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Mtv was founded
Mtv was founded by 4 men, John sykes, Tom Freston, Robert Pittman, Les Garland. It is owned by CBS and Viacom and the purpose was for people to view popular music videos. -
The first award show aried was the Video Music Awards
The Video Music Awards, known as the VMAs, was the first award show created by MTV. -
MTV News was created
MTV News was created for MTV not just to have music videos, but to give viewers the lastest news about their favorite artists and events. -
MTV unplugged was created
MTV unplugged was a music series showcase, that showed popular artists perform acoustic songs for a live audience. -
Reality shows first aired
The first two reality shows were Road Rules and Real World, and immediately started to get popular and then they started creating more each year. -
MTV Movie Awards was created
MTV Movie Awards were made for the viewers to vote for their favorite actors and actresses to win awards. -
MTV2 was founded
MTV2 was created for people to see nonstop music videos, since MTV was changing into reality shows and specials. -
Total Request Liv first aired
Total Request Live, known as TRL was a show that showed the top 10 music videos in the country to a live audience. Artists came by to get interviewed and to perform. -
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County aired
Laguna Beach was a reality show about 8 teenagers and their everyday life and drama. -
MTV TR3S
MTV TR3S was a channel created just for focusing on popular music videos by Latin artists. -
TRL ended
TRL unfortunately ended because ratings weren't enough to keep the show. The final iconic music video was "...Baby One More TIme" by Britney Spears.
