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MTV
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MTV is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks and headquartered in New York City. Launched on August 1,1981, the originally aired music videos as guided by television personalities known as video jockeys. In its early years, MTVs main target demographic was young adults and it has received criticism towards this change of focus, both by certain segments of its audience and musicians. MTVs influence on its audience, including issues involving censorship and social activism, has also been a subject of debate for several years, in recent years, MTV had struggled with the secular decline of music-related cable media. In April 2016, MTV announced it would start to return to its original music roots with the reintroduction of the classic MTV series MTV Unplugged. It was also reported that the series MTV Cribs would be making a return on Snapchat, MTV has spawned numerous sister channels in the US and affiliated channels internationally, some of which have gone independent. As of July 2015, approximately 92,188,000 US households have received MTV, several earlier concepts for music video-based television programming had been around since the early 1960s. The Beatles had used music videos to promote their records starting in the mid-1960s, CBS rejected the idea, but Williams premiered his own musical composition Classical Gas on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, where he was head writer. The series featured clips from various popular artists, but was canceled by its distributor in 1971. The channel, which featured video disc jockeys, signed a deal with US Cable in 1978 to expand its audience from retail to cable television, the service was no longer active by the time MTV launched in 1981. The QUBE system offered many specialized channels, One of these specialized channels was Sight on Sound, a music channel that featured concert footage and music-oriented television programs. With the interactive QUBE service, viewers could vote for their favorite songs, the original programming format of MTV was created by media executive Robert W. Pittman, who later became president and chief executive officer of MTV Networks. Pittman had test-driven the music format by producing and hosting a 15-minute show, Album Tracks, the inspiration for PopClips came from a similar program on New Zealands TVNZ network named Radio with Pictures, which premiered in 1976. The concept itself had been in the works since 1966, when record companies began supplying the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation with promotional music clips to play on the air at no charge. Few artists made the trip to New Zealand to appear live. A shortened version of the shuttle launch ID ran at the top of hour in various forms. The first music video shown on MTV was The Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star and this was followed by the video for Pat Benatars You Better Run. Sporadically, the screen would go black when an employee at MTV inserted a tape into a VCR, MTVs lower third graphics that appeared near the beginning and end of music videos would eventually use the recognizable Kabel typeface for about 25 years
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MTV2
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MTV2 is an American digital cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom. The channel was initially broadcast over-the-air in selected markets, where the former all-request music channel known as The Box was broadcast, the channel launched initially as a constant, commercial-free music videos, once the original MTV had started to change its direction to reality television and serial documentaries. During the 2000s, the changed as well on MTV2, music video programming has been moved gradually away from MTV. In February 2015, approximately 79,416,000 American households received MTV2, MTV2 began broadcasting as simply M2 on August 1,1996 – MTVs 15th anniversary – with Becks Where Its At being the first video to air. Upon M2s launch, the new 24-hour music video proved to be as popular with viewers as MTV hoped. M2 also broadcast live over the internet during its early years, as digital cable expanded nationwide, MTV2 continued its own inexorable growth. During M2s first year, music videos were programmed to run on a 24-hour basis without repeating, leading to reports of marathon viewing sessions at college campuses across the country. However, once it became clear M2s market growth was being thwarted by the cable companies obstinance. The most obvious change—and the most upsetting to viewers—was the decision to end M2s popular 24-hour no repeat policy, predictably, this new format was as disappointing and frustrating to M2 fans as it was to the network itself. At its launch, M2 had three VJs, Jancee Dunn, Matt Pinfield and Kris Kosach, each of whom appeared on-screen 3-5 times per hour over the course of their individual 4-6 hour host segments. To many long-time MTV viewers, Pinfield was well known for hosting the seminal MTV show 120 Minutes, while Kosach, Pinfield eventually left to host other shows on MTV, while Kosach moved on to TechTV, Dunn, ever popular, remained at the channel through 2001. This unprecedented mandate gave programmers the freedom to showcase obscure and/or emerging artists, or connections between the videos themselves, e. g. the director, common themes, visual effects, etc. In addition, record companies asked to have new artists appear on the channel in taped segments with the VJs because M2 viewers were considered tastemakers and early-adopters. Even an act as huge as the Spice Girls made their first American TV appearance on M2, as did their video for Wannabe, which was a number-one hit worldwide. Starting on January 1,2000, in honor of the millennium, while a majority of videos were played, many were skipped over. The special ended in mid-April 2000, in 1997, Viacom, MTV and MTV2s parent company, bought out the independent, viewer-requested jukebox music video channel known as The Box. Starting on January 1,2001, all households that had received The Box began to receive MTV2 in its place, MTV2 also began adding television commercials to its broadcasts, beforehand, cable or satellite providers interrupted MTV2s feed to insert their own ads. MTV2 also began to separate the types of videos it played by genre, hip-hop and soul music was played for one hour every weekday at 10 a. m. and 10 p. m
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MTV Classic (U.S. TV network)
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MTV Classic is an American television network owned by Viacom Media Networks. It was originally launched in 1998 as VH1 Smooth, an adult contemporary and it was relaunched as VH1 Classic Rock in 1999, with an emphasis on classic rock. On August 1,2016, in honor of MTVs 35th anniversary, the channel was rebranded as MTV Classic, VH1 Smooth launched on August 1,1998 as a part of the Suite digital package, delaying the original launch date of July 31,1998. The channel focused on jazz, new age, and adult contemporary music. The first music video to play on the channel was a cover of Makin Whoopee by Branford Marsalis, the channel was quickly renamed VH1 Classic in 2000. The network originally played only videos but had a varied line-up of music-themed programs and they also rebroadcast programs first shown on the main VH1 channel, including Pop-Up Video and I Love the 80s. The re-branded network would also air encores of past MTV original series such as the 2011 Beavis and Butt-head revival and Laguna Beach, The Real Orange County. The networks re-launch took place at 6,00 a. m. ET with a rebroadcast of MTVs first hour on the air, several VH1 Classic programs were retained in the existing schedule, albeit in late night. Three days leading up to January 1,2017, MTV Classic aired 24-hour block Decade-a-thons consisting of videos from the 1980s leading up to the 2000s. On January 1,2017, MTV Classic unveiled a new automated all-video schedule, list of MTV channels MTV MTV2 MTV Live VH1 Official website
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MTV Tres
