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Disastrous performance led to guitarist C.C. DeVille's firing.

A passage from 'Duran Duran's Rio' explains why certain bands were all over the network at first.

"Video Killed the Radio Star" was the first clip aired on the network, but that's not how some executives wanted it to go.

New documentary series and return of ‘Unplugged’ also confirmed in a deal with Paramount+.

Here's the full, unlikely story.

Determined to get his band heavy exposure, Mark Knopfler borrowed ideas from one of the network's biggest acts.

The actor disguised himself as a long-haired hippie when accepting his award for Best Male Performance.

With fistfights, raunchy jokes and once-in-a-lifetime performances, the network put on one of its most memorable shows in 1989.

Late actor appeared as a zombie-fied student in controversial clip.

Rapper joins band for renditions of “Dream On” and “Toys in the Attic” at awards ceremony.

MTV signed on, on this day in 1981 with The Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star." While all of my friends thought that was hilarious, I didn't laugh much. I'm laughing now, because MTV has pretty much stopped playing music, and I still am.

John Mellencamp's "Pink Houses" would hit the top ten at number eight in 1983. MTV, in its youth, would hold a legendary contest that would go down in infamy.