Music commented that Jones's death " hit so many people so hard " because " Monkees nostalgia cuts across generations: from the people who discovered the band during their original 1960s run ; to the kids who came of age watching 1970s reruns ; to the twenty-and thirtysomethings who discovered the Monkees when MTV ( a network that owes much to the Monkees ' influence ) began airing old episodes in 1986.

Those words were immediately followed by the original MTV theme song, a crunching classical tune composed by Jonathan Elias and John Petersen, playing over photos of the Apollo 11 moon landing, with the flag featuring MTV's logo changing various colors, textures, and designs.

As programming chief, Robert W. Pittman recruited and managed a team for the launch that included Tom Freston ( who succeeded Pittman as CEO of MTV networks ), Fred Seibert, John Sykes, Carolyn Baker ( original head of talent and acquisition ), Marshall Cohen ( original head of research ), Gail Sparrow ( of talent and acquisition ), Sue Steinberg ( executive producer ), Julian Goldberg, Steve Lawrence, Geoff Bolton studio producers and MTV News writers / AP Liz Nealon, Nancy LaPook and Robin Zorn, Steve Casey ( creator of the name " MTV " and its first program director ), Marcy Brahman, Ronald E. " Buzz " Brindle, and Robert Morton.

The original purpose of MTV was to be " Music Television ", playing music videos 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, guided by on-air personalities known as VJs, or video jockeys.

" Although the original MTV channel no longer plays music videos 24 / 7, several of its spin-off channels do so, including MTV Hits and MTV Jams.

For the event, MTV attempted to reunite the original cast.

The latter disc uses a second-showing MTV version that was shortened by approximately seven minutes, rather than the original cablecast version.

; Wild ' n Out: Hosted on MTV by Nick Cannon, this is a hip-hop version of the show with guest stars ( among them, Wayne Brady from the original show ) and hip-hop performances.

The original Viacom was renamed CBS Corporation and got the broadcasting elements, Paramount Television's production operations ( renamed CBS Paramount Television, now two separate arms, CBS Television Studios for production and CBS Television Distribution for syndicated program distribution ), Viacom Outdoor advertising ( renamed CBS Outdoor ), Showtime Networks, Simon & Schuster and Paramount Parks, which the company later sold, while the new Viacom kept Paramount Pictures, MTV Networks, BET Networks, and ( until it was sold off in 2007 ) Famous Music.

The song was featured on the soundtrack to the MTV original series Spyder Games.

During the network's first decade on the air, Cinemax had also aired some original music programming, during the mid-to-late 1980s, upon the meteoric rise in popularity of MTV, Cinemax tried its hand at airing music videos by airing an interstitial between films called Max Tracks, it also ran music specials under the banner Cinemax Sessions during that same time period.

* On June 19, 2011, MTV Unplugged with Lil Wayne had a " re-cut " edition that premiered on MTV2 only with footage not seen in the original airing.

Launched on August 1, 1996, the original purpose of the channel was to give music fans a place to see constant, commercial-free music videos, once the original MTV had started to change its direction from music and concentrate on reality television and soap operas.

Box Set Weekend began the trend for MTV2 to play fewer music videos and more archived MTV specials, which may have annoyed and alienated some of MTV2's original viewers, who had initially tuned in just to see the videos, without having to sit through documentaries and interviews which could already be seen on MTV and VH1.

In addition to the original MTV2 channel in the United States, there have been a number of other MTV Networks channels around the world known as MTV2.

Launched on Tuesday January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly older demographic than its sister channel, focusing on the lighter, softer side of popular music.

* The MTV Thanksgiving Special " Beavis and Butt-Head Do Thanksgiving " aired on November 27, 1997, the day before the series finale Beavis and Butt-Head Are Dead written by Andy Rheingold and Scott Sonneborn.

On July 14, 2010, a spokesperson for MTV Networks informed a New York Post reporter that Mike Judge is creating a new Beavis and Butt-Head series, that Judge will reprise his voice-acting roles for the show, and that the animation will be hand-drawn.

Months later, in a media presentation on February 2, 2011, MTV announced that the series would premiere in mid-2011.

The main title card of the revival series displays the show's title as Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head with Judge's name replacing the MTV logo.

In the world of anime, the MTV spoof series Ultracity 6060 created by Beavis and Butt-head animator Mike Judge has become a hard-to-acquire cult classic among American anime fans.

