Why MTV doesn't play music videos anymore

[zmanwit90accord]

Discuss.

[MikeW]

That last bit where he talked about us getting old and no longer relevant or useful to pop culture....

...true.

Brutally so. As sad and sucky as it seems, we're no longer in the 11-18 ages. We're not even 18-25 anymore. We're pushing 30. Our friends are having kids and getting married and we're getting old.

[wildBill83]

Nothing wrong with being young at heart...

BTW MTV BLOWS! It has been going down hill since the late 90s. Damn reality TV shows and disposable stars.

[dhill_cb7]

I remember getting ready for school and throwing on MTV to watch the music videos before school started.

[nine_deuce]

MTV should change their name, since there is no longer "M" in MTV. What were some of the shows, not reality shows that they used to have on there? I remember Yo, MTV Raps, 60 Minutes (or whatever the metal show was). Anyone remember Remote Control with Adam Sandler and Colin Quinn? That was a funny show.

Anyone remember the show In Living Color? LOVED IT!!

[Leung]

MTV should change their name, since there is no longer "M" in MTV. What were some of the shows, not reality shows that they used to have on there? I remember Yo, MTV Raps, 60 Minutes (or whatever the metal show was). Anyone remember Remote Control with Adam Sandler and Colin Quinn? That was a funny show.

Anyone remember the show In Living Color? LOVED IT!!

I used to watch In Living Color back in the early 90s, i think i was in second grade when it first came on.

[8ball]

damn in living color? thats where Jlo first spread her legs I mean her wings

[trickedaccord92]

I remember toking with friends just chilling watching MTV back in the day ... Now it is RTV RealityTeleVision.

[Leung]

damn in living color? thats where Jlo first spread her legs I mean her wings

She was one of the fly girls dancing in the background wasn't she?

[8ball]

^yup i was 8 or so but I remember the show it was boring to me, but when i got older it was slightly entertaining now; Im sure it'll be real lame and boring. I just got caught in that year where im not old enough to be cool or young enough to be hip :/

[LadyG]

I blame " The real world".

[nine_deuce]

Speaking of The Real World. Anyone remember the season with Puck and what was the virgin's name, something like Elka, or am I mistaken?

[oneoffaccord]

they do play music videos. its not on mtv, mtv2. its on mtvu and mtv jams. they started to make money and they branched off. nothing wrong with that i say

[Losiracer2]

All they show now is that stupid Teen Mom crap and Jersey Shore....looks like they'll be no more of that after that hurricane.

Don't they have an MTV2 that does videos still?

[zmanwit90accord]

For me, MTV2 just plays re-runs of old MTV shows like Rob & Big, Pimp My Ride, and Fantasy Factory, Jackass, etc.

MTV3 or tres appeals to the Latino audience like mun2 does. Speaking of mun2, they used to play music videos too, but appealed to Hispanics because they played reggaeton and had bi-lingual hosts. Now they've also gone the way of different reality shows.

For my cable provider, MTV playlists is the only channel that plays music videos anymore, non-stop, all the time. VH1 rarely does, sometimes CMT plays music videos, Fuse puts videos on sometimes.

In my opinion, I was too young to watch MTV anyway so I don't really care that they don't play music videos anymore. I only watched MTV for the shows I listed above. The corporate guy acted like an in your face dick but was right about watching music videos on youtube. That's where they all are and it's easier than waiting for your favorite one to play on TV when you can just search for it.