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MTV Tres is an American broadcast, digital cable and satellite television network owned by Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a division of the Viacom Media Networks subsidiary of Viacom. The channel is targeted toward bilingual Latinos and non-Latino Americans aged 12 to 34, the channel is currently headed by executive vice president and general manager Jose Tillan. As of August 2013, Tr3s is available to approximately 36 million pay television households in the United States, on August 1,1998, MTV Networks launched a 24-hour digital cable channel, MTV S. On October 1,2001, the channel was relaunched as MTV Español, focusing on music videos by Latin rock, in December 2005, Viacom acquired MásMúsica and ten of the networks affiliated stations. The sale was finalized in January 2006, MTV Tr3s unofficially launched on September 4,2006, when it became available on all cable and satellite providers that previously carried MTV Español. On September 25,2006, MTV Español and MásMúsica TeVe officially merged, the first program to air on the newly formed channel was the premiere of Mi TRL at 4,30 p. m. Eastern Time. In its beginnings, MTV Tr3ss programming schedule was significantly more repetitive than MTV Español was in its last days and these programs were repeated for most of the day, which greatly reduced the amount of freeform music videos played on the channel. As months passed, however, the became more varied and diverse. MTV Tres also ran short clips promoting the channel, which continue to air to this day, on July 12,2010, MTV Tres dropped the MTV name from its logo and name, officially rebranding as simply Tr3s. With the rebrand, the network expanded its programming to include additional acquired MTV programs, Tr3s broadcasts on an Eastern Time schedule and does not timeshift its programming for other U. S. time zones due to the lack of an additional feed for the Pacific Time Zone. As such, promos for Tr3s programs reference airtimes for both the Eastern and Pacific time zones, since 2014 Tr3s broadcasts music videos for at least 22 hours each day. Clasicos- Classic music videos Cafeina- Early morning music video mix Former Classic Co, – The program, which aired weekdays at 10,00 a. m. Eastern Time, featured a mix of videos from Latino artists of the 1980s and 1990s such as Selena, Ricky Martin, the title is most likely an English-language play on the Spanish term for classic, clásico, as the title might stand for Classic Company. The program was discontinued in early 2008, Los Hits – Based on MTVs Big Ten and Más Músicas Los Top 10, this program featured the most popular videos in rotation on MTV Tr3s. It was hosted by Carlos Santos or Denise Ramirez featuring interviews with popular artists, the program was discontinued in mid-2007. Tr3s or False – This program was a music video/text message-based game show that awarded viewers points, the program was discontinued in early 2009. Music My Guey – This program focuses on viewer requested music videos, Top 20 – Similar to Las 40 Principales from Más Música, this program is a countdown of the top 20 videos in rotation on the channel during the week. In late June 2008, the changed the shows format, most music videos are no longer played in their entirety
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MTV Live (TV network)
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MTV Live is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom. In the winter of 2005, F. Stone Roberts, Agent Ogden, Colin Oberschmidt, Sonia Taylor, and George Oliphant took residence in Vail, Colorado to launch the channel. The team produced live concerts and a weekly music show, called Uncompressed. The channels original executive producer was Morgan Hertzan, who had worked with mtvU, olympic bump skier, pro football player, Jeremy Bloom was a guest VJ during the original run in Vail. Original concerts produced at Vail Resorts included James Blunt, Jamie Cullum, Yellowcard, Train, P. O. D, Hoobastank, Goo Goo Dolls, Gary Allan, The Fray, Death Cab For Cutie, and Mat Kearney. The network officially launched on January 16,2006 as Music, at its debut, the channel had limited distribution with Verizon FiOS being the only provider to carry MHD. Two months later, Cox Communications reached an agreement to carry the channel, which was added to Cox systems in New Orleans, Tulsa, Oklahoma City. Around the same time, Comcast started carrying the channel on its systems in Boston, charter Communications began carrying the channel on its St. Louis system on July 18,2006, adding the channel to its systems in the northern Midwest in early November of that year. Time Warner Cable began carrying the channel in regions in late December 2006. In 2007, Service Electric Cable Television began to carry the channel on its systems in northeastern, on October 4,2007, DirecTV began carrying the network nationwide. The channel changed its name to Palladia on September 1,2008, initially, Mitsubishi Electric Digital Televisions was the exclusive sponsor. Currently no other details outside of the notice, along with the addition of best of episodes of the PBS/KLRU music series Austin City Limits, have been revealed. Despite the rebranding, network officials made no change in focus towards any reality programming is planned. Specials formerly broadcast on MTV Live included the HD simulcasts of the MTV Europe Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, CMT Music Awards, as carriage of the MTV, CMT and VH1 HD simulcast networks expanded, these programs became exclusive to their parent channels HD broadcast streams. In addition to the programs listed below, MTV Live frequently broadcasts concert footage, best of Austin City Limits CMT Crossroads Epic. Awesome. Videos Front and Center Later. Official website Vail Daily Article USA Today Article
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MTVU
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MTVU is an American digital cable television network owned by the Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom. Music videos played on the channel primarily consist of rock, pop punk. MTV Networks proposal for a channel targeting college students, tentatively called MTV University, CTN began as a venture that installed video jukeboxes on campuses. Seven months later, after CTN wound up in trouble and as National Lampoon had just acquired the defunct Burly Bear. In February 2008, MTV Networks discontinued VH1 Uno, a sparsely viewed Spanish language music video channel, according to its promotional materials, MTVU broadcasts exclusive content dedicated to aspects of college life, including music, news, and on-campus events. The channel was the first MTV network to all of its content online. MTVU shows include Deans List, the MTVU Awards, and MTVU Spring Break, MTVU plays a mix of music videos with an emphasis on emerging artists. Each hour, MTVU broadcasts news updates from ABC News, including international news, twice an hour, MTV News airs stories on subjects such as music downloading, and musical artists under promotion by MTVU. Additionally, MTVU airs several programs produced by and featuring college students. It has also started a networking site Meet or Delete. MTVU broadcasts its own semi-annual awards show, the mtvU Woodie Awards, the 2006 ceremony was also notable for the altercation of Elijah Wood and Scott from the music blog Stereogum with Jared Leto. The 2008 awards had a fan voting for the Best Music On Campus award. Winners at the 2008 Woodie Awards included Paramore and There for Tomorrow, winners at the 2009 Woodie Awards included Green Day, Kings of Leon, Matt & Kim, NeverShoutNever, Tech N9ne and Hotel of the Laughing Tree. Winners at the 2014 Woodie Awards include Beyoncé, Drake, Ed Sheeran, fall Out Boy will become the first inductees at Hall of Wood at the 2015 Woodie Awards. They had won the Streaming Woodie award for Grand Theft Autumn at the first ceremony in 2004, the online game Darfur is Dying was developed as part of an MTVU contest, and other Sudan genocide coverage won MTVU two Emmys, including the 2006 Governors Award. Its Half of Us initiative won a Peabody Award in 2007 for its research and dedication to fighting depression. MTVU also provides grants for student activists, giving away $1,000 a week to various student groups, MTVU currently co-sponsors the ecomagination Challenge with GE, which aims to empower college students to solve environmental problems on campuses. MTVU also sponsored the Film Your Issue competition, a designed to encourage college-age filmmakers to make short political pieces
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Censorship on MTV