Abdul also co-produced a 2001 pilot episode of Skirts, a dramatic series that would have aired on MTV about a high-school cheerleading squad ; Abdul was also set to appear as the head coach.

He was a producer and co-creator of MTV television series Jackass and Jackass: The Movie, also directing some of the segments.

* Viva La Bam, an MTV television series starring Bam Margera

In 1986, a screening of the entire Monkees television series by MTV led to renewed interest in the group, followed by a single (" That Was Then, This Is Now " reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U. S .), a 20th Anniversary Tour, a greatest hits album and a brand new LP, Pool It!

One year later, the same concept was used by MTV in their new series The Real World and Nummer 28 creator Erik Latour has long claimed that The Real World was directly inspired by his show.

* Amp ( TV series ), music video show on MTV

Lopes was also the host of the MTV series, The Cut, a series on which a handful of would-be pop stars, rappers, and rock bands competed against each other and were judged.

As the title implies, several rap musicians have appeared on the panel, along with an assortment of stand-up comics, NYC radio personalities, and stars from other MTV and MTV2 series.

* In the MTV series Teen Wolf, wolfsbane plays a prominent, reoccurring, role.

Daria is an American animated television series created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn for MTV.

Daria Morgendorffer, the series ' eponymous protagonist, first appeared on MTV as a recurring character in Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-head.

During production of Beavis and Butt-heads final seasons, MTV representatives approached story editor Glenn Eichler, offering a spin-off series for Daria, and a five-minute pilot, " Sealed with a Kick ", was created by Eichler and " Beavis and Butthead " staffer Susie Lewis ( although written by Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil ).

MTV approved a series order of 13 episodes ; both Eichler and Lewis were signed onto the series as executive producers.

MTV planned a six-episode sixth season, but at Eichler's request this project was cut down to a second movie, Is It College Yet ?, which served as the series finale in January 2002.

In July 2012, MTV began airing a week of Daria reruns as part of its Retro Mania series.

MTV Networks president Van Toffler was reported as saying a revival of the series was being considered, and that the show's creators had been approached about the possibility.

John J. O ' Connor of The New York Times wrote of the series ' premiere, " With this new series, Daria triumphantly gets the last laugh " and " As far as MTV and Beavis and Butt-head are concerned, Daria is an indispensable blast of fresh air.

According to TMZ, MTV has not asked Tracy Grandstaff to reprise her role as Daria Morgendorffer.

Daria was first shown on MTV in the United States.

By 1998, Daria was one of MTV's highest rated shows, with the network's manager Van Toffler viewing her as " a good spokesperson for MTV, intelligent but subversive ".

During her popular run on MTV, Daria was part of the Cool Crap Auction in 1999, giving an overview of the goods for auction and talking " live " to the winner of one prize.

In July 2004, co-creator Glenn Eichler said of possible DVD releases, " There's no distributor and no release date, but what there is is very strong interest from MTV in putting Daria out, and steady activity toward making that a reality ".

Extras featured on the set include the pilot episode, the music video " Freakin ' Friends " by Mystik Spiral, " Daria Day " introductions as well as a top ten video countdown on MTV by Jane and Daria, cast and crew interviews, and ( as a DVD-ROM feature ) a script for an unproduced Mystik Spiral spin-off show.

The Daria Database, MTV, 1998.

The Daria Diaries, MTV, 1998.

* MTV Video Music Awards 1997 short animation featuring Daria ( September 4, 1997 ) Transcript

* MTV New Year's Eve 2002 event featured a short appearance by Daria ( December 31, 2001 ). Transcript

MTV produced several successful animated series especially for its young adult audience, including Liquid Television, The Brothers Grunt, Æon Flux, Beavis and Butt-head ( and its spin-off Daria ), and Celebrity Deathmatch.

* Trent Lane, a character in the MTV cartoon show Daria

During her run on MTV, Daria would narrate or " host " special events and shows, either with a real-life presenter or with Jane.

Also, at one point in the MTV animated series Undergrads, Gimpy is talking to his friends via webcam when a female hacker hacks into the video stream and edits Gimpy to look like Daria.

" Van Toffler, then the general manager of MTV, said in 1998 that Daria " has an attitude about parents, school, and siblings that is common to the experiences of our audience.

Tracy Grandstaff is an American writer and voice actress best known for her work portraying Daria Morgendorffer from the MTV animated series Daria.