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Subject: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: ChrisBodilyTM on 07/26/16 at 11:01 pm
This Monday, August 1 (what better day? 8) )...
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VH1 Classic, which has served as a "ghost" to the Golden Age of MTV & VH1, will be rebranded as MTV Classic... 35 years to the day MTV launched.
The rebooted channel kicks off Monday with a chance to relive that first hour of MTV, exactly as it aired 35 years ago (original five VJs, original commercials, original technical goofs, etc.).
Soon afterwards, we're gonna see plenty of 80s, 90s, and probably 2000s music videos; as well as classic MTV original series such as Beavis & Butthead, Unplugged, Liquid Television/Aeon Flux, Daria, Yo! MTV Raps, classic Real World, classic Road Rules, classic Punk'd. They'll even heave early episodes of, ahem... Jackass and Pimp My Ride. All of the music videos blocks (Metal Mania, Rock Fest, 80s, 90s, VH1 Classic 120 Minutes , etc.) will remain in tact, but rechristened. They will even add a block for TRL-era videos.
Let's hope they also have the original Headbanger's Ball, original TRL, Making the Video, etc. Maybe even MTV News archives.
#IWantMyMTVAgain
Pretty sweet deal. Maybe they can keep Behind the Music and That Metal Show for old times sake.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Ripley on 07/26/16 at 11:26 pm
Oh my gosh this is so exciting!
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: LyricBoy on 07/27/16 at 2:51 am
Lets hope they keep "Naked Dating" as well as "Rock of Love with Bret Michaels".
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Baltimoreian on 07/27/16 at 6:51 am
Well finally, a channel that I could actually enjoy. ;D
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: yelimsexa on 07/27/16 at 7:58 am
Great news, and certainly a much better commemoration compared to their 25th and 30th anniversaries! Now, I'd like to see a Nickelodeon Classic follow.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Baltimoreian on 07/27/16 at 8:55 am
Great news, and certainly a much better commemoration compared to their 25th and 30th anniversaries! Now, I'd like to see a Nickelodeon Classic follow.
Well there is The Splat, which usually airs Nick's old shows from the 90s.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: nally on 07/27/16 at 10:58 am
Oh my gosh this is so exciting!
Well finally, a channel that I could actually enjoy. ;D
I hope I enjoy it too. :D
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: nally on 07/27/16 at 11:02 am
Great news, and certainly a much better commemoration compared to their 25th and 30th anniversaries! Now, I'd like to see a Nickelodeon Classic follow.
Well there is The Splat, which usually airs Nick's old shows from the 90s.
That might be interesting.
Speaking of "classics" affiliates of channels, I'd like to see a GSN classic someday, with all the older gameshows that GSN used to air when I first started watching it 15 years ago, as well as GSN's original shows of the early 2000s (Russian Roulette, Lingo, Whammy, et al). Of course, there is the BUZZR channel, which is an American digital multicast television network that is owned by FremantleMedia North America...but they air the classic game shows (well, most of 'em).
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Howard on 07/27/16 at 2:59 pm
Oh my gosh this is so exciting!
I agree, I can't wait till it airs. :)
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: violet_shy on 07/27/16 at 3:05 pm
Awesome. It will remind me of myself when I was 6, sitting in my mom's living room watching MTV. :)
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Howard on 07/27/16 at 3:43 pm
Awesome. It will remind me of myself when I was 6, sitting in my mom's living room watching MTV. :)
1981 was a good year for music.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Ripley on 07/27/16 at 6:52 pm
Well finally, a channel that I could actually enjoy. ;D
Yep 😂
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Ripley on 07/27/16 at 6:53 pm
That might be interesting.
Speaking of "classics" affiliates of channels, I'd like to see a GSN classic someday, with all the older gameshows that GSN used to air when I first started watching it 15 years ago, as well as GSN's original shows of the early 2000s (Russian Roulette, Lingo, Whammy, et al). Of course, there is the BUZZR channel, which is an American digital multicast television network that is owned by FremantleMedia North America...but they air the classic game shows (well, most of 'em).
Shop Til You Drop, Supermarket Sweep and Hollywood Showdown should be on there too.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: nally on 07/28/16 at 12:04 am
Shop Til You Drop, Supermarket Sweep and Hollywood Showdown should be on there too.
I remember the first two being aired on Lifetime in the 90s... although I think they later moved to the now-defunct PAX network (which later evolved into ION).
"Hollywood Showdown" was on GSN in the early 2000s (although, according to Wiki, it actually premiered on PAX).
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Howard on 07/28/16 at 3:24 pm
Yep 😂
and bring back the VJ's.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Ripley on 07/28/16 at 4:12 pm
I remember the first two being aired on Lifetime in the 90s... although I think they later moved to the now-defunct PAX network (which later evolved into ION).