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Censorship on MTV has been the subject of debate for years. MTV, the first and most popular television network in the U. S. has come under criticism for being too politically correct and sensitive. MTV altered or removed shows from the schedule and music videos were censored, moved to late-night rotation. MTV came under criticism for being too politically correct and sensitive when it came to censorship and this was most prevalent in the eventual decline of the hit show Jackass. The creators of Jackass often felt that MTVs producers did not let the show run its course due to the excessive restraints placed on the Jackass team. MTVs influence also affected its famous animated program, Beavis and Butt-head. In the wake of controversy followed a child burning down his house after allegedly watching the show. Also, Beavis tendency to flick a lighter and scream the word fire was removed from new episodes, and controversial scenes were removed from existing episodes before rebroadcast. Some of the edits were so extensive that when series creator Mike Judge compiled his Collection DVDs he found out some of those episodes may not even exist actually in their original form. The Parents Television Council has argued that much of the material on MTV is easily discernible because of the context in which it is presented. In the 1980s, parent-media watchdog groups such as the PMRC criticized MTV over certain music videos that were claimed to have explicit imagery of Satanism, MTV has developed a strict policy on refusal to air videos that may depict devil worship or anti-religious bigotry. This led MTV to ban the videos for Jesus Christ Pose by Soundgarden, usually, all racial slurs are censored on MTV music videos and programming. MTV has emphasized racial tolerance and diversity awareness for people of all races, MTV refused to air the music video Bombs by Faithless due to its anti-war message. Examples of such edits have included, In the song Beautiful Girls by Sean Kingston, in Michael Jacksons single They Dont Care About Us, MTV has replaced the words Jew me and kike me with do me and strike me in the line Jew me, sue me. Kick me, kike me, dont you black or white me, jackson argued that the song used the words to describe prejudice and that it was poor judgment to select Jewish people as explanatory words. This Love by Maroon 5 had the words coming and sinking muted out due to possible sexual connotations, to deal with criticism over risque content in certain videos, MTV moved certain videos to late-night rotation in censored format. Such videos included If I Could Turn Back Time by Cher, the song Étienne by Guesch Patti was moved to late-night rotation in MTV Europe in 1987 due to a striptease scene. In 2002, MTV2 showed this video in its special Most Controversial Videos, in 2002, only MTV2 would play the Public Enemy video Gotta Give the Peeps What They Need, because it contained free Mumia in the lyrics
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Viacom Media Networks
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Its sister international division is Viacom International Media Networks. The company was founded in 1984 after Warner Communications and American Express decided to divest the basic cable assets of Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, renaming it as MTV Networks, Warner-Amex had originally created and owned Nickelodeon, MTV, VH1 and The Movie Channel. Viacom acquired 66% of the company in 1985 and then acquired the remaining interest in 1986 and it was then folded into Viacom International Inc. a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. and is no longer a distinct legal entity. Viacom Media Networks family of brands is divided into three sections, based on the type of programming and audiences they serve. All networks are simulcasted in high definition aside from the music networks. The company also owns internet properties, such as MTV News, MTV International, the company ran a virtual world system, Virtual MTV in the late 2000s. It formerly owned Neopets, Atom Entertainment, and other web properties before shutting them down or selling them to companies in the 2000s and 2010s. Viacom had a division called MTV Games, which used to publish the Rock Band and Dance Central series by Harmonix Music Systems. MTV Networks opened another game division called 345 Games in New York City, the Rock Band series and the Dance Central series will be published by other publishers. The first game published by 345 Games was Ugly Americans, Apocalypsegaddeon based on the Comedy Central TV series, recently,345 Games has announced a video game based on the popular MMA franchise, Bellator Fighting Championships. Viacom International Media Networks is a division of Viacom International and its headquarters are based in New York, London, Warsaw and Buenos Aires. It consists of 64 localized MTV channels, MTV Live HD, VH1, Nickelodeon, TMF, VIVA, Comedy Central, Game One, Nitrome Limited, Shockwave, Addicting Games, Atom Films and Xfire. S. Including MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon are experiencing falls in viewership unlike other US broadcasters, MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon are of most concern to investors
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Music
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Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time. The common elements of music are pitch, rhythm, dynamics, different styles or types of music may emphasize, de-emphasize or omit some of these elements. The word derives from Greek μουσική, Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies. Common sayings such as the harmony of the spheres and it is music to my ears point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to. However, 20th-century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music, saying, for example, There is no noise, the creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. There are many types of music, including music, traditional music, art music, music written for religious ceremonies. For example, it can be hard to draw the line between some early 1980s hard rock and heavy metal, within the arts, music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art or as an auditory art. People may make music as a hobby, like a teen playing cello in a youth orchestra, the word derives from Greek μουσική. According to the Online Etymological Dictionary, the music is derived from mid-13c. Musike, from Old French musique and directly from Latin musica the art of music and this is derived from the. Greek mousike of the Muses, from fem. of mousikos pertaining to the Muses, from Mousa Muse. In classical Greece, any art in which the Muses presided, Music is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, or as an entertainment product for the marketplace. With the advent of recording, records of popular songs. Some music lovers create mix tapes of their songs, which serve as a self-portrait. An environment consisting solely of what is most ardently loved, amateur musicians can compose or perform music for their own pleasure, and derive their income elsewhere. Professional musicians sometimes work as freelancers or session musicians, seeking contracts and engagements in a variety of settings, There are often many links between amateur and professional musicians. Beginning amateur musicians take lessons with professional musicians, in community settings, advanced amateur musicians perform with professional musicians in a variety of ensembles such as community concert bands and community orchestras. However, there are many cases where a live performance in front of an audience is also recorded and distributed. Live concert recordings are popular in classical music and in popular music forms such as rock, where illegally taped live concerts are prized by music lovers
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MTV Unplugged
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MTV Unplugged is an American television series showcasing musical artists usually playing acoustic instruments. The show has received the George Foster Peabody Award and 3 Primetime Emmy nominations among many accolades, MTV launched MTV Unplugged in 1989. The show featured musicians performing unplugged versions of their electric repertoire, many of these performances were subsequently released as albums, often featuring the title Unplugged. The direct inspiration for the series came in the immediately preceding the creation of the MTV program. The catalyst was a series of highly publicized unplugged performances that occurred in the late 1970s, the performances were widely seen and heard on the 1980 live album and the UK-only movie of the benefit and inspired other rock performers to emulate Townshend. The 1982 live album of performances and the US version of The Secret Policemans Other Ball movie both became very successful and were widely seen and heard in the USA. The phenomenon of rock stars re-creating their hits in a manner was thus well established by the early 1980s though the word unplugged had not yet been applied to the concept. In addition, the late 1980s saw a renewed interest in folk, many new acts established during the period had a strong folk/acoustic influence, e. g. Sinéad OConnor, Suzanne Vega, Lyle Lovett, Michael Penn, Enya, and Bruce Hornsby and the Range. The first rock artist to perform in a mode on MTV was Jethro Tull. XTC performed acoustically in May 1989, and Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora performed Livin on a Prayer, the pilot and first seven episodes were produced by Bruce Leddy, after which Associate Producer Alex Coletti took over for the remainder of the series. After the first 13 episodes, the role of host was eliminated, the show was produced by Viacom and RSE Inc and was most frequently directed by Milton Lage and Beth McCarthy. The series first aired November 26,1989, featuring Squeeze, Syd Straw, the first 13 episodes were hosted by American singer-songwriter Jules Shear and featured Aerosmith, Elton John, Sinéad OConnor, Poison and Stevie Ray Vaughan among others. Paul McCartneys 1991 appearance was released on the Unplugged album. Show producer Alex Coletti went on to say that had McCartney not released it, joe Walsh appeared on the show in 1990 with Dr. John. MTV invited Henley to perform on the show, but Henley wanted to have a show featuring only himself, at that point, MTV was sharing the time between different artists. On April 10,1991, Unplugged aired its first ever acoustic rap show, the special kicked off with individual performances by LL Cool J along with MC Lyte, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest and a five piece back-up band, Pops Cool Love. The highlight of the show was LL Cool Js energetic renditions of Jingling Baby, in 1992, Mariah Carey performed a cover version of The Jackson 5s hit Ill Be There along with backup singer Trey Lorenz
