jereezy t1_irp6ell wrote on October 9, 2022 at 11:41 PM

Reply to comment by LiveFromNewYork95 in Is Ridiculousness the ONLY thing on MTV now? by emusabe

>This isn't what MTV became, it's what we made it.

Bullshit. Fucking bullshit. MTV ran Real World down our throats before streaming was even a pipe dream. They've been playing to the lowest common denominator for decades.

LiveFromNewYork95 t1_irp95yw wrote on October 10, 2022 at 12:04 AM

Playing the lowest common denominator is different than this.

CableCoShow t1_irproud wrote on October 10, 2022 at 2:34 AM

Reddit can never handle truth based on critical thinking. As you say, lowest common denominator isn't the same as playing 2-3 shows over and over every single day, which is what MTV and Comedy Central do now. I assume they're shelling out $0 until their cable license agreements run out and then they'll shutter the cable channels and move what's left of those brands to sections of Paramount+.

jereezy t1_irswjm4 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 8:02 PM

Except playing the same 2-3 shows over and over has been MTV's modus operandi for the last 3 decades. This is not something remotely new from the era of streaming that MTV was forced to do. The show that they're pushing may have changed, but that's all.

CableCoShow t1_irsx6qf wrote on October 10, 2022 at 8:06 PM

That's not true at all. There was tons of different programming throughout the 90s and early 2000s.