{"id":7211,"date":"2016-07-28T10:34:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T14:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/mtv-classic-to-feature-hits-from-the-90s\/"},"modified":"2016-07-28T10:34:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T14:34:21","slug":"mtv-classic-to-feature-hits-from-the-90s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/mtv-classic-to-feature-hits-from-the-90s\/","title":{"rendered":"MTV Classic to Feature Hits from the ’90s"},"content":{"rendered":"
NEW YORK: VH1 Classic is being rebranded as MTV Classic, with a programming lineup to feature hits from the 1990s and early 2000s like\u00a0Beavis & Butt-head<\/em> and Laguna Beach<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n The rebrand takes effect August 1, marking MTV’s 35th anniversary. MTV Classic launches with MTV Hour One<\/em>, the first hour of programming from MTV in 1981. There will also be the Total Request Live<\/em> retrospective The TRL Decade<\/em>, leading into a prime-time animation block with Daria<\/em>, Beavis & Butt-head<\/em> and Aeon Flux<\/em>.<\/p>\n MTV Classic will feature programming blocks Monday through Thursdays from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. delivering its library hits. Every Friday there will be a classic music series in prime time, including MTV Unplugged<\/em> and Storytellers<\/em>. On weekends, viewers will be able to binge watch with marathons of The Real World<\/em>, Laguna Beach<\/em>, Road Rules<\/em> and more. The network will also deliver movies, concerts and music videos from the past.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom Beavis & Butt-head<\/em> to Laguna Beach<\/em>, MTV\u2019s programming vault is a music and pop culture goldmine with universal resonance,\u201d said Sean Atkins, the president of MTV. \u201cMTV Classic gives audiences a modern and artful home for classic MTV programming and\u2014alongside MTV, MTV2, MTV Live and mtvU\u2014rounds out a diverse portfolio with music and youth culture at its core.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NEW YORK: VH1 Classic is being rebranded as MTV Classic, with a programming lineup to feature hits from the 1990s and early 2000s like Beavis & Butt-head and Laguna Beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[817,818],"class_list":["post-7211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-mtv-classic","tag-vh1-classic"],"yoast_head":"\n