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Total Request Live
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Total Request Live was a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTVs prime outlet for music videos as the continued to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to videos, TRL featured daily guests. The show was a promotion tool used by musicians, actors. TRL played the ten most requested videos of the day. The show generally aired Monday through Thursday for one hour, though the scheduling, despite the word Live in the title of the show, many episodes were actually pre-recorded. MTV announced the cancellation of TRL on September 15,2008, the special three-hour finale episode, Total Finale Live, aired on November 16,2008. An international version of TRL aired on MTV Italy until 2010, origin of TRL can be traced back to 1997 when MTV began producing MTV Live from the newly opened MTV studios in Times Square in New York City. MTV Live featured celebrity interviews, musical performances, and regular news updates, music videos were not the major focus of the program. For a time, the show more than 750,000 viewers. During the same period, MTV aired a countdown show simply called Total Request. Total Request was far more subdued, as Daly introduced music videos from an empty, as the show progressed and gained more momentum with viewers tuning in, it was soon added to the list of daytime programming during MTVs Summer Share in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. In Fall 1998, MTV producers merged the real-time aspect of MTV Live with the fan-controlled countdown power of Total Request into Total Request Live, the series made its debut from MTV Studios on September 14,1998. The show then grew to become MTVs unofficial flagship program, the original host of TRL, Carson Daly, brought popularity to the show. The widely known abbreviation of TRL was adopted as the title of the show in February 1999, after Daly. In the years following, the program was referred to by its complete title. TRL spent its first year developing a cult-type following, in the fall of 1999, a live studio audience was added to the show. By spring 2000, the countdown reached its peak, becoming a recognizable pop culture icon in its first two years of existence
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Catfish: The TV Show
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Catfish, The TV Show is an American reality-based documentary television series airing on MTV about the truths and lies of online dating. The series is based on the 2010 film Catfish and is co-hosted by Nev Schulman and it premiered on November 12,2012. The fifth season premiered on February 24,2016, Season 6 premiered on March 1,2017. These catfish usually intend to trick a person or persons into falling in love with them. MTV and the Catfish films producers, Schulman and Joseph, help people who are entangled with someone they have never met in real life. Each episode is an investigation into whether or not the participant in the virtual relationship is legitimate or if they are, in fact. Some couples have been communicating for a few months—others, for years, Nev claims that he has received requests from people asking him for his help in determining whether or not their online-only lover is lying or truthful about their identity. In each episode the hosts help a different individual with a different story, travelling to wherever they live and using background checks, Nev and Max contact the other person to arrange a first-ever meeting between the two virtual lovers, then documents how both people are impacted. The show presents the hopeful as the one who initiates contact with Schulman and Joseph in an attempt to discover the identity of their online romance. Some of the casting calls do solicit stories from hopefuls. Producers then proceed to gather information about the deception from the catfish, for legal reasons, all persons involved on the series sign contracts agreeing to appear on camera prior to the episode even entering production. In Season 3s Miranda and Camryn episode, the catfish did change their mind about meeting the hopeful, and only appeared via Skype. The hosts are given no information about the catfish, and while the catfish has already agreed to appear on the show, Nev Schulman explained more about the reverse-engineering in an August 2014 interview, A lot of the stories that we get come from the catfish side of things. People who feel so terrible that theyve been lying to a friend or a lover on the internet for a long time. They want to clean, but they fear if they simply told the truth, the other person would be very upset that theyve been lied to and deceived. And so theyre hopeful that by coming on the show maybe we can facilitate some kind of amicable exchange, so orchestrate very delicately, and staying out of it as much as possible, a scenario by which the hopeful reaches out to me. And so just pick up from there, no idea of course that the other persons already expressed interest in meeting. And the doesnt know that were doing it
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Real World (TV series)
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Real World is a reality television series on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. Seven to eight young adults are picked to temporarily live in a new city together in one residence while being filmed non-stop, following Bunims death from breast cancer in 2004, Bunim/Murray Productions continues to produce the program. The current 32nd season, set in Seattle, Washington, premiered on October 12,2016, the Real World was inspired by the 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family. It focuses on the lives of a group of strangers who audition to live together in a house for several months, the show moves to a different city each season. The narration given over the title sequence used during the first 28 seasons by the seven housemates states some variation of the following. Picked to live in a house, and have their lives taped. to find out what happens. When people stop being polite. and start getting real. The Real World, the Real World was originally inspired by the popularity of youth-oriented shows of the 1990s like Beverly Hills,90210 and Melrose Place. Bunim and Murray initially considered developing a series in a similar vein, but quickly decided that the cost of paying writers, actors, costume designers. Bunim and Murray decided against this idea, and at the last minute, Dutch TV producer Erik Latour claims that the ideas for The Real World were directly derived from his television show Nummer 28, which aired in 1991 on Dutch television. The production converted a massive, 4000-square-foot duplex in Soho, cast seven cast members from 500 applicants, the cast lived in the loft from February 16 to May 18,1992. The series premiered three days later, on May 21,1992, at the time of its initial airing, reviews of the show were mostly negative. Shales also remarked upon the cast members’ creative career choices, saying, nonetheless, the series was a hit with viewers. As the show increased in popularity, Zamora’s life as living with AIDS gained considerable notice. Zamora was one of the first openly gay men with AIDS to be portrayed in popular media, by July 1995, the series surpassed Beavis and Butt-head as the networks top-rated show during the fourth season, The Real World, London. Appearing on the program has served as a springboard to further success. Eric Nies of the New York cast went on to become a model, actor and his housemate, Kevin Powell, became a successful author, poet, journalist, and politician. Their housemate Heather B. Gardner went on to become a music artist under the professional name Heather B. Winick also published Pedro and Me, a novel about his friendship with fellow castmate Pedro Zamora
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My Super Sweet 16
