I want my FNMTV!

The Nazz Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 03:19 PM EST

Ahh,remembering back to when I was 10 and MTV first came on the air and played videos, that's it, just music videos. Holy crap! Get all the crap off and just play videos, nuff said.

Catty Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 12:22 PM EST

Fuse shows mostly music videos and is the channel I watch more now. They have countdowns for Rock, Pop, hip hop/rap, and guilty pleasures(w/e that means). I do will FNMTV when it comes back on though, cause i love me some pete wentz!

Delon Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 08:56 AM EST

Lucky for us Europeans that MTV Europe still shows music videos, but i lost my habit of watching MTV during those 8 years i lived in the States. I still watch insane amounts of American TV and i love it. Just no MTV.

Mindy Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 03:01 PM EST

Ha ha, I agree with Cooper. MTV was so important in the 80's...the 90's was the turning point of the end with the Real World. I lived in Japan in the late 80's and that was our saving grace on a military base in a foreign land. We only got MTV on Saturday nights, but we soaked up video after video. MTV kind of sucks right now. Someone should write a song singing "Realty TV killed the Video Star".

Alison Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 09:04 AM EST

While the show isn't executed as well as it could be, I give Pete Wentz and MTV credit for trying.

Cooper Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 04:15 AM EST

Holy bleep. I guess I'm the oldest person who reads this blog. Listen, children: MTV was actually a good thing -- as in "made the world a better place" -- in the late 80s. Why? Because they programmed (almost) nothing but music videos. There has not been any such thing available on TV for over twenty years now. Why has nobody usurped MTV's long-dead glory, which would be a very easy thing to achieve? Because kids took over everything! You kids keep off my lawn!

Luis PJ Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 01:28 AM EST

So people don't like commentary documentary in MTV and yet it the most common genre used in youtube...Apatheic

LK Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 11:22 PM EST

wentz is a tool...and FNMTV sucks. it's a 2 or 3 hour block that only shows the same 5 videos that are featured that week. VH1, albeit with its mostly adult top 40 music, actually shows music videos in a 3 hour block in the mornings and it's just straight videos - no talking heads and dancing from random people

carr Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:45 PM EST

glad they're playing videos, rather than tila tequila, but...I was definitely not a fan of that. not at all.

Annabelle Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:26 PM EST

Although I like the videos, they only play of them an hour, and only about 1 minute of each video at a time, then they come back to it later with more talking heads. It's like MTV for people with ADD. I guess that's their target audience now

Nix Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 09:45 PM EST

Because commentary is the syphilis of our society: you get it in a rush and your brain rots out. As this comment proves.

Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 03:16 PM EST

MTV Hits is available. It plays more music and less crap.

Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 02:27 PM EST

TRL is your holy grail of music on TV? Really??

Scott P Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 02:24 PM EST

I completely agree with me, I hate the whole fake crowd jumping and screaming about every single thing, bugs the hell out of me. Lose the crowd, keep the focus on the music and the videos, and it'll be worth something. Bravo to actually showing VW and No Age during normal hours though.

I think MTV, well, MTV2, may be coming to their senses, the last few weeks they have been showing music videos during prime time hours. SHOCKING!

me Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 01:52 PM EST

Well the whole reason for me not liking this show is because its hosted like a mini-VMA awards. Why can't MTV just go back to the days when the host was just in a little studio and most of the hour given was dedicated to the videos?
Please! Only 4 to 5 videos for the entire hour! that sucks and only makes me more annoyed of all the hosts (seriously there seems like 4). just show me videos! thats all anyone needs!

Sara Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 01:51 PM EST

Thank you for this post!!! I totally agree--thank God MTV is finally, finaly finally bringing back videos -- with live performances and lesser-knowns, too! I saw Vampire Weekend's "Oxford Comma" on yesterday (whaaaa?). I am so excited, I just wish it was around when I was a teenager.

I also like on the dance videos how they show fans' reenactment in the little box--how cool! Go Pete Wentz!!!

DRS Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 01:44 PM EST

I'm all for showing more videos. It makes me like Pete Wentz a little just because somehow he got MTV to allow him to even have this show. However, it bugs me endlessly that they talk over the older "classic" videos and don't show the whole thing. Those videos are the bedrock of MTV, they should show them some respect.

Liz Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 01:33 PM EST

Anything to bring back music videos and actual music back to TV is awesome! Stupid Tila Tequila/Real World are ruining MTV in a BIG way!

Hemisphire Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 01:33 PM EST

I like it too, though I agree there could be less talking. My main complaint is they air it on MHD (MTV HD) and all the videos aren't broadcast in HD yet.