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Several videos have been perceived as too controversial to play on MTV even in censored form, for varying reasons. 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 refusing to air videos that may depict ...
[47] The comments were widely condemned, and the show was cancelled the following June, which Maher and many others saw as a result of the controversy; however, ABC denied that the controversy was a factor, and said the show was cancelled due to declining ratings. [48] [49] [50] Maher said that the show struggled for advertisers in its final ...
Aired syndicated music videos, TV shows, movies and news. Was folded under decision of the owner/creator of the network. MOR Music TV: August 31, 1997: Launched on September 1, 1992. Channel which aired music videos and performances in conjunction with selling albums. MTVX: MTV Networks May 1, 2002 Launched on August 1, 1998.
"MTV doesn't play music anymore" is a complaint nearly as old as the network itself, as executives embraced more conventional programming to keep viewers engaged for longer than three minutes at a ...
However, the commercial was canceled after one broadcast, and the full-length music video was dropped by MTV due to protests from religious groups over its imagery of burning crosses and the.
We can fire him later. But at least we'll be able to get up with five VJs.” I'll credit Bob, though. ... At the very first MTV Video Music Awards, I opened the show and when I was leaving the ...
In 2000, the Guinness World Records named "Smells Like Teen Spirit" the "Most Played Video" on MTV Europe. Rolling Stone placed the music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at number two on their 1993 list of "The 100 Top Music Videos". [46] MTV ranked the song's music video at number three on its "100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made" list in ...
The television channel MTV was also known for censoring objectionable content from music videos, and restricting some particularly-controversial videos to late-night airplay—such as The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" due to its violent imagery and misogynistic lyrics, and Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back" for its suggestive subject matter.