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Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV | TV Mattered, Nothing Else Did

To increase ratings and become more attractive to advertisers, MTV leans away from music videos. In so doing, they create some of the most influential shows of the 80s, which inspires a complaint that would follow them forever.Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV is a new ...  Show more

Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV | Look At Me

We know that with 1992's The Real World, MTV predicted the phenomenon of reality television. But they also created a new species that roams the earth to this very day: the Reality Television Star. We talk to a few early Real World cast members about the blinding level of fame the ...  Show more

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