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This article is about shows that have aired on MTV in the United States. For MTV's sister channel, MTV2, see List of programs broadcast by MTV2. For all of MTV's international channels, see List of MTV channels.

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MTV is an American cable television channel which was the first television channel dedicated to music, music industry and history in the United States upon its founding in 1981. MTV Networks has since produced various original television shows, many of which concern genres unrelated to music. This is an incomplete list of MTV shows that have aired.

Current programming

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Music shows

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Reality shows

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Celebrity shows

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Competitive shows

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Variety shows

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Programming from other Paramount Media Networks

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Paramount+

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Showtime

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Upcoming programming

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  • Dating at Sea

Former programming

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Music shows

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  • MTV Saturday Night Concert (1981–1987)
  • Friday Night Video Fights (1982–1986)
  • I.R.S. Records Presents The Cutting Edge (1983–1987)
  • MTV Top 20 Video Countdown (1984–1998)
  • Heavy Metal Mania (1985–1986)
  • New Video Hour (1985–1988)
  • 120 Minutes (1986–2000, moved to MTV2)
  • Dial MTV (1986–1991)
  • Friday Night Party Zone (1986–1987)
  • International Hour (1986–1987)
  • Metal Shop (1986)
  • Metal Music Half Hour (1986–1987)
  • Closet Classics Capsule (1987–1988)
  • Headbangers Ball (1987–1995)
  • Club MTV (1987–1992)
  • Friday Night Rock Blocks (1987–1990)
  • Yo! MTV Raps (1988–1995)
  • Post-Modern MTV (1988–1992)
  • Deja Video (1989)
  • Classic MTV (1989, 1992–93)
  • Yo! MTV Raps Today (1989–1992)
  • Hard 30: MTV's Headbangers Half Hour (1989)
  • Just Say Julie (1989–1992)
  • Awake on the Wild Side (1990–1992)
  • Martha's Greatest Hits (1990)
  • MTV Prime (1990–91)
  • Master Mix (1990)
  • Street Party (1990–1992)
  • Earth to MTV (1990–1992)
  • MTV's All Request (1990–91)
  • Beach MTV (1990–97)
  • The Hot Seat (1990–91)
  • Top 10 at 10 (1990–91)
  • Bootleg MTV (1991)
  • Power Pack (1991)
  • MTV's Most Wanted (1991–1996)
  • Buzz Block (1991)
  • Fade to Black (1991–92)
  • Buzzcut (1992)
  • Countdown to the Ball (1992–93)
  • Hangin' with MTV (1992)
  • Flashback (1992)
  • Weekend Blast-Off (1992–93)
  • MTV's Rude Awakening (1992–1997)
  • Stopless Hits (1992–93)
  • Alternative Nation (1992–1997)
  • MTV Jams (1992–1997; 2000-2001)
  • The Grind (1992–1997)
  • MTV Rocks (1992–93)
  • MTV Blocks (1992–1995)
  • MTV Prime Time (1992–1997)
  • MTV Dreamtime (1992–1997)
  • MTV Jams Countdown (1993–2000)
  • Rock Videos That Don't Suck (1993–94)
  • Daily Dose (1994)
  • Most Wanted Jams (1994–97)
  • Superock (1995–96)
  • Best of the 90s (1995–96)
  • Yo! (1996–1999)
  • M2 on MTV (1996–1998)
  • Amp (1996–2001)
  • The Crack of MTV (1997)
  • Popular Videos People Prefer (1997)
  • After Hours (1997–2007)
  • Adult Videos (1997)
  • Pinfield Suite (1997)
  • Authentic Reproduction (1997)
  • Dawn Patrol (1997–2000)
  • MTV Probe (1997)
  • Countdown to the 10 Spot (1997)
  • Mattrock (1997–98)
  • 12 Angry Viewers (1997–98)
  • Indie Outing (1997–98)
  • Live From the 10 Spot (1997–98)
  • MTV Live (1997–1998)
  • All-Time Top 10 Videos (1997–98)
  • Artist Cut (1998–99)
  • Say What? (1998–99)
  • The Daily Burn (1998)
  • Total Request (1998)
  • Pinfield Presents (1998)
  • Lunch with Jesse (1998)
  • Eye Spy Video (1998–99)
  • Total Request Live (1998–2008; 2017–2018)
  • MTV Rocks Off (1998–99)
  • Revue (1998–99)
  • Pleasure Chest (1998–99)
  • Video Cliches (1999)
  • Spankin' New Music (1999–2000)
  • Hot Zone (1999–2001)
  • Global Groove (1999)
  • Isle of MTV Fantasies (1999)
  • Beat Suite (1999–2000)
  • Making the Video (1999–2009)
  • TRL Wannabes (1999–2000)
  • The Return of the Rock (1999–2001)
  • Direct Effect (2000–2006)
  • MTV Video Wake-Up (2000–2008)
  • MTV's Rock|D (2000)
  • Carmen's Hypermix (2001)
  • Live at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2001–02)
  • Señor Moby's House of Music (2002)
  • MTV Soul (2002)
  • Prime Time Players (2002–2004)
  • All Things Rock Countdown (2002–2005)
  • Beat Seekers (2002)
  • Album Launch (2002–03)
  • MTV Hits (2002–2006)
  • Advance Warning (2003–2005)
  • Video Clash (2003–2005)
  • Hard Rock Live (2003–2005)
  • Weekend Dime (2005)
  • A.D.D. Videos (2006)
  • The Big Ten (2006–2008)
  • Sucker Free (2006–2008)
  • MTV Live (2007)
  • 45th at Night (2007)
  • FNMTV (2008–09)
  • FNMTV Premieres (2008–09)
  • AMTV (2009–2017)
  • MTV First (2011–2014)
  • Hip Hop POV (2012)
  • Wonderland (2016)
  • TRL Top 10 (2019)

