The unofficial website MTV Rewind has recreated the channel’s classic era, pulling in thousands of clips. Its developer says it’s an antidote to the algorithms. By David Browne Like many who’d grown ...

The Paramount mogul is seeking a strategic partner for the cable channel as it figures out a plan to revive the once-iconic brand. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Can MTV bring the music back? David ...

It’s been an eventful week for MTV-related news, which, when you consider the channel’s declining relevance over the years, is news in itself. First came the widespread rumors that MTV had shuttered ...

On December 31, 2025, MTV quietly ended the version of itself that once mattered most to music fans. After 44 years, its last round-the-clock music channels shut down, closing a chapter many people ...

MTV shut down its remaining 24/7 music channels in several countries, including the UK and Australia, at the end of 2025. The main MTV network shifted its focus to reality shows long ago and it ...

For those of us of a certain age, it still feels both sad and inexplicable that MTV—a channel that literally used to be called “Music Television”—stopped, y’know, playing music, on television. Sadly, ...

Reports of MTV’s death may have been premature, but it’s still a far cry from the Music Television of yore. Some of our elder readers probably remember their elders telling them that MTV used to show ...

For years, turning on MTV meant surrendering to whatever came next. A brand-new type of music, a new artist, or something cool from a favorite band. That experience has largely disappeared, and ...

If you long for the days when music wasn't filtered by an algorithm and featured cool videos, this website is for you MTV Music Today, MTV is a zombie network that primarily airs episodes of ...

Collier Jennings is an entertainment journalist with a substantial amount of experience under his belt. Collier, or "CJ" to his friends and family, is a dedicated fan of genre films - particularly ...

Every generation has that one place where everything cool happens. Whether it was “American Bandstand,” “Solid Gold,” “Soul Train” or G4, it’s the place where young people would find out what they’re ...

An old-school MTV experience has made its way onto the Internet (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Social media rumors falsely claimed MTV shut down after playing “Video Killed the ...