"Hollywood Showdown" was on GSN in the early 2000s (although, according to Wiki, it actually premiered on PAX).
I watched them from the start. Lifetime then Pax. When I watched the last one I think it was on the TV guide channel. Back when it had most the screen as the guide and interview and fun fact type shows up at the top of the screen. I'm certain this one was on there too. This was long before they ruined it by having regular TV show repeats and movies and eventually no guide at all before finally taking it off completely.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Ripley on 07/28/16 at 4:15 pm
and bring back the VJ's.
I'm sure there will be some new interviews just asking up stuff about the history. But its supposed to be actual stuff that aired years ago. Not to dog on TRL cause the early years were okay, but I like to say the pre-trl years were what was great. Then it started to go downhill. Not success wise (quantity) but value and entertainment (quality.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Howard on 07/28/16 at 4:18 pm
I'm sure there will be some new interviews just asking up stuff about the history. But its supposed to be actual stuff that aired years ago. Not to dog on TRL cause the early years were okay, but I like to say the pre-trl years were what was great. Then it started to go downhill. Not success wise (quantity) but value and entertainment (quality.
from 1981-1985 were the best times.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: violet_shy on 07/29/16 at 3:38 pm
1981 was a good year for music.
Whaat, I didn't say anything about 1981. Lol! Howard ;D
I know, it was the year MTV first aired...1981
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: mach!ne_he@d on 07/29/16 at 10:43 pm
I remember the first two being aired on Lifetime in the 90s... although I think they later moved to the now-defunct PAX network (which later evolved into ION).
"Hollywood Showdown" was on GSN in the early 2000s (although, according to Wiki, it actually premiered on PAX).
Shop Til You Drop and Supermarket Sweep also both aired on the old Family Channel (later ABC Family, now Freeform) back in the '90s didn't they? I think I remember seeing them on there.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Howard on 07/30/16 at 7:35 am
Whaat, I didn't say anything about 1981. Lol! Howard ;D
I know, it was the year MTV first aired...1981
I was just saying music in general.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: 80sfan on 08/01/16 at 9:16 am
Speaking of August 1, MTV turns 35 years old today.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Baltimoreian on 08/01/16 at 9:58 am
Speaking of August 1, MTV turns 35 years old today.
Well that means MTV Classic is now available. Can't wait for retro goodness. 8)
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: 80sfan on 08/01/16 at 11:33 am
Well that means MTV Classic is now available. Can't wait for retro goodness. 8)
Will they celebrate their 40th big?? ???
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Baltimoreian on 08/01/16 at 12:19 pm
Will they celebrate their 40th big?? ???
Maybe.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Howard on 08/01/16 at 3:07 pm
Speaking of August 1, MTV turns 35 years old today.
Happy Anniversary MTV! :)
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Howard on 08/01/16 at 3:07 pm
Well that means MTV Classic is now available. Can't wait for retro goodness. 8)
Me too. :)
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Howard on 08/01/16 at 3:10 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Ripley on 08/01/16 at 3:12 pm
Speaking of August 1, MTV turns 35 years old today.
Happy Anniversary MTV!
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Ripley on 08/01/16 at 3:15 pm
Unfortunately we don't have MTV Classic on the hospital TV but we have it at the house.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: LyricBoy on 08/01/16 at 8:12 pm
I hope they bring Martha Quinn in on the action. :P
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: 80sfan on 08/01/16 at 8:24 pm
Happy Anniversary MTV! :)
MTV is going to be middle aged in 2021! :o
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: nally on 08/01/16 at 10:03 pm
Shop Til You Drop and Supermarket Sweep also both aired on the old Family Channel (later ABC Family, now Freeform) back in the '90s didn't they? I think I remember seeing them on there.
Oh yes, they did, which I knew from having looked at TV listings on paper (i.e., in the newspaper or a TV Guide). Never got to watch 'em much, though.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: nally on 08/01/16 at 10:04 pm
Speaking of August 1, MTV turns 35 years old today.
Happy Anniversary MTV!
Yep, premiered on 8/1/81! ;)
I turned to the "new" channel today and noticed they had a marathon of Unplugged.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Ripley on 08/01/16 at 10:10 pm
Yep, premiered on 8/1/81! ;)
I turned to the "new" channel today and noticed they had a marathon of Unplugged.
I'll get to see it soon. I'm not by a TV that has that channel. But I wanted to see the Nirvana one.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Ripley on 08/01/16 at 10:11 pm
And I know I can watch it on YouTube but its not the same!
