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Learn more about MTV in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21) |
 | | MTV started in New York City in 1981 and became available in most of the United States in the mid 1980s with the nationwide expansion of cable. |
 | | MTV started off showing music videos nearly full-time, but as time passed they introduced a variety of other shows, including animated cartoons such as Beavis and Butthead and Daria, "reality" shows such as The Real World and Road Rules, prank/comedic shows such as The Tom Green Show, Buzzkill and Jackass, and sitcoms such as Undressed. |
 | | Because of its visibility, MTV comes under scrutiny as an icon of crass commercialism, accused of denigrating the importance of music in the music industry, replacing it with a purely visual aesthetic, bereft of cultural resonance, and critical intelligence. |
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