MTV VMA Nominees to Be Unveiled Exclusively on Beats 1 Radio Station

[BruiserB]

Serious question: Is MTV still relevant? I know they were cool when my parents were teens (I have young parents), and they were kinda cool when I was a kid/teen (I never really saw the appeal), but are they still considered cool all these years later? If so that's quite the feat!

MTV is apparently so irrelevant that they have to go to Beats One to release their nominations rather than do it on their own channel.

 

[macduke]

MTV stopped being relevant after they aired The Real World: San Francisco. After that, all they have done is contribute to the crazy getting crazier. So you could call that 1993. Everything before then was great, and I'd even go as far including the MTV: Unplugged series. After that, everything on MTV in the US has been absolute junk.

MTV Europe on the other hand, is a whole other beast.

BL.

Hah, I remember being a kid/preteen/teenager growing up with The Real World on TV. Even back then I realized how stupid it was and not at all representative of the real world. Haven't thought about that show in forever. So basically MTV kickstarted reality TV—and therefore ruined most future TV in the process. Gee thanks guys.

 

[bradl]

Hah, I remember being a kid/preteen/teenager growing up with The Real World on TV. Even back then I realized how stupid it was and not at all representative of the real world. Haven't thought about that show in forever. So basically MTV kickstarted reality TV—and therefore ruined most future TV in the process. Gee thanks guys.

To that I have to say, you have to go back even farther. It all started with one show with a reggae theme: COPS.

However, I will agree that The Real World was revolutionary, as it did bring about shows like Big Brother. But the third season (the San Francisco location) really hit home and made kids at the time really have a hard look at themselves in how they were treating LGBT people, especially related to AIDS. A lot of people had their eyes opened. But since then, MTV has been nothing but crap in the USA.

BL.