List of programs broadcast by MTV

MTV is an American cable television channel, founded in 1981. The network was originally dedicated to music, the music industry and music history. The organization, MTV Networks, has since produced and/or distributed many television shows, most of which are of genres unrelated to music. This is a list of most of the programs MTV has aired in its lifetime.

Current programming

Reality shows

TitlePremiere dateCurrent seasonSource(s)
RuPaul's Drag Race: UntuckedJanuary 6, 202317
Caught in the Act: UnfaithfulMay 2, 20233

Competitive shows

TitlePremiere dateCurrent seasonSource(s)
RuPaul's Drag RaceJanuary 6, 202318

Music shows

Acquired programming

Former programming

Music shows

  • MTV Saturday Night Concert (1981–1987)
  • Friday Night Video Fights (1982–1986)
  • I.R.S. Records Presents The Cutting Edge (1983–1987)
  • MTV Top 20 Video Countdown (1984–1998)
  • Heavy Metal Mania (1985–1986)
  • New Video Hour (1985–1988)
  • 120 Minutes (1986–2000, moved to MTV2)
  • Dial MTV (1986–1991)
  • Friday Night Party Zone (1986–1987)
  • International Hour (1986–1987)
  • Metal Shop (1986)
  • Metal Music Half Hour (1986–1987)
  • Closet Classics Capsule (1987–1988)
  • Headbangers Ball (1987–1995)
  • Club MTV (1987–1992)
  • Friday Night Rock Blocks (1987–1990)
  • Yo! MTV Raps (1988–1995)
  • Post-Modern MTV (1988–1992)
  • Deja Video (1989)
  • Classic MTV (1989, 1992–93)
  • Yo! MTV Raps Today (1989–1992)
  • Hard 30: MTV's Headbangers Half Hour (1989)
  • Just Say Julie (1989–1992)
  • Awake on the Wild Side (1990–1992)
  • Martha's Greatest Hits (1990)
  • MTV Prime (1990–91)
  • Master Mix (1990)
  • Street Party (1990–1992)
  • Earth to MTV (1990–1992)
  • MTV's All Request (1990–91)
  • Beach MTV (1990–97)
  • The Hot Seat (1990–91)
  • Top 10 at 10 (1990–91)
  • Bootleg MTV (1991)
  • Power Pack (1991)
  • MTV's Most Wanted (1991–1996)
  • Buzz Block (1991)
  • Fade to Black (1991–92)
  • Buzzcut (1992)
  • Countdown to the Ball (1992–93)
  • Hangin' with MTV (1992)
  • Flashback (1992)
  • Weekend Blast-Off (1992–93)
  • MTV's Rude Awakening (1992–1997)
  • Stopless Hits (1992–93)
  • Alternative Nation (1992–1997)
  • MTV Jams (1992–1997; 2000-2001)
  • The Grind (1992–1997)
  • MTV Rocks (1992–93)
  • MTV Blocks (1992–1995)
  • MTV Prime Time (1992–1997)
  • MTV Dreamtime (1992–1997)
  • MTV Jams Countdown (1993–2000)
  • Rock Videos That Don't Suck (1993–94)
  • Daily Dose (1994)
  • Most Wanted Jams (1994–97)
  • Superock (1995–96)
  • Best of the 90s (1995–96)
  • Yo! (1996–1999)
  • M2 on MTV (1996–1998)
  • Amp (1996–2001)
  • The Crack of MTV (1997)
  • Popular Videos People Prefer (1997)
  • After Hours (1997–2007)
  • Adult Videos (1997)
  • Pinfield Suite (1997)
  • Authentic Reproduction (1997)
  • Dawn Patrol (1997–2000)
  • MTV Probe (1997)
  • Countdown to the 10 Spot (1997)
  • Mattrock (1997–98)
  • 12 Angry Viewers (1997–98)
  • Indie Outing (1997–98)
  • Live From the 10 Spot (1997–98)
  • MTV Live (1997–1998)
  • All-Time Top 10 Videos (1997–98)
  • Artist Cut (1998–99)
  • Say What? (1998–99)
  • The Daily Burn (1998)
  • Total Request (1998)
  • Pinfield Presents (1998)
  • Lunch with Jesse (1998)
  • Eye Spy Video (1998–99)
  • Total Request Live (1998–2008; 2017–2018)
  • MTV Rocks Off (1998–99)
  • Revue (1998–99)
  • Pleasure Chest (1998–99)
  • Video Cliches (1999)
  • Spankin' New Music (1999–2000)
  • Hot Zone (1999–2001)
  • Global Groove (1999)
  • Isle of MTV Fantasies (1999)
  • Beat Suite (1999–2000)
  • Making the Video (1999–2009)
  • TRL Wannabes (1999–2000)
  • The Return of the Rock (1999–2001)
  • Direct Effect (2000–2006)
  • MTV Video Wake-Up (2000–2008)
  • MTV's Rock/d (2000)
  • Senseless Acts of Video (2000-01)
  • Carmen's Hypermix (2001)
  • Live at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2001–02)
  • Señor Moby's House of Music (2002)
  • MTV Soul (2002)
  • Prime Time Players (2002–2004)
  • All Things Rock Countdown (2002–2005)
  • Beat Seekers (2002)
  • Album Launch (2002–03)
  • MTV Hits (2002–2006)
  • Advance Warning (2003–2005)
  • Video Clash (2003–2005)
  • Hard Rock Live (2003–2005)
  • Weekend Dime (2005)
  • A.D.D. Videos (2006)
  • The Big Ten (2006–2008)
  • Sucker Free (2006–2008)
  • MTV Live (2007)
  • 45th at Night (2007)
  • FNMTV (2008–09)
  • FNMTV Premieres (2008–09)
  • AMTV (2009–2017)
  • MTV First (2011–2014)
  • Hip Hop POV (2012)
  • Wonderland (2016)
  • TRL Top 10 (2019)

