MTV changed the landscape of both television and music, apt given what those letters stood for, when it became a network dedicated to showing music videos. In time, though, it would branch out into other programming and would eventually phase out the music videos. Now, to the best of our understanding, it’s a network dedicated to showing “Ridiculousness” all day, every day, perhaps in some misguided belief Manuel Noriega is still alive and holed up in Panama, and it wants to drive him out.
There have been several good MTV shows, though, and these are the best of the bunch, excluding the shows dedicated to showcasing music videos. Thus, not “Total Request Live” or “120 Minutes” or what have you. “Beavis and Butt-Head” Sure, MTV’s reigning doofuses watched music videos, but the fact repeats air to this day with the videos stripped out shows there was much more to “Beavis and Butt-Head.
” They even got a feature-length road trip film! With all due respect to a Carson Daly or a Martha Quinn, Beavis and Butt-Head are the faces of “MTV.” Their juvenile antics made themselves laugh their iconic laughs, but many a teenager (and adult) at home were laughing right along with them. “The Real World” “The Real World” was not the first reality show, but it was the first to really make a cultural impact.
It’s also the show that helped change MTV forever. The success of this cheap show that generated as much conflict and drama as anything scripted paved t.
