MTV Classic Almost 2 Years Later: Thoughts?

[TMC1982]

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What's your takeaway of MTV Classic? Do you feel any different about it now compared to its launch in 2016? If you were Viacom, would you get rid of the network?

Nielsen statistics show MTV Classic was the least watched cable network in the country in 2016, with an average of 31,000 viewers. When you do there math, that's almost 620 people per state. In 2017, MTV Classic revamped their schedule, removing all shows and replacing it with a 24 hour music video lineup, and that's what the current schedule is now.

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[Daikun]

MTV has so many sister channels that I stopped keeping track of them a long time ago.
What kind of music videos do they play? Do they stick to certain genres or decades?

 

[Mandouga]

The play videos from the 1980s ("I Want My 80s"), 1990s ("90s Nation"), and 2000s ("Total Request Playlist"), They also have themes, including pop videos ("House of Pop"), rock videos ("Rock Block"), hip-hop/rap/R&B videos ("Yo! Hip-Hop Remix"), and others. As for the original shows, and movies, MTV knew that that's not what people wanted to see, so they've only been playing videos since then (and no, the TRL revival doesn't count). Oh yeah, if it's close to the Video Music Awards, they'll play performances from previous shows.