News and documentary shows

  • Liner Notes (1982–1986)
  • Profiles in Rock (1982)
  • Fast Forward (1983)
  • The Week in Rock (1987–1997)
  • Now Hear This (1988–89)
  • The Big Picture (1988–1993)
  • House of Style (1989–2000)
  • Rockumentary (1989–1997)
  • MTV News at Night (1989–90)
  • Buzz (1990)
  • Famous Last Words with Kurt Loder (1990–91)
  • Sex in the '80s (1990)
  • This is Horror (1990)
  • The Day in Rock (1991–92)
  • Like We Care (1991–92)
  • MTV Sports (1992–97)
  • Sex in the '90s (1992–1994)
  • MTV News Raw (1995–1997)
  • UNfiltered (1995)
  • MTV Mega-Dose (1995–1997)
  • alt.film at MTV (1996–1998)
  • BIOrhythm (1998–2000)
  • MTV News 1515 (1998–2000)
  • True Life (1998–2017)
  • Ultrasound (1998–2002)
  • Rockumentary Remix (1998)
  • MTV News Link (1999–2000)
  • Diary (2000–2014)
  • MTV News Now (2000–2005)
  • Breaking It Down with Serena (2000–2002)
  • The Lowdown (2000-01)
  • Bangin' the Charts (2001–2002)
  • Fight for Your Rights: Criminal (2001)
  • Sex 2K (2001–2004)
  • Chart Attack (2002)
  • ET on MTV (2002–2007)
  • Movie House (2002–2004)
  • The Assignment with Iann Robinson (2002–03)
  • Big Urban Myth Show (2002–2004)
  • Making the Game (2002–2005)
  • All Eyes On (2003–2008)
  • Never Before Scene (2004–05)
  • My Block (2005–2007)
  • Trippin' (2005)
  • Detox (2009)
  • How's Your News? (2009)
  • 10 on Top (2010–2013)
  • This Is How I Made It (2012–2013)
  • Unlocking the Truth (2016)
  • Dare to Live (2017)
  • True Life/Now (2019)
  • Fresh Out Live (2020–2024, moved to MTV's YouTube channel)
  • True Life Crime (2020–2021)
  • True Life Presents: Quarantine Stories (2020)
  • My Life on MTV (2021)
  • The Challenge: Untold History (2022)

Reality shows

Celebrity shows

Competitive shows

Talk shows

Variety shows

Scripted content

Drama

Comedy

Wrestling

Animated

Programming from other Paramount Media Networks

Comedy Central

MTV2

mtvU

Nickelodeon

Paramount Network

Paramount+

Showtime

International MTV affiliates

Acquired programs

TitleFirst airedLast aired
America's Next Top Model20052008
Beauty and the Geek20062008
The Beatles19861987
Britney and Kevin: Chaotic2005
Buffy the Vampire Slayer2010
The Comic Strip Presents...19881989
Degrassi: The Next Generation20082014
Fastlane20022003
The Flintstones1994
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air20142015
Friends20172025
Futurama2009
George Lopez20142015
Grounded for Life2009
How I Met Your Mother2016
Life as We Know It 2004
The Meldrum Tapes19861987
The Monkees19851987
Monty Python's Flying Circus19871990
Music in High Places20012002
My So-Called Life19951998
My Wife and Kids20142015
New Girl20152016
Platinum2003
Queen Bees2008
Saturday Night Live1991
Scrubs2009
Speed Racer 19921995
That '70s Show20102013
The Partridge Family1994
The Tube19851987
Veronica Mars2004
The World's Strictest Parents20092010
The Young Ones19851988

Special events

Seasonal or annual

  • MTV's New Year's Eve (1981–2014)
  • The Year in Rock (1985–1999)
  • MTV Spring Break (1986–2014, 2019)
  • Camp MTV (1989)
  • MTV Rock N' Jock (1990–2004)
  • MTV Beach House (1993–1996, 2003)
  • MTV's Ultimate Winter Vacation (1995)
  • Fashionably Loud (1996–2003)
  • MTV Winter Lodge (1996–1997)
  • Motel California (1997)
  • Wanna Be a VJ (1998–2000)
  • MTV's Summer Share (1998)
  • Spankin' New Music Week (1998–2009)
  • Snowed In (1999–2001)
  • All Access Week (1999–2002)
  • Isle of MTV (1999)
  • SoCal Summer (2000)
  • MTV Icon (2001–2003, moved to MTV2)
  • Summer in the Keys (2001)
  • MTV's Shore Thing (2002)
  • Summer on the Run (2004)
  • Summer on the Strip (2005)
  • Summer Sizzle (2006)
  • MTV's Hottest MCs in the Game (2007–2012)

Award shows

Public awareness campaigns

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Originally premiered on VH1.

References

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