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Controversial choice on my part, to be sure, but in my opinion, it started stumbling in the mid-80s when reruns of "The Monkees" and "The Young Ones" were taking up time that could've been devoted to music videos. The stumble became a downhill fall with the launch of the non-music game show "Remote Control" in 1987, which led to more non-music programs like "The Big Picture", "The Half Hour Comedy Hour" and "House Of Style". After that, you had shows like "The Real World" and "Road Rules" taking up even more time that could've been devoted to music videos and musician interviews. Along comes "Beavis And Butt-Head", which basically made fun of what the channel was once all about, and said a lot of negative things about 80s musicians, several of whom I've interviewed over the years. I did watch MTV for a while in the late 90s and early 00s, but that's because my Mom refused to allow me and my brother to watch it for years. By then, though, it was not only downhill, but laying in a battered heap at the bottom.
I will say, though, that this is just my opinion...I don't proclaim it as a fact.
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