As a professional TV watcher and a budding TV connoisseur, I can say with all confidence that MTV is the best channel on TV. There is no place where I can watch a show about 16 year old pregnant girls and then right after watch a show about a professional skateboarder and his body guard best friend playing tricks on their family members. The cornucopia of various reality shows, animated dramas, comedy shows, prank shows, and the occasional music-based show creates a viewing sensation unlike anything else. MTV is the farmers market of the TV world. Real World is your staple organically grown green apple (a show you can always rely on season after season), while a show like Next is similar to a bunch of raspberries (you watch it, but it turns out that most of the episodes are bad...).
16 and Pregnant and Real World/Road Rules Challenge are the gems of MTV. 16 and Pregnant with its drama and intensity is a guaranteed tear jerker. It delves into the lives of your average teenager dealing with a very adult problem... The raw emotion present is something no one can do without. RW/RR Challenge however is the show to watch when wanting to experience 20-somethings competing for money in the middle of nowhere when given access to an endless supply of alcohol and a limited supply of maturity. A side note: the cinematography in RW/RR Challenge is Emmy worthy.
My only objection to MTV is the one show that has to do with music: TRL. TRL may be the WORST show on TV, all of TV, including Cold Case (yuck), CSI: Miami (ewww), and That 80's Show (what?).
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