MTV Historama: "Ladies And Gentlemen, Rock And Roll"

An extravagant journey through the history of MTV in all its glory! From Daria to Teen Wolf, let's take a closer look at how MTV's managed to keep our ears and hearts.

MTV's BIG Debut

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"The original purpose of MTV was to be "music television", playing music videos 24 hours a day and seven days a week, guided by on-air personalities known as VJs, or video jockeys." -wikipedia

Music Videos and Video Jockeys

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"During the early days of the channel, MTV would occasionally let other stars take over the channel within an hour as "guest VJs"; these guests included musicians such as Adam Ant, Billy Idol, Phil Collins, Simon LeBon, and Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran, Tina Turner; and comedians such as Eddie Murphy, Martin Short, Dan Aykroyd, and Steven Wright; as they chose their favorite music videos." -wikipedia

MTV Music Video Awards

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"In 1984, the channel produced its first MTV Video Music Awards show, or VMAs. The first award show, in 1984, was punctuated by a live performance by Madonna of "Like A Virgin". The statuettes that are handed out at the Video Music Awards are of the MTV moonman, the channel's original image from its first broadcast in 1981. Presently, the Video Music Awards are MTV's most watched annual event." -wikipedia

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90s Equals Change...Good Change-Rise of the MTV Series

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During the early 90s, MTV decided to take a new direction and begin to air full-length series and talk shows. This included favorites such as "The Daily Show", The Real World", "Beavis and Butt-head", and "Daria".

The Real World (1992)

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Beavis and Butthead (1992)

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Back to Reality...Reality TV and Sitcoms

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Finally, MTV has re-taken their approach to incorporating full-length television series and shows into their broadcast line-up such as Teen Wolf, one of the channel's leading series currently.

Whichever approach MTV has taken, they've seemed to taken us along for the ride and we've enjoyed it every step of the way.