► MTV, which was a huge part of my formative years, is shutting down all musical programming channels on December 31. Welp, 2025 has been a shit show, so I'm not surprised. MTV debuted in 1981 with the first video "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles. Fast forward...a lack of foresight and streaming channels killed the MTV video star. Gone are MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, and MTV Live. Everything with music is exiting stage left, like Kristen Chenoweth's eye rolling performance in "Versailles".   Around 1999, MTV began investing heavily in crap reality shows like Jersey Shore, 16 & Pregnant, Pimp My Ride, Punk'd, Teen Mom, and The Osborne's. It ushered the era of vanity as a virtue and trashy behavior as cool. The results are seen with today's society where crass behavior has been normalized and the pursuit of materialism turned into a career track. *unwraps Werthers*.  In its early days, MTV was responsible for introduc...