What made MTV culturally powerful, and what risks the network should take instead. And I’m lucky enough to have edited a lot of the current programming on Viacom over the last two decades on hit shows ...

In 1981, The Buggles declared that video killed the radio star. For several decades, MTV became a cultural phenomenon and with it, the music video. (SOUNDBITE OF MICHAEL JACKSON SONG, "THRILLER") ...

Remember when MTV made original television shows? While there are a bunch of MTV shows that have come and gone over the years and have seemingly disappeared from the public's consciousness entirely, ...

THE BUGGLES: (Singing) Video killed the radio star. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: In 1981, The Buggles declared that video killed the radio star. For several decades, MTV became a cultural phenomenon and with ...