live (TV network)
- MTV Live (international TV channel)
- MTV Tres
- MTV2
- MTVU
- Music & Entertainment Television
- Myx (American TV channel)
- NOYZ
- Retro Jams
- Revolt (TV network)
- RockAmerica
- SWRV
- Spirit Television
- Tempo Networks
- The Country Network
- The Nashville Network
- The Soundtrack Channel
- The Tube Music Network
- The Worship Network
- TheCoolTV
- Universo (TV channel)
- VH1
- VH1 MegaHits
- ZUUS Latino
Paramount Media Networks
- Awesomeness (company)
- BET Media Group
- BET Networks
- CMT (American TV channel)
- Comedy Central
- List of MTV slogans
- Logo TV
- MTV
- MTV Global
- MTV News
- NASCAR Thunder (retail chain)
- Nickelodeon
- Nickelodeon Group
- O Music Awards
- Paramount International Networks
- Paramount Media Networks
- Paramount Network
- Pop (American TV channel)
- Rock Band series
- Showtime Networks
- Smithsonian Channel
- TV Land
- The Box (American TV channel)
- Urge (digital music service)
- VBS.tv
- VH1
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