News and documentary shows

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  • Profiles in Rock (1982)
  • Fast Forward (1983)
  • The Week in Rock (1987–1997)
  • Now Hear This (1988–89)
  • The Big Picture (1988–1993)
  • House of Style (1989–2000)
  • Rockumentary (1989–1997)
  • MTV News at Night (1989–90)
  • Buzz (1990)
  • Famous Last Words with Kurt Loder (1990–91)
  • Sex in the '80s (1990)
  • This is Horror (1990)
  • The Day in Rock (1991–92)
  • Like We Care (1991–92)
  • MTV Sports (1992–97)
  • Sex in the '90s (1992–1994)
  • MTV News Raw (1995–1997)
  • UNfiltered (1995)
  • MTV Mega-Dose (1995–1997)
  • alt.film at MTV (1996–1998)
  • BIOrhythm (1998–2000)
  • MTV News 1515 (1998–2000)
  • True Life (1998–2017)
  • Ultrasound (1998–2002)
  • Rockumentary Remix (1998)
  • MTV News Link (1999–2000)
  • Diary (2000–2014)
  • MTV News Now (2000–2005)
  • Sex 2K (2001–2004)
  • ET on MTV (2002–2007)
  • Movie House (2002–2004)
  • The Assignment with Iann Robinson (2002–03)
  • Big Urban Myth Show (2002–2004)
  • Making the Game (2002–2005)
  • All Eyes On (2003–2008)
  • Never Before Scene (2004–05)
  • My Block (2005–2007)
  • Trippin' (2005)
  • Detox (2009)
  • How's Your News? (2009)
  • 10 on Top (2010–2013)
  • This Is How I Made It (2012–2013)
  • Unlocking the Truth (2016)
  • Dare to Live (2017)
  • True Life/Now (2019)
  • Fresh Out Live (2020–2024, moved to MTV's YouTube channel)
  • True Life Crime (2020–2021)
  • True Life Presents: Quarantine Stories (2020)[13]
  • My Life on MTV (2021)
  • The Challenge: Untold History (2022)[14][15]

Reality shows

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Celebrity shows

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Competitive shows

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Talk shows

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Variety shows

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Scripted content

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Drama

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Comedy

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Wrestling

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Animated

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Programming from other Paramount Media Networks

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Comedy Central

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MTV2

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mtvU

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Nickelodeon

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Paramount Network

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Paramount+

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International MTV affiliates

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Acquired programs

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Title First aired Last aired
America's Next Top Model 2005 2008
Beauty and the Geek 2006 2008
The Beatles[23] 1986 1987
Britney and Kevin: Chaotic[24] 2005
Buffy the Vampire Slayer[25] 2010
The Comic Strip Presents...[26] 1988 1989
Degrassi: The Next Generation 2008 2014
Fastlane[27] 2002 2003
The Flintstones[28] 1994
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 2014 2015
Futurama 2009
Friends 2017
George Lopez 2014 2015
Grounded for Life[29] 2009
How I Met Your Mother 2016
Life as We Know It[30] 2004
The Meldrum Tapes[31] 1986 1987
The Monkees 1985 1987
Monty Python's Flying Circus 1987 1990
Music in High Places[32] 2001 2002
My So-Called Life 1995 1998
My Wife and Kids 2014 2015
New Girl[33] 2015 2016
The Office 2021
Queen Bees 2008[34]
Saturday Night Live[35] 1991
Scrubs[36] 2009
Speed Racer [37] 1992 1995
That '70s Show[38] 2010 2013
The Partridge Family 1994
The Tube[39] 1985 1987
Veronica Mars[40] 2004
The World's Strictest Parents 2009 2010
The Young Ones 1985 1988

Special events

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Seasonal or annual

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  • MTV's New Year's Eve (1981–2014)
  • The Year in Rock (1985–1999)
  • MTV Spring Break (1986–2014, 2019)
  • Camp MTV (1989)
  • MTV Rock N' Jock (1990–2004)
  • MTV Beach House (1993–1996, 2003)
  • MTV's Ultimate Winter Vacation (1995)
  • Fashionably Loud (1996–2002)
  • MTV Winter Lodge (1996–1997)
  • Motel California (1997)
  • Wanna Be a VJ (1998–2000)
  • MTV's Summer Share (1998)
  • Spankin' New Music Week (1998–2009)
  • Snowed In (1999–2001)
  • All Access Week (1999–2002)
  • Isle of MTV (1999)
  • SoCal Summer (2000)
  • MTV Icon (2001–2003, moved to MTV2)
  • Summer in the Keys (2001)
  • MTV's Shore Thing (2002)
  • Summer on the Run (2004)
  • Summer on the Strip (2005)
  • Summer Sizzle (2006)
  • MTV's Hottest MCs in the Game (2007–2012)

Award shows

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For a full list of MTV's international award shows, see List of MTV award shows.

Public awareness campaigns

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See also

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References

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