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My Super Sweet 16 is an MTV reality TV series documenting the lives of teenagers, usually in the United States, Canada and UK, generally with wealthy parents who throw huge coming of age celebrations. Parties include the quinceañera, the sweet 16, and other birthdays including a My Super Sweet 21, the show premiered on January 18,2005 and ended its run on June 15,2008. The opening theme is Sweet Sixteen sung by Hilary Duff, the show has also covered a number of celebrity coming of age parties. Bow Wow, Sean Kingston, Aly and AJ, Chris Brown, Soulja Boy Tell Em, a United Kingdom version of the program was also produced, and also a Spanish version entitled Quiero mis quinces or Super Dulces 16 produced by MTV. In 2008, MTV launched a spinoff titled Exiled, on the show, a number of parents of participants on My Super Sweet 16 banish their teens to remote countries in order to see if their sweet sixteener will survive the harsh conditions. In March 2010, MTV International commissioned Maverick TV in the UK to make a new, casting has begun globally on a series of 10 episodes, and interested parties are encouraged to go to the casting website. The brand has been extended to people having birthdays aged 13–24. The series has ended its run. Bobcat Goldthwait noted that watching the My Super Sweet 16 marathon inspired him to write his controversial film God Bless America, prior to attaining stardom in film, Jennifer Lawrence made her on-screen acting debut in an advertisement for the series depicting a fictional scenario. MTVs Mysupersweet16. com is the component of MTVs eponymous show which focuses on extravagant coming outs, sweet 16s, Quinceañeras. The show has been criticised for its excesses and the effects of presenting such over the top parties as a norm to impressionable young people. English satirist Charlie Brooker gave a light-hearted criticism of the show on BBC4s Screenwipe and he said the show might be an Al-Qaeda recruitment film. However, he added that thats exactly how the show wants you to feel - its even more effective at creating instant hate figures than Big Brother, and thats saying something. One teenager is seen screaming at her mother and saying she hates her after having received a new Lexus SC430, costing US$67,000, however, after the episode aired, she apologized for the tantrum. Hip-Hop artist Common made reference to the show as well as Exiled in a line from his single The Game, Watching Sweet Sixteen, in the film Bratz, a character named Meredith throws a Super Sweet 16 Party, and has MTV film it. The show was parodied on an episode of Comedy Centrals South Park, Satan was intent on throwing an over-the-top Halloween bash. His behavior reflected that of the sweet 16ers preparing for their coming-of-age birthdays, in the end, when Satan realizes his folly, the audience considers the sweet 16ers to be worse than Satan. Trey Parker further commented, I can say. every single girl that has been on that show, in 2016, on the occasion of his 60th birthday, US actor Bryan Cranston featured in a parody titled My Super Sweet 60 for the Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Teen Mom
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Teen Mom, renamed Teen Mom OG since the fifth season, is an American reality television series that premiered on December 8,2009 on MTV. Developed as the first spin-off of 16 and Pregnant, it aired four seasons before its conclusion on October 9,2012. Its revival was announced in February 2015, with its fifth season scheduled to premiere on March 23,2015. The pilot episode was the networks highest-rated premiere in over a year, with 2.1 million total viewers, the record was surpassed by the controversial series Skins, the first-season finale brought in 3.6 million viewers. The second-season finale pulled in over 5.6 million viewers, in December 2016, Portwood announced her decision to quit the series, citing what she felt was unfair treatment following the sixth seasons finale and reunion shows. However, during one of the Teen Mom 2 Live, after shows, host Nessa stated Portwood would not be present for the show due to filming for the upcoming season of Teen Mom OG, meaning she would return for the upcoming season. An aspiring model, Farrah Abraham is the mother of Sophia Laurent Abraham, whose father, Derek Underwood, was killed in a car accident on December 28,2008, two months before her birth. In January 2010, Farrahs mother, Debra Danielson, was charged with assault in an Iowa court for hitting her, as a result of the fight with her mother, Farrah and Sophia moved out of her mothers house. She started seeing a therapist to discuss the relationship with her family, as well as dealing with her emotions regarding Underwood. She published her autobiography, My Teenage Dream Ended in August 2012, in May 2013, Vivid Entertainment released a sex tape featuring Abraham having sex with porn star James Deen. It has been reported that Abraham sold the footage, which was intended to be marketed as a celebrity sex tape. Abraham defended her decision to make and sell her porn video, Maci McKinney, the mother of Bentley Cadence Edwards, is described by MTV as the classic teenage overachiever who is popular, athletic, and successful in school. Maci gets fed up with Ryan when he not help her juggle parenthood, school. Bookout said the reason she participated in the show was because she wanted to get a message across and stated. I wanted girls who might get pregnant to see there are out there to move forward with your life. She has gone back to college after dropping her online classes and she also speaks at local high schools about the challenges of teen pregnancy. In December 2014, Maci announced she was expecting her second child, Bookout gave birth to their daughter, Jayde Carter, on May 29,2015. In February 2016, Bookout revealed she is expecting her third child, Maverick made his appearance on May 31,2016
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Teen Mom 2
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Teen Mom 2 is an American reality television series that premiered January 11,2011, on MTV. It follows the lives of Jenelle Evans, Chelsea DeBoer, Kailyn Lowry, the series also focuses on the themes of their changing relationships between family, friends, and boys, while highlighting the struggles of young mothers raising children. The seventh season premiered on March 21,2016, Jenelle Evans and her boyfriend Kieffer Delp were arrested on October 15,2010 for breaking and entering and drug possession. According to a report filed by Officer W. D. Everett, he. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 months of supervised probation, prosecutors dropped the drug possession and breaking and entering charges, and on May 6 dropped the paraphernalia charge after Evans had completed 24 hours of community service. Evans was arrested again on March 28,2011 for assault after a video surfaced of her in an altercation with another teen named Brittany Truett and she was booked into Brunswick County Detention Center in North Carolina and released on bond. In May 2011, Evans checked herself into a center in Malibu. She was again arrested on August 8,2011, for violation of her probation, according to her lawyer, Evans had a meeting with her probation officer and tested positive for marijuana and opiates. Evans was arrested for a time on January 10,2012 for allegedly making harassing phone calls and communicating threats to former roommate. She was released after posting $1,000 bail, Evans would be taken back into police custody six days later on January 16,2012 for violating a domestic violence protection order. She was due back in court on March 23,2012, on April 24,2012, all of her charges were finally dropped. At the time of her arrest, Evans was also served with a warrant for non-payment of child support, on December 14,2013, Evans was arrested for disturbing the peace after an argument with her boyfriend, Nathan Griffith. She was booked at 5,11 p. m. and was released on bond at 6,14 p. m. the same day
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True Life
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True Life is an American documentary television series that has been airing on MTV since March 31,1998. Each episode follows a particular topic, such as heroin addiction as in the first episode – Fatal Dose, the show is created by following a series of subjects by a camera crew through a certain part of their lives. True Life has covered over 140 topics from drug use, money issues, the show has aired 18 seasons and 328 episodes so far. There is an intersection between this show and other shows. In the episode Im Bisexual, Sydney goes on a date with A. D. from From Gs to Gents, in 2011, Sydney was featured in season 6 of Oxygens Bad Girls Club. Lazar, who was in the episode Im in A Love Triangle, was in a 2007 episode of Parental Control, won 2009 Emmy Award for Best Special Class Series
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Are You the One?
