One of the biggest problems with MTV is the way it eventually created the bane of western entertainment known as reality TV. What started out as Real World and Road Rules eventually spawned such abominations as Joe Millionaire, Mr. Personality, and Temptation Island. Some experts predict that by 2005, 25% of all television programming will be reality-based, which will definitely help me avoid any weight problems because I will most likely be vomiting every time I go channel surfing.
You know what reality TV is? It's a cheap way out for broadcasting companies that can't find any decent actors or scriptwriters. God forbid they should go out and look for new talent. If the people at MTV are going to lie to us and emphasize shows over music(MTV does stand for MUSIC television, right?), they should at least bring reruns of The Tom Green Show and Beavis and Butthead back to prime time. These shows are easily more entertaining, and yes, more intelligent, than any of the crap they're trying to give us now.
MTV has also destroyed the state of music. Douche bags in suits trying to tell us what we should think is cool, and maintaining a network that is now strictly for prepubescent conformists. Yes, this is precisely what Kiss means when they say they want to rock and roll all night. (The sarcasm in this last sentence is so thick, you'd have to cut it with a chainsaw.)
The last time I watched MTV for 10 consecutive minutes, I sucked at poker, pop-up ads weren't numerous enough to induce homicidal tendencies, and no one had any idea who Monica Lewinsky was. Can you really blame me?
