Live from Abbey Road is a 12-part, one-hour performance series/documentary that began filming its first season during 2006 at Abbey Road Studios in London. Season 2 was filmed between 2007 and 2008, season 3 was filmed in 2009 and Season 4 was filmed in 2011. The series features a total of 128 musical artists to date -- usually two or three per show, performing up to five songs per session. The sessions are recorded without a live audience. Filmed in High-Definition with the occasional use of 35 mm lenses, the producers have sought to record performances which "look like a movie and sound like a record".
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Making the Video is an MTV show, consisting of half-hour episodes, which chronicles the process of filming various music videos. Usually the director outlines the concept of the video and the show often includes light-hearted and humorous moments. It always concludes with a premiere of the finished video. The show premiered on July 11, 1999 and is currently on a hiatus as of 2009. MTV2 has a similar show entitled [Name of Band/Artist] Makes a Video that has featured artists such as 50 Cent, Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional, Evanescence, and Mos Def among others.
MTV documents the journey of up and coming rapper Cory Gunz in the docu-series "Son of a Gun." This six-part series takes viewers behind the scenes and into the world of Cory Gunz as he faces the tough decisions artists encounter as they're struggling to succeed in the competitive and cutthroat music industry. Lucky for Gunz, he has some extra support in his quest for hip-hop stardom from a few people who know the business well; guiding and managing Cory are his father, rapper Peter Gunz and multi-talented industry mogul Nick Cannon, who lends his advice to help Cory reach his full potential. Together, Nick and Peter Gunz form a strong alliance to propel Cory to stardom.
I.R.S. Records Presents The Cutting Edge is a music program that aired on MTV from March 1983 to September 1987, on the last Sunday of every month. The first year of the show featured a variety of hosts including Jools Holland, Jeffrey Vallance, and Wazmo Nariz before settling on Peter Zaremba, the lead singer of The Fleshtones. Interviews with musicians and performances were videotaped in clubs, recording studios and private homes. In 1986, the name of the show changed to The Cutting Edge Happy Hour and was videotaped at a single location, the Hollywood Holiday Inn.
The Pop Years was a British television show that reviewed pop music of a certain year from 1980 to 1999. It was first shown on Sky1 in 2003 and was later repeated on Sky3. The programme featured archive clips relating to the particular year that it was reviewing, e.g. music videos or live performances. It also featured interviews with famous singers from that year and talking heads who enjoyed that year's music. The show ran for a single series of 20 episodes and was narrated by Scott Mills and Edith Bowman.
MTV's Greatest Hits was a programme that started on 19 March 1990 - later presented by Paul King from 1991. The main idea was to show all the greatest hits throughout 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s. The show was shown at 4pm and then repeated at 10pm CET. In 1993, the programme was aired at 1pm and then at 8pm. In the programme, you could always find best videos from the likes of Madonna, Prince, Duran Duran and more. MTV's Greatest Hits gained in popularity throughout the years, but in July 1994 Paul King said goodbye on the screen showing the very last video on the show: Michael Jackson's Thriller. The show continued on MTV with different VJs eventually removed from the screens circa 1996. As well as main VJ Paul King, there were a few others who would stand in for him in his absence such as Pip Dann or Richie Rich.
Hilary Duff: This Is Now is a two-part MTV reality television series about singer Hilary Duff, broadcast in April 2007. It followed Duff during a promotional tour for her album Dignity in Spain, and her first performance of her single "With Love" in Europe. It showed Duff participating in photo shoots, her personal affairs, and interview segments. The first episode aired on April 3, and the second on April 9, 2007. The show took two weeks to film, and an MTV crew followed Duff around, filming her preparations for the release of the Dignity album.
The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981. The ninety-minute program followed the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The show typically featured guest hosts, except for a period from July 1975 through March 1976 when singer Helen Reddy served as the regular host. Wolfman Jack served as the announcer and frequent guest host. The series also occasionally aired vintage footage of older acts. As the program neared the end of its run in the early 1980s, it began to frequently use lip-synched performances rather than live. The program also featured occasional comedic performances such as Richard Pryor and Andy Kaufman.
Total Request Live was a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continued to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests. The show was a popular promotion tool used by musicians, actors, and other celebrities to promote their newest works to the show's target teen demographic. TRL played the top ten most requested videos of the day, as requested by viewers who voted online for their favorite video. The countdown started with the tenth most requested video and ended with the most requested. As of October 22, 2007, TRL's countdown was based on votes, charts, ringtones, download, radio airplay, and streams, meaning that the most user requested video might not have been the number 1 video. The show generally aired Monday through Thursday for one hour, though the scheduling and length of the show fluctuated over the years. Despite the word "Live" in the title of the show, many episodes were actually pre-recorded. It was announced on September 15, 2008 that TRL would be shut down and replaced with FNMTV. The special three-hour finale aired on November 16, 2008, at 8 p.m.