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Are You the One. is an American reality television series on MTV. It follows 20 people who are living together in a destination to find their perfect match. If the 10 men and 10 women are able to choose all ten perfect matches in ten weeks. Each episode the cast will pair up with whoever they believe their perfect match is to compete in a challenge, the winners of the challenge will go on a date, and have a chance to test their match in the truth booth. The cast members choose one of the winning couples to go to the truth booth to determine if they are a perfect match or not. This is the way to confirm matches. Each episode ends with a ceremony where the couples will be told how many perfect matches they have. Eight of the couples are still together, including season 1s Ethan Diamond and Amber Lee, on March 22,2017, a spin-off show titled Are You The One, Second Chances will premiere. 10 perfect matches from previous seasons return, and the guy/gal teams will compete in a litany of games designed to test the strength of their bonds. Each week, the victors will be rewarded with cash, season one premiered on January 21,2014. Notes Name Confirmed Perfect Match Name Unconfirmed Perfect Match In Week 5, Ryan Awarded the house 2 Truth Booths, Chris T. and Paige were a confirmed match in episode 6, but due to his relationship with Shanley, the episode ended with a to be continued. Adam Kuhn & Shanley McIntee returned for the Are You The One, baby Special and Reunion aired on September 29,2014. During this reunion, the gender of Ethan and Ambers baby was revealed to be a girl, both parents-to-be got emotional when they found out they were having a girl. There were also conflicts between Scali and Jacy, Shanley and Chris T, and Ryan and Adam, the end of the episode resulted in most conflicts being resolved. Jacy stated that she would be moving to New York and they would take their relationship from there, brittany told the camera that she would be taking Ryan home to meet her parents. Filmed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, season two premiered on October 6,2014. It was set in Puerto Rico. This time, one guy has two matches which means that there will be eleven girls, but only ten boys. Christina is revealed as the first girl of the threeway couple and it is a race between Christina and another girl to find her perfect match and be confirmed as such in the Truth-Booth. The first couple of the threeway-couple to do so will end up in the honeymoon-suite, the other girl will have to leave empty-handed
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Fear Factor
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Fear Factor is an American stunt/dare game show that originally aired between 2001 and 2006. It was later revived in 2011, only to be cancelled again on May 13,2012, after its second cancellation, a two-part special aired in July 2012. The original Dutch version was called Now or Neverland, when Endemol USA and NBC adapted it to the American market in 2001, they changed the name to Fear Factor. The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of stunts for a grand prize, the show was hosted by comedian and UFC commentator Joe Rogan, produced by Matt Kunitz and David A. Hurwitz, and directed by J. Rupert Thompson. In 2006, Fear Factor faced tough competition with the TV ratings champion, Foxs talent series American Idol on Tuesday nights, the ratings continued trending downward in mid-2006. The series was cancelled by NBC in May 2006 after six seasons. The network began airing the remainder of the season on June 13,2006, in 2004, Fear Factor became the first network reality show to be syndicated. Over its six seasons, Fear Factor earned NBC a reported $600 million in advertising revenue, currently only the first season has been released on DVD, but in early 2009, plans were made to release a box set containing the entire series on DVD. The project was put on hold for a reason in March 2010. On June 5,2010, it was announced that the project was cancelled because of the low sales of the first season DVD, eight episodes were ordered, with two of them being two-hour episodes and Rogan returning to the hosting duties. The program began airing December 12,2011, with the episode airing July 16,2012. On May 13,2012, NBC announced that Fear Factor was officially cancelled and it is unknown whether or not the show will be revived again for a third time. In addition to Chiller, reruns of Fear Factor have aired in syndication, on FX, in addition, Fear Factor has a YouTube channel where previously unaired footage is shown. Before the contestants are introduced, Rogan gives a verbal disclaimer, if a contestant/team is too scared to attempt a stunt, failed to complete a stunt, or had the worst performance on a stunt, they are eliminated from the competition. If no one successfully completed the first or the second stunt, the only exception to this was in season one, where if one person completed the stunt, then the completer won $10,000 and the $50,000 grand prize was not reduced. Only once in the history of Fear Factor did the $50,000 top prize go unclaimed in an episode and this happened on a Best Friends edition on September 27,2004, when none of the remaining teams were able to complete the final stunt. In the stunt, one member of each team had to drive a ramp car, the one driving the sports car had to drive it onto the truck bed via the ramp car. If the sports car fell off of the bed at any time
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Ridiculousness (TV series)
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Ridiculousness is an American comedy clip show that began airing on August 29,2011. It is hosted by Rob Dyrdek and co-hosted by Sterling Steelo Brim, Ridiculousness shows various viral videos from the Internet, usually involving failed do-it-yourself attempts at stunts, to which Rob and his panelists add mock commentary. On September 10,2012, Ridiculousness was renewed for a twenty episode third season and it premiered on February 14,2013, and included a crossover with Jersey Shore when Pauly D guest-starred. The season would go into hiatus in April 2013 and return on July 18,2013. Season 3 averaged a 1.6 P12-34 rating and is the No.1 original cable series in its slot with P12-34. The series was renewed for a season before the season 8 finale. The ninth season premeired on January 20,2017. David Wiegand of the San Francisco Chronicle stated, The best thing about watching online is that you dont have to listen to Dyrdeks patter or the contributions of his guests. The bigger danger is in watching the show in the first place, in other words, dont try this at home. In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that Ridiculousness is most popular in rural Alaska, New Mexico and Montana, MTV France announced Ridiculous, Made In France March 29,2016 on its website. It is hosted by Jean-Baptiste GOUPIL and co-hosted by Jimmy Fait LCon, the Brazilian version of the show, Ridículos MTV, began on 7 June 2016 on MTV. This show is hosted by Felipe Titto and co-hosted by Ellen Milgrau, the Dutch version of the show, Dutch Ridiculousness started 27 November 2016 on MTV Netherlands. This show is hosted by Edson Da Graca and co-hosted by Gaby Blaaser, the Italian version of the show, Ridiculousness Italia started 20 September 2016 on MTV, the program is hosted by Stefano Corti and Alessandro Onnis with Giulia Salemi. On February 6,2015, the Chilean version titled Ridículos Chile, official website Ridiculousness at the Internet Movie Database
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Scream (TV series)
