Ultimately, video killed the pioneer of music video channels. MTV’s music channels went dark on Wednesday, closing with the clip that introduced the world to the 24-hour station on Aug. 1, 1981 -- ...

As MTV, Music Television, told the world in the opening minutes of its first broadcast, video killed the radio star. And 44 years later, YouTube, TikTok, and shifting tastes have finally killed the ...

Chris is a Senior News Writer for Collider. He can be found in an IMAX screen, with his eyes watering and his ears bleeding for his own pleasure. He joined the news team in 2022 and accidentally fell ...

Martha Quinn was taken aback when she heard what the final video on MTV’s music channels was—because it was the same video that launched the music television channel in 1981. On Dec. 31, 2025, MTV ...

She’s grieving the loss of the MTV channel that launched her career.

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 ...

Emmy-winning producer Joel Relampagos is casting 'the Avengers of gay hockey.' Here's how queer players can apply.

Starring Emily Hampshire, Slo Pitch is an upcoming queer softball comedy from the same streamer that gave the world gay ...

A fan project recreates the old-school music video format of the original MTV, but Paramount already seems poised to shut it down. Gen X and elder millennials have long known that MTV has gone the way ...

LOS ANGELES - Nick Reiner's defense attorney, Alan Jackson, withdrew from his case Wednesday. The youngest son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner appeared in court with a shaved head, and he wore ...