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Howard on 08/02/16 at 3:05 pm
I hope they bring Martha Quinn in on the action. :P
and the others too.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Howard on 08/02/16 at 3:10 pm
And I know I can watch it on YouTube but its not the same!
cause of the internet MTV went down the tubes. :(
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Ripley on 08/02/16 at 9:29 pm
and the others too.
Kennedy!
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: nally on 08/02/16 at 9:32 pm
cause of the internet MTV went down the tubes. :(
I thought it started its downward trend even before the internet got popular.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Howard on 08/03/16 at 3:16 pm
I thought it started its downward trend even before the internet got popular.
I think so.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: nally on 08/03/16 at 10:56 pm
I think so.
Even though I wasn't watching it during its early years (mainly because my household didn't have cable tv when I was growing up), I still know more or less what was on it in the early 90's because I read the printed TV listings and got an idea as to what kind of programming it aired. And like I said in an earlier post, I only got to watch it when I went to the home of someone who had cable (like a friend) or to a hotel. And I wasn't too familiar with much in the way of pop music during my childhood years. (But now I am!)
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: nally on 08/03/16 at 10:58 pm
Anyway, I got a chance to watch the new channel this morning and they were showing a block of late-90s music videos, including Backstreet Boys' "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" and the Spice Girls' "Wannabe", both of which were big hits in '97.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: SpyroKev on 08/25/16 at 10:17 am
Yo! Hip Hop Mix is really fun to watch, but some videos can be cringe worthy. I have no interest in watching non mid 90s-mid 2000s and a bit of Late 2000s songs.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Howard on 08/25/16 at 3:54 pm
Yo! Hip Hop Mix is really fun to watch, but some videos can be cringe worthy. I have no interest in watching non mid 90s-mid 2000s and a bit of Late 2000s songs.
I'm more interested in 80's music.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: ArcticFox on 08/30/16 at 11:45 pm
I thought it started its downward trend even before the internet got popular.
What specific year would you point to when MTV went downhill?
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: nally on 08/31/16 at 11:59 am
What specific year would you point to when MTV went downhill?
I am not sure, given that I was not a regular watcher of it since I didn't have cable tv growing up. :-\\
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Howard on 08/31/16 at 2:59 pm
What specific year would you point to when MTV went downhill?
When they started to air reality tv. ::)
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Ripley on 08/31/16 at 6:05 pm
They're playing the most recent VMAs! Wtf? Really? That's not classic
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Baltimoreian on 08/31/16 at 6:13 pm
They're playing the most recent VMAs! Wtf? Really? That's not classic
Welp, I wanted to watch MTV Classic for Daria reruns, but now I guess they don't give a sh*t about the reason why its airing in the first place.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: LyricBoy on 08/31/16 at 6:23 pm
What specific year would you point to when MTV went downhill?
When they aired Yo MTV Raps
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Baltimoreian on 08/31/16 at 6:53 pm
What specific year would you point to when MTV went downhill?
During the year when MTV cancelled Clone High.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Ripley on 08/31/16 at 7:02 pm
Welp, I wanted to watch MTV Classic for Daria reruns, but now I guess they don't give a sh*t about the reason why its airing in the first place.
Yeah I vote they just bring back vh1 classic.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: SpyroKev on 09/13/16 at 11:18 am
When they aired Yo MTV Raps
This is an incredibly opinionated post. Yo! MTV Raps has a wide range audience that brings back memories to the group.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Baltimoreian on 09/13/16 at 2:02 pm
Yeah I vote they just bring back vh1 classic.
They should just rename the channel as Viacom Classics, with shows from MTV, Comedy Central, Nick, and VH1 shows airing on the channel. Most of them would be from the 80s, 90s, and early-mid 2000s.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: Howard on 09/13/16 at 3:08 pm
Yeah I vote they just bring back vh1 classic.
I agree.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: LyricBoy on 09/13/16 at 6:21 pm
This is an incredibly opinionated post. Yo! MTV Raps has a wide range audience that brings back memories to the group.
Well of course it is opinionated. It was in response to a question as to when we thought MTV started circling the drain.
In my opinion, it started circa the Yo MTV Raps era.
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: nally on 09/13/16 at 6:42 pm
They should just rename the channel as Viacom Classics, with shows from MTV, Comedy Central, Nick, and VH1 shows airing on the channel. Most of them would be from the 80s, 90s, and early-mid 2000s.
That might be interesting...
Subject: Re: VH1 Classic rebranding as MTV Classic Aug. 1
Written By: SpyroKev on 09/13/16 at 10:13 pm
Well of course it is opinionated. It was in response to a question as to when we thought MTV started circling the drain.
In my opinion, it started circa the Yo MTV Raps era.
Yeah, my mistake. Yo MTV Raps should be changed to BET Bits or whatever works and port the program to the network because it seriously needs it. MTV has way enough variety. God. Viacom striped BET of everything!