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Scream is an American slasher television series developed by Jill Blotevogel, Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie for MTV and is based on the slasher film series of the same name created by Kevin Williamson. The series is produced by Dimension Television and MTV Production Development, Blotevogel and Paglia originally served as showrunners during the first season before being replaced by Michael Gans and Richard Register in the second season, because of creative differences. The series is situated in the town of Lakewood, where a string of murders take place. At the center of these murders is Emma Duval, a girl who is somehow tied to the towns dark past. The series premiered on June 30,2015 on MTV and concluded its first season on September 1,2015, the series was officially picked up for a second season on July 29,2015. It was announced the series would air a two-hour Halloween special on October 18,2016, though technically not a co-production, the series does air in rest of the territories globally as Netflix Original, due to Netflix having exclusive international distribution rights to the series. On October 14,2016, MTV renewed the series for a season to consist of 6 episodes. Emma Duvall, a girl who is somehow linked to the towns past, is the killers main obsession. With both her family and friends in apparent danger, she sets out to uncover the towns mysteries and unmask the killer once. This proves difficult, however, especially when everyone is a suspect, Willa Fitzgerald as Emma Duval, a sweet, caring, and recently popular high school student and daughter of Maggie Duval. Bex Taylor-Klaus as Audrey Jensen, a sassy and blunt bicurious filmmaker, John Karna as Noah Foster, a witty and intelligent geek who is extremely knowledgeable about horror films. Amadeus Serafini as Kieran Wilcox, a new student living with his father who becomes Emmas main love interest, connor Weil as Will Belmont, Emmas ex-boyfriend, and Jake Fitzgeralds best friend. Carlson Young as Brooke Maddox, a beautiful, rich and troubled but kind-hearted girl who is Emmas best friend, Jason Wiles as Sheriff Clark Hudson, the former sheriff of Lakewood. Tracy Middendorf as Maggie Duval, Emmas single mother and the medical examiner, Kiana Brown as Zoe Vaughn, fellow high school student, a driven overachiever who harbors a secret and was Noahs love interest. Santiago Segura as Gustavo Stavo Acosta, a high school student and the son of Sheriff Acosta, he is a skilled artist who is deeply into horror, serial killers and comic books. Brianne Tju as Riley Marra, Emmas best friend who takes interest in Noah, amelia Rose Blaire as Piper Shaw, a podcaster who comes to Lakewood to investigate the recent murders. Tom Maden as Jake Fitzgerald, Brookes recent love interest and Will Belmonts best friend, bobby Campo as Seth Branson, a teacher who had a secret relationship with Brooke. Bryan Batt as Mayor Quinn Maddox, Brookes father and the mayor of Lakewood, sosie Bacon as Rachel Murray, Audreys lesbian girlfriend
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Friends
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Friends is an American television sitcom, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22,1994, to May 6,2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer, the series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. The original executive producers were Kevin S. Bright, Marta Kauffman, Kauffman and Crane began developing Friends under the title Insomnia Cafe between November and December 1993. They presented the idea to Bright, and together they pitched a seven-page treatment of the show to NBC, after several script rewrites and changes, including a title change to Six of One and Friends Like Us, the series was finally named Friends. Filming took place at Warner Bros, All ten seasons of Friends ranked within the top ten of the final television season ratings, ultimately reaching the No.1 spot with its eighth season. Friends received acclaim throughout its run, becoming one of the most popular shows of all time. The series was nominated for 62 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning the Outstanding Comedy Series award in 2002 for its eighth season. The show ranked no.21 on TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, in 1997, the episode The One with the Prom Video was ranked no.100 on TV Guides 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time. In 2013, Friends ranked no.24 on the Writers Guild of Americas 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time, Rachel Green flees her wedding day and seeks out childhood friend Monica Geller, a New York City chef. Episodes typically depict the friends comedic and romantic adventures and career issues, the six characters each have many dates and serious relationships, such as Monica with Richard Burke and Ross with Emily Waltham. The series featured six main characters throughout its run, Jennifer Aniston portrays Rachel Green, Rachel first moves in with Monica in season one after nearly marrying Barry Farber, whom she realizes she does not love. Rachel and Ross Geller are later involved in a relationship throughout the series. Rachel’s first job is as a waitress at the coffeehouse Central Perk, Rachel and Ross have a daughter named Emma in The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part Two at the end of season eight. In the final episode of the series, Ross and Rachel finally confess their love for each other, Courteney Cox portrays Monica Geller, the mother hen of the group and a chef, known for her perfectionist, bossy, competitive, and obsessive-compulsive nature. Monica is often teased by the others for having been extremely overweight as a child. Monica works as a chef in various restaurants throughout the show, Monica’s first serious relationship is with long-time family friend Richard Burke, who is twenty-one years her senior. The couple maintains a relationship for some time, until Richard expresses that he does not want to have children. Lisa Kudrow portrays Phoebe Buffay, a masseuse and self-taught musician
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South Park
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South Park is an American adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for the television network, Comedy Central. The show revolves around four boys—Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, Parker and Stone developed the show from The Spirit of Christmas, two consecutive animated shorts created in 1992 and 1995. The latter became one of the first Internet viral videos, ultimately leading to South Parks production and it debuted in August 1997 with great success, consistently earning the highest ratings of any basic cable program. Subsequent ratings have varied but it remains one of Comedy Centrals highest rated shows, the pilot episode was produced using cutout animation, leading to all subsequent episodes produced with computer animation that emulated the technique ever since. Parker and Stone perform most of the acting for the shows male characters. Since 2000, each episode is written and produced during the week preceding its broadcast, with Parker serving as the primary writer. There have been a total of 277 episodes over the course of the shows 20 seasons, South Park has received numerous accolades, including five Primetime Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, and numerous inclusions in various publications lists of greatest television shows. In 2013, TV Guide ranked South Park the tenth Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time, the show follows the exploits of four boys, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick. The boys live in the small town of South Park. Stan is portrayed as the everyman of the group, as the website describes him as an average. Kyle is the lone Jew among the group, and his portrayal in this role is often dealt satirically, Stan is modeled after Parker, while Kyle is modeled after Stone. They are best friends, and their friendship, symbolically intended to reflect Parker, Eric Cartman is loud, obnoxious, and amoral, often portrayed as an antagonist. His anti-Semitic attitude has resulted in a rivalry with Kyle. Kenny, who comes from a family, wears his parka hood so tightly that it covers most of his face. During the shows first five seasons, Kenny would die in every episode before returning in the next with little-to-none. He was written out of the sixth season in 2002. Since then, Kennys death has been used by the shows creators. During the shows first 58 episodes, the boys were in the third grade, in the season four episode 4th Grade, they entered the fourth grade, but have remained ever since
