MTV also responded by broadcasting the program after 11: 00 P. M., and included a disclaimer, reminding viewers:

The video also earned the group the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist that year.

In 1987, Crowded House won the American MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist for their song " Don't Dream It's Over ", which was also nominated for three other awards.

He also appeared in skits on the MTV game show Remote Control, playing such characters as Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, the " brother " of co-host Colin Quinn, and artist Andy Warhol.

Devo was also a pioneer of the music video, creating many memorable clips for the Laser Disc format, with " Whip It " getting heavy airplay in the early days of MTV.

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.

The music video for " Risky ", written and directed by Meiert Avis, also won the first ever MTV " Breakthrough Video Award ".

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

The band also won their first MTV Video Music Awards in the categories of Best Group Video for " Legs ," and Best Direction for " Sharp Dressed Man ".

In November 2005, Williams took home the MTV Europe Music Award for ' Best Male ', but also, entered in The Guinness Book of World Records when he announced his World Tour for 2006, selling 1. 6 million tickets in one single day.

Rickman was one of the many artists who recited Shakespearian sonnets on the 2002 album When Love Speaks, and is also featured prominently in a music video by the band Texas entitled " In Demand ", which premiered on Europe MTV in August 2000.

In 1999, CTW partnered in a joint venture with Viacom's Nickelodeon to launch Noggin, a 24-hour cable channel aimed at 6-13 year olds ; Viacom's MTV Networks division ( which also operates Nickelodeon ) operated the channel with CTW and MTV Networks jointly owning Noggin.

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.

The video for " Smile " also scored heavy MTV play.

" Hey Pretty " was also the theme to a short-lived MTV soap opera Spyder Games.

It is also true that Strauss's tempos are generally swift, but this, too, contributes to the structural cohesion and in any event is fully in keeping with our modern outlook in which speed is a virtue and attention spans are defined more by MTV clips and news sound bites than by evenings at the opera and thousand page novels.

Lauper performed a duet with Leona Lewis on VH1 Divas on September 19, 2009, singing " True Colors " and also appeared along side hip hop artist Eminem for a comedy skit at the MTV VMA's in September 2009.

That video, along with earlier videos by Jackson for his songs " Billie Jean " and " Beat It ", also was instrumental in getting music videos by African American artists played on MTV.

In 1984, MTV also launched the MTV Video Music Awards ( later to be known as the VMA's ), an annual awards event that would come to underscore MTV's importance in the music industry.

The video also received four nominations at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, making 30 Seconds to Mars the most nominated rock artist in VMA history for a single year.

Her next single, " Cocoon ", was also banned by MTV as it featured a nude Björk ( which the nude body was actually a fitted body suit rigged with red string ).

When Clinton played the saxophone on The Arsenio Hall Show, he was described by some religious conservatives as " the MTV president.

In addition, the band has played a reworked version of their song " MTV Get Off the Air ", re-titled " MP3 Get Off the Web ", with lyrics criticizing music piracy.

On August 1, 1981, at 12: 01 a. m., MTV launched with the words " Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll ," spoken by John Lack, and played over footage of the first Space Shuttle launch countdown of Columbia, which took place earlier that year, and of the launch of Apollo 11.

The first video played on that channel was " Video Killed the Radio Star ", following in the footsteps of MTV.

MTV and radio stations such as Los Angeles ' KROQ-FM played a major role in these bands ' crossover success, though NOFX refused to let MTV air its videos.

The title track was a protest against nuclear proliferation and became his first top ten hit in countries outside the U. S. Prince's " Little Red Corvette " was one of the first two videos by a black artist played in heavy rotation on MTV, along with Michael Jackson's " Billie Jean ".

The second was promoted as a single, and its promotional video ( which used the title " Life is Life ") was played extensively on American cable channel MTV.

The song's controversial Mark Romanek – directed music video — in which a scantily clad Apple appeared in a 1970s-era tract house — played on MTV.

The latter had videos played on MTV, one being " To Hell with the Devil ", and even saw some airtime on mainstream radio stations with their hit song " Honestly ".

After relocating to the UK in the mid-1970s, Mulcahy made successful music videos for several noted British pop acts — his early UK credits included XTC's " Making Plans For Nigel " ( 1979 ) and his landmark video for The Buggles ' " Video Killed The Radio Star " ( 1979 ) which became the first music video played on MTV in 1981.

Kreviazuk's " Time " was played in the credits of the movie Uptown Girls, and featured in an episode of the MTV reality show, Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, the pilot episode of the ABC romantic comedy / drama Men in Trees, the CBS drama Joan of Arcadia, and the ABC family movie Lucky 7.

From October 2001 to January 2002, several guest celebrities played the Narrator role normally performed by Dick Cavett ( Kate Clinton took over for a week while Cavett was on vacation ), including Gilbert Gottfried, Sally Jesse Raphael, Robin Leach, magicians Penn & Teller, New York Post columnist Cindy Adams, MTV personality Dave Holmes, and talk show host Jerry Springer.

He has made several voice acting appearances such as in the MTV animated series Clone High in the episode, Changes: The Big Prom: The Sex Romp: The Season Finale, where he played himself, and as the What's Global Warming Penguin in Bob Saget's parody film Farce of the Penguins.

The video was played often on MTV and VH1 after the attacks and became Adams's breakthrough to mainstream music consumers.

The band played high-profile slots on the Late Show with David Letterman and the MTV Video Music Awards.

He left the group to pursue music ministry, but he has made scattered guest appearances with the band ( he played cello on their MTV Unplugged performance in 1996, and played drums at Gruene Hall in Gruene, Texas, on June 27, 2008 ).

His stylish video " Honky Tonk Man " was the first country music video ever played on MTV.

One month before the album's release, the group played a memorable performance on Saturday Night Live of " Sunless Saturday " ( a song which later featured an MTV video directed by Spike Lee ).

Their 1981 album High ' n ' Dry was produced by Robert John " Mutt " Lange, who helped them begin to define their style, and the album's stand out track " Bringin ' On the Heartbreak " became one of the first metal videos played on MTV in 1982.

Despite the album's unimpressive sales figures, the band's video for " Bringin ' On the Heartbreak " became one of the first metal videos played on MTV in 1982, bringing the band increased visibility in the U. S. After the album's release, a European tour followed.

Around this time Horn, Downes and Bruce Woolley ( Tina Charles's guitarist ) co-wrote " Video Killed the Radio Star ", which was released by The Buggles in 1979 ; it reached # 1 in the UK Singles Chart and was the first music video to be played on MTV.