The Chart Show is a music video programme which ran in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 between 1986 and 1988, then on ITV between 1989 and 1998. The production company was Video Visuals, and was credited as "A Yorkshire Television Presentation" from 1993 and 1998. The show has lived on through a Channel 4 revival in 2003 and a more recent revival on the digital music channel Chart Show TV, which ran sporadically from 2008 and 2009.
CD:UK was a British music television programme. Originally run in conjunction with SMTV Live, the programme first aired on ITV on 29 August 1998 to rival the BBC's Live & Kicking and was the replacement for The Chart Show, which had been airing on the network for nine and a half years. In contrast to its predecessor, which only showed promo videos, CD:UK was broadcast live on Saturday mornings with a studio audience and featured live performances, as well as star interviews and competitions. It also featured the Saturday Chart, which although was unofficial, usually reflected the new chart positions a day before the official chart was announced on Radio 1. This made the BBC's long-running Top of the Pops, which aired only the night before, seem very out-of-date broadcasting the previous week's chart. CD:UK later utilised an interactive chart based on viewers' votes, called the MiTracks Countdown. From 1999 to 2004, the show was sponsored by Tizer. In 2002, the programmes was criticised for showing "raunchy" performances in a slot aimed at children, sparked by a performance of "Dirrty" by Christina Aguilera. In response, a spin-off programme entitled CD:UK Hotshots, featuring music videos which could be considered unsuitable for daytime viewing, was launched in January 2003 and broadcast overnight.
Making the Band 2 aired on MTV from October 19, 2002 to April 29, 2004. It centered around the creation of the hip-hop group Da Band.
Making the Band is an ABC/MTV reality television series that exists in separate iterations, each iteration focusing on a specific music act. It spawned musical acts O-Town, Da Band, Danity Kane, Day26, and Donnie Klang. Except for the first iteration of the series featuring O-Town, all seasons of Making the Band have been overseen by Diddy, acting as the man of the house who makes the final decision on who will be in the band.
Top of the Pops: Reloaded is a weekly children's music show broadcast as part of the Saturday morning CBBC schedule on BBC Two. It was based on the show, Top Of The Pops, following on from its predecessor Top of the Pops Saturday. It was shown on BBC Two at 11am on Saturdays and repeated at 6pm on the CBBC Channel on Sunday. Presenters included Fearne Cotton, Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes. The show also regularly featured Radio 1 DJs JK & Joel. From episode twelve onwards, a new feature was introduced where digital viewers could press their red button to access a different choice of music. Richard Oliff was the first ever 'Dad-Dancer' to be featured on the show, performing to Mylo's Doctor Pressure.
Friday Night Videos is an American music video show broadcast on the NBC television network from July 29, 1983 to May 24, 2002, and was the network's attempt to capitalize on the emerging popularity of music videos as seen on MTV. Belinda Carlisle was the guest host for the first episode.
TRL UK was a British version of the popular American Total Request Live which first aired in the states in 1998, however it was not brought to the United Kingdom until the last quarter of 2003. It was broadcast weekdays at 4.30pm originally in 2003, however the time slot was changed as it ran in to its second season it was then broadcast at 6.00pm in 2005. The show's main presenter was Dave Berry who was joined by another of MTV's guest presenters each day. The show follows the format of the original Total Request Live it shows a Top 10 Countdown with Musical Guests and Actors and Actresses. It was broadcast from London's Leicester Square from the UK's capital and the presenters would stand in front of glass windows facing down onto the street to the audience just like the U.S. version.
American Bandstand was an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer. The show featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music introduced by Clark; at least one popular musical act—over the decades, running the gamut from Jerry Lee Lewis to Run DMC—would usually appear in person to lip-sync one of their latest singles. Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon holds the record for most appearances at 110. The show's popularity helped Dick Clark become an American media mogul and inspired similar long-running music programs, such as Soul Train and Top of the Pops. Clark eventually assumed ownership of the program through his Dick Clark Productions company.
Club MTV is a half hour television show molded after American Bandstand that aired on MTV between the years 1985 and 1992. Club MTV was part of MTV's second generation of programming when they were phasing out the original 5 VJs and introducing new ones.
