List of programs broadcast by MTV


is the first American cable television channel, founded in 1981, dedicated to music, the music industry and music history. The organization, MTV Networks, has since produced and/or distributed many television shows, some of which are of genres unrelated to music. These are some of the MTV shows that have aired.

Current programming

Music shows

Acquired programming

Former programming

Music shows

  • MTV Saturday Night Concert
  • Friday Night Video Fights
  • I.R.S. Records Presents The Cutting Edge
  • MTV Top 20 Video Countdown
  • Heavy Metal Mania
  • New Video Hour
  • 120 Minutes
  • Dial MTV
  • Friday Night Party Zone
  • International Hour
  • Metal Shop
  • Metal Music Half Hour
  • Closet Classics Capsule
  • Headbangers Ball
  • Club MTV
  • Friday Night Rock Blocks
  • Yo! MTV Raps
  • Post-Modern MTV
  • Deja Video
  • Classic MTV
  • Yo! MTV Raps Today
  • Hard 30: MTV's Headbangers Half Hour
  • Just Say Julie
  • Awake on the Wild Side
  • Martha's Greatest Hits
  • MTV Prime
  • Master Mix
  • Street Party
  • Earth to MTV
  • MTV's All Request
  • Beach MTV
  • The Hot Seat
  • Top 10 at 10
  • Bootleg MTV
  • Power Pack
  • MTV's Most Wanted
  • Buzz Block
  • Fade to Black
  • Buzzcut
  • Countdown to the Ball
  • Hangin' with MTV
  • Flashback
  • Weekend Blast-Off
  • MTV's Rude Awakening
  • Stopless Hits
  • Alternative Nation
  • MTV Jams
  • The Grind
  • MTV Rocks
  • MTV Blocks
  • MTV Prime Time
  • MTV Dreamtime
  • MTV Jams Countdown
  • Rock Videos That Don't Suck
  • Daily Dose
  • Most Wanted Jams
  • Superock
  • Best of the 90s
  • Yo!
  • M2 on MTV
  • Amp
  • The Crack of MTV
  • Popular Videos People Prefer
  • After Hours
  • Adult Videos
  • Pinfield Suite
  • Authentic Reproduction
  • Dawn Patrol
  • MTV Probe
  • Countdown to the 10 Spot
  • Mattrock
  • 12 Angry Viewers
  • Indie Outing
  • Live From the 10 Spot
  • MTV Live
  • All-Time Top 10 Videos
  • Artist Cut
  • Say What?
  • The Daily Burn
  • Total Request
  • Pinfield Presents
  • Lunch with Jesse
  • Eye Spy Video
  • Total Request Live
  • MTV Rocks Off
  • Revue
  • Pleasure Chest
  • Video Cliches
  • Spankin' New Music
  • Hot Zone
  • Global Groove
  • Isle of MTV Fantasies
  • Beat Suite
  • Making the Video
  • TRL Wannabes
  • The Return of the Rock
  • Direct Effect
  • MTV Video Wake-Up
  • MTV's Rock/d
  • Senseless Acts of Video
  • Carmen's Hypermix
  • Live at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  • Señor Moby's House of Music
  • MTV Soul
  • Prime Time Players
  • All Things Rock Countdown
  • Beat Seekers
  • Album Launch
  • MTV Hits
  • Advance Warning
  • Video Clash
  • Hard Rock Live
  • Weekend Dime
  • A.D.D. Videos
  • The Big Ten
  • Sucker Free
  • MTV Live
  • 45th at Night
  • FNMTV
  • FNMTV Premieres
  • AMTV
  • MTV First
  • Hip Hop POV
  • Wonderland
  • ''TRL Top 10''

News and documentary shows

Reality shows

Celebrity shows

Competitive shows

Talk shows

Variety shows

Scripted content

Drama

Comedy

Wrestling

Animated

Programming from other Paramount Media Networks

Comedy Central

MTV2

mtvU

Nickelodeon

Paramount Network

Paramount+

Showtime

International MTV affiliates

Special events

Seasonal or annual

Award shows

Public awareness campaigns