You want your MTV? It’s back – on VH1
NEW YORK (AP) – MTV is rebranding VH1 Classic as MTV Classic and said the channel plans to serve up heaps of nostalgia for fans of “Beavis and Butt-head,” “Daria,” “Total Request Live” and other MTV staples.
MTV said the channel will have “a special focus on the 1990s and early 2000s.” In addition to full-season marathons of “The Real World,” “Road Rules” and “Laguna Beach,” MTV said the channel will feature prime-time programming blocks that include episodes of “Cribs,” “Jackass,” “Punk’d” and others. “MTV Unplugged” episodes MTV said haven’t been aired in years also will be rerun.
MTV Classic will debut Aug. 1 – 35 years to the day of MTV’s debut. It’s first show will be “MTV Hour One,” a rebroadcast of MTV’s first hour of programming from 1981.