There’s something to this. Not only did MTV stop playing videos, but shows like The Real World and Road Rules are the direct precursors to the reality TV movement that gave us things like Survivor and the Kardashians.
Real talk, the switch away music video actually legitimately impacted culture profoundly
Windex007@lemmy.world 4 months ago
When Beavis and Butthead originally aired, the duo skewered the music videos on MTV. Parents groups hated the show, it was the stupidest thing on television.
When the show rebooted in the 2010s, there weren’t enough music videos so they started skewering other MTV content: teen mom, jersey shore, etc.
It was amazing, because Beavis and Butthead were exactly the same, but as a viewer you realized that Beavis and Butthead were now the SMARTEST thing on MTV.
HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Thanks to a single tiktok I have a 4 year old that walks around calling people Cornholio, and TP for Bunghole. Its some of the nicest stuff that comes out of school and kindy.