MTV

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MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched in 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to show music videos, as well as other music news and events. Today, MTV broadcasts a variety of music, pop culture, youth culture, and reality television shows aimed at adolescents and young adults. MTV has its own company called MTV Networks a division of Viacom.

• Muppet Magazine issue 11 featured an interview with MTV VJs Martha Quinn and Alan Hunter.

• On May 21, 1996, Kermit, Gonzo, and Miss Piggy appeared on MTV Europe's live show Hanging Out to take calls from the audience. The show was hosted by VJ Davina McCall.

• On November 16, 2000, The Swedish Chef showed Wyclef Jean how to bake a MTV Music Award, at the Europe MTV Music Awards in Stockholm, Sweden.

• In 2002, MTV aired the Keep Fishin' music video and MTV2 aired Weezer and the Muppets Go Fishin', the making of special.

• On December 8, 2006 Kermit the Frog appeared in an MTV News interview promoting Before You Leap and commenting on current entertainment news.

The Muppets, live on MTV Europe's Hanging Out

Host Davina McCall with Gonzo and Kermit

Miss Piggy and Davina's co-host

Miss Piggy, just Hanging Out

Contents 1 Spoofs 2 Muppet Mentions 3 Connections 4 See Also

Spoofs

• The channel was spoofed with N-TV on Sesame Street wherein Nora Nicks introduced the music video of "The Letter N" by Nick Normal and the Nickmatics. The song can be seen on the Sesame Street Video Player.

• The channel was spoofed as "Mac TV" on Sesame Street, where Old MacDonald introduced the music video for A New Way To Walk by The Oinker Sisters.

• The network was spoofed multiple times in Muppet Magazine with the Muppets own version, MMTV.

• This channel was also spoofed on Dinosaurs as "DTV."

• The Muppets spoofed the channels The Real World reality show with The Real World Muppets on Muppets Tonight

• In the 1980s, MTV's slogan was "I want my MTV!" This motto was spoofed by Baby Rowlf as "I want my Muppet TV!" in the Muppet Babies Episode 207: I Want My Muppet TV!.

• Rhea Perlman co-hosted a "Worm TV" television station, devoted to worm music, in the 1994 special Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!.

Muppet Mentions

• An episode of MTV's The State contained a sketch called "Eating Muppets."

Connections

• Carson Daly hosted TRL
• Jon Stewart hosted The Jon Stewart Show

See Also

• MTV Europe
• VH1