Is there any station that's changed as much as VH1?

[jackson35]

lol ya'll still watch vh1 in 2016??????

 

[Jean Jacket]

Discovery Channel.

 

[El Poyo Loco]

And if that crossover hit had a rap verse on it, they would cut it out. Extremely ironic to see the same station have a franchise called "Love and Hip Hop".

As far as the thread topic goes, both VH1 and it's mama, MTV, used to be all about music videos and they almost never show them now. I remember when people used to clown MTV in the 90s for not showing enough music but they were still showing way more than they do now. It's almost like they saw the rise of YouTube and Vevo coming. I foresee a similar change happening with ESPN where it's all about talk and pop culture and they have specific channels for live sports content since people don't need to tune in for scores or news anymore.

Mariah Carey Fantasy remix ft ODB. They never showed the remix just the original.

 

[El Poyo Loco]

I remember the plot of every Behind The Music being the same. Lol.

1. Group of people decide to start a band.
2. They release an album to limited success.
3. They eventually hit it big with an album and blow up. Tour the world. Making millions. Fast cars. Drugs. fukking mad bytches.
4. There's some major incident at the height of their fame. Car crash. Drug overdose. Etc.
5. One or multiple members develop dehibilitating drug habits
6. Subsequent albums start selling less.
7. Band breaks up. Members go to rehab.
8. Band members are now 'clean' and are working on a comeback album.

Lol.

Rinse and repeat for the next episode. Just change the names of the band members.

Yooooo! There was this VH1 doc called The Drug Years and in Part 3 some cac says basically ever thing you posted but he added "Then when they get out of rehab and get the band back together to do the comeback album that album sucks"

 

[West Coast Avenger]

Yeah....the family channel....straight has a new name and they cater to that gay/transgenderd shyt....while still showing the 700 club.......

 

[Aphrodite]

Real World existed before Flavor of Love and those cast members were dysfunctional as fukk too.

 

[WELLDONE]

Cartoon Network used to show the classic Hannah Barbara cartoons and anime classics with Toonami
Now they got nothing but weird shyt, I tried watching with my young nieces and I see stuff like this

What are they doing? And why all the cartoons only 15 minutes now?

im fukking crying what tthe fukk is that shyt???

 

[Stacker Pentecost]

TLC is up there but VH1 is the goat of nonsense lol

 

[n00bsauce]

G4 TV before they had commercials. I guess you can include Tech TV in that as well.

 

[feelosofer]

Once the Surreal life, and it's spin offs came out it changed the game (not just VH1) forever.

 

[Danie84]

Remembers, VHI playing Jewel and Alanis Morrisette videos:

 

[The Collie]

Flavor of Love, Charm school, and I Love Money.

 

[Milk N Cookies]

MTV turned into a 24hr loop of the show "Ridiculousness" should be the rob dyrdek channel now.

And reruns & movies

 

[darealvelle]

Remember in the 90s vh1 played only alternative rock, Whitney Houston, and a pool of just white singers.

 

[IslandG]

I Love the 80s remain the best thing ever put on television though.

It also changed the game. After the success of that show countless shows popped up with C and D list celebrities commenting on various clips. Even saw them kind of shows in the UK. None ever came up to the greatness of I Love The 80s though.