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Entertainment Tonight
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As of 2015, the programs weekday broadcasts are currently anchored by Nancy ODell and Kevin Frazier, while the weekend editions are anchored by Cameron Mathison and Nischelle Turner. It is the entertainment news program on television, having made its premiere telecast on September 14,1981. It was announced on January 30,2006, that Entertainment Tonight was renewed through the 2011–12 season, in its early years, ET was co-produced in association with TeleRep, Cox Broadcasting, and Taft/Great American Broadcasting. Paramount Domestic Television would later absorb the syndication companies that the two companies had once owned, Rysher Entertainment and Worldvision Enterprises. The show also provides individualized teasers to some of the stations air the program to be carried during newscasts that lead into the show. ET Radio Minute, a radio feature, is syndicated by Westwood One. As of mid-April 2016, ET cut back on mentioning celebrity birthdays again, early on, Frank, Goldhammer and Harris held many discussions with producers, writers and directors about what kind of program ET should be. Although the pilot was produced by Jack Haley Jr. Andy Friendly was hired as the shows first producer, when Entertainment Tonight premiered on September 14,1981, Ron Hendren was one of the original co-hosts, with Marjorie Wallace and Tom Hallick. Friendly left the show after six weeks, with Goldhammer taking over his role, around that same time, Dixie Whatley replaced Wallace and Hallick, becoming Hendrens sole co-host. Goldhammer established the unique look, sound, pace and reporting style. Friendly put together a diverse staff ranging from former rock roadies to veteran television reporters of the Vietnam War era – some of whom continued to work on the show for more than 20 years. In 1982, Goldhammer hired Mary Hart and Leeza Gibbons to respectively host the weekday, Hendren departed from the program in 1984, and was replaced as co-host by Robb Weller, Weller left two years later and was replaced by John Tesh. In its early years, Entertainment Tonight – following a local newscast-style format – consisted primarily of coverage of the latest movies, music and television releases, during Bellows tenure, the program also produced a series of investigative reports about Hollywoods drug use issues and hiring practices. S. Stern, who represented Daniel Birkhead in the paternity case of the late Anna Nicole Smiths daughter Dannielynn, ET has also aired exclusive stories related to Anna Nicole Smith, including coverage of her funeral, and her surviving daughter. In a letter he sent to Paramount, Clooney stated that he would encourage his friends to do the same, Mary Hart stepped down from her role as anchor on May 20,2011, after 29 years with Entertainment Tonight. Mark Steines and Nancy ODell became the primary hosts once Hart left. ODell then became the sole host of the show after Steines left on July 27,2012, behind-the-scenes staffing changes throughout 2014 and technology have also played a role in reducing the shows paparazzi footage considerably
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Trippin'
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Trippin is a 2005 MTV environmental documentary television series hosted by Cameron Diaz. It also features many celebrities, including Drew Barrymore, Redman, Jessica Alba, Eva Mendes, Mark Hoppus. On the show, said celebrities visit various ecological locales around the world, george Ouzounian criticised the show in a May 2005 article on his website, The Best Page in the Universe, stamping it hypocritical and patronising. As Ouzounian points out, the show promotes the awareness of frugality in the world through the visiting of high-profile. The show has attracted criticism from the Cybercast News Service for reasons similar to those outlined by Ouzounian. Trippin at the Internet Movie Database
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16 and Pregnant
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16 and Pregnant was an American reality television series that aired from June 11,2009 to July 1,2014, on MTV. It followed the stories of pregnant teenage girls in high school dealing with the hardships of teenage pregnancy, each episode featured a different teenage girl, with the episode typically beginning when she is 4 1⁄2 –8 months into her pregnancy. The episode typically ends when the baby is a few months old, the series is produced in a documentary format, with an animation on notebook paper showing highlights during each episode preceding the commercial breaks. 16 and Pregnant has spawned three series, Teen Mom, Teen Mom 2 and Teen Mom 3. Each series follows the lives of four girls from their season of 16. The fifth season premiered on April 14,2014, despite its showcasing of the grim, hard work of single mothering. In 2011, the Social Security Administration reported that the names of one of the featured mothers and it is still unknown whether this was due to the premiere of 16 and Pregnant or the recent economic decline. Later research suggests that the conclusions of the study were unwarranted, in 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that similar to Teen Mom,16 and Pregnant is more popular in rural parts of the country. 16 and Pregnant at the Internet Movie Database 16 and Pregnant on TV. com Casting Call
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8th & Ocean
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8th & Ocean is an American reality series about a group of models living in Miami, Florida that premiered on MTV on March 7,2006. The series aired for ten episodes, ending its run on May 9,2006, the creators of 8th & Ocean are also responsible for Laguna Beach, a show also airing on MTV. The theme song for the show is Beautiful Love by the Christian rock band The Afters, the show followed the lives of ten male and female fashion models from Irene Marie Models living together in Miamis South Beach area. The name is derived from the location of the agency, britt and twins Kelly and Sabrina were featured in Maxims Hottest Women of Reality TV. They have also appeared in spreads for Dillards and in the 2006 film Deck the Halls, britt can be seen in advertisements and on the walls of The Buckle stores. Kelly and Sabrina also starred together in a commercial for Acuvue contact lenses, teddy can be seen in several Kohls national print ads, as well as in New Found Glorys video Its Not Your Fault alongside Heide. Briana is a model for Bebe and has been featured in JCPenney commercials. Talesha is an singer, who has recorded her debut CD, Taleshas. Tracie Wright was a contestant in the RAW Diva Search 2004 and she was the 5th diva eliminated after losing to current TNA Knockout and Former WWE Diva, Christy Hemme. Vinci is a contestant on VH1s Viva Hollywood, official website 8th & Ocean at the Internet Movie Database 8th & Ocean at TV. com
