MTV TODAY

today mtv rarely plays music on the screen. Around the mid and late 2000s mtv switched from music to reality tv. the channel started airing shows like jersey shore, newleyweds, jackass, punk'd, and cribs. Mtvs reality shows led to what is considered the "golden age of televison" which is noted to be the years 2009-2013. Tv forever changed when teen mom, ridiculousness, and the show 16 and pregnant. the official change happened in 2010, when mtv dropped their "Music television" title and brand. but in 2016, sean atkins, the then mtv president, announced he would return mtv to "Its glory" and would begin bringing music back into its folds. in 2016, they brought back mtv unplugged with all new videos and in 2017 the channel brought back the total request live program.

mtv still plays music at though it is in the wee hours of the morning and still celebrates music with annual vma awards. mtv was and is one of the greatest channels to be created in the us and ultimitaly changed and defined music for today.