Remember when MTV was ACTUALLY music television? Loudwire put together a list of the 11 best MTV shows that were all about the music.
Here they are, in no particular order:
1. “Total Request Live”: It ran from 1998 to 2008, then was revived from 2017 to 2019
2. “MTV Unplugged”: 1989 to present
3. “Making the Video”: 1999 to 2010
4. “120 Minutes”: It ran from 1986 to 2003, then was revived from 2011 to 2013.
5. “Headbanger’s Ball”: It ran from 1987 to 1995, then was revived on MTV2 from 2003 to 2012.
6. “Alternative Nation”: 1992 to 1997
7. “I.R.S. Records Presents: The Cutting Edge”: 1983 to 1987
8. “12 Angry Viewers”: 1997 to 1998
9. “Turn It Up!”: 1990
10. “Yo! MTV Raps”: It ran from 1988 to 1995, then was revived last year on Paramount+.
11. “All Things Rock”: 2002 to 2005