The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song was a benefit concert of popular music held in the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on January 9, 1979. It was intended to raise money for UNICEF world hunger programs and to mark the beginning of the International Year of the Child. The concert was videotaped and broadcast the following day on NBC in the U.S. and around the world. The moderator was David Frost, with Gilda Radner and Henry Winkler also introducing some of the performers. Henry Fonda made a short appearance. Each performer signed a large parchment declaring support for UNICEF's goals. The concert was the idea of impresario Robert Stigwood, the Bee Gees, and David Frost, who originally conceived it as an annual event. Not all of the performances were truly live, with ABBA lip-synching their new song "Chiquitita" and the Bee Gees lip-synching their song "Too Much Heaven". It raised less than one million dollars at the time for UNICEF, although this figure did not include longer-term royalties from the songs and repeat performances.
Solid Gold was an American syndicated music television series that debuted on September 13, 1980. Like many other shows of its genre, such as American Bandstand, Solid Gold featured musical performances and various other elements such as music videos. What set Solid Gold apart was a group of dancers in revealing costumes who at various points in the program performed various dances to the top ten hits of the week. Many other specials aired in which the dancers would dance to older pop hits as well. Reviews of the show were not always positive, with The New York Times referring to it as "the pop music show that is its own parody...[enacting] mini-dramas...of covetousness, lust and aerobic toning--routines that typically have a minimal connection with the songs that back them up." The series ran until July 23, 1988, and it was usually transmitted on Saturdays in the early evening. In 1986, Solid Gold added the current year to its title, so in the seventh season the show was known as Solid Gold '86/'87. For the eighth and last season the program became known as Solid Gold In Concert, reflecting the addition of more live performances than had previously been featured on the program in the past.
Transmission is a British television programme broadcast on Channel 4, offering live performances and interviews of famous music artists that ran for three series between 2006 and 2007. It was usually shown late night on a Friday as part of the 4music strand on Channel 4. The programme was sponsored by mobile phone network T-Mobile. The first series aired in 2006 and came back for a second series in early 2007 then returned for a third series at the end of 2007. The programme was presented by T4 presenter Steve Jones and former XFM presenter Lauren Laverne.
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12 episodes • 2007
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
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| 1 | Snow Patrol, Madeleine Peyroux and Red Hot Chili Peppers | Jan 1, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Paul Simon, Corinne Bailey Rae and Primal Scream | TBA | 0.0 |
| 3 | Craig David, James Morrison and Dave Matthews | TBA | 0.0 |
| 4 | Amos Lee, David Gilmour and Randy Crawford & Joe Sample | TBA | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Kooks, Wynton Marsalis and Muse | Feb 9, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Zutons, Shawn Colvin, Nerina Pallot and Ray Lamontagne | TBA | 0.0 |
| 7 | Kasabian, Josh Groban and The Good, the Bad & the Queen | TBA | 0.0 |
| 8 | Gnarls Barkley, The Feeling and The Killers | Mar 2, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Dr. John, LeAnn Rimes and Massive Attack | TBA | 0.0 |
| 10 | Jamiroquai, Damien Rice and The Goo Goo Dolls | TBA | 0.0 |
| 11 | Natasha Bedingfield, Gipsy Kings and Iron Maiden | TBA | 0.0 |
| 12 | John Mayer, Richard Ashcroft and Norah Jones | TBA | 0.0 |
12 episodes • 2008
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
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| 1 | Mary J. Blige, Dashboard Confessional & James Blunt | Jun 27, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Rascal Flatts, Kate Nash & Herbie Hancock | Jul 4, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Panic at the Disco, David Gray and Suzanne Vega | Jul 11, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Stereophonics, Colbie Caillat and Joan Armatrading | Jul 18, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Hoosiers, The Black Keys and Manu Chao | TBA | 0.0 |
| 6 | Matchbox Twenty, The Script and Def Leppard | Aug 1, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Rascal Flatts, Kate Nash, Herbie Hancock | TBA | 0.0 |
| 8 | Elbow, MGMT and Alanis Morissette | Aug 15, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Subways, Gnarls Barkley and Herbie Hancock | TBA | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Subways, Gnarls Barkley & Herbie Hancock | Aug 29, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Justin Currie, Ben Harper and Bryan Adams | TBA | 0.0 |
| 12 | Teddy Thompson, Martha Wainwright and Brian Wilson | TBA | 0.0 |
11 episodes • 2009
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
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| 1 | The Killers, Florence and the Machine, Chairlift | Oct 10, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Antony and the Johnsons, The Enemy, Paloma Faith | Oct 17, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Gossip, Mars Volta, Friendly Fires | Oct 24, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Doves, Lyle Lovett, The Noisettes | Oct 31, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Mika, La Roux, Bloc Party | Nov 7, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Seal, Imelda May, Sugarland | Nov 14, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Yusuf Islam, the Fray, White Lies | Nov 28, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Fleet Foxes, PJ Harvey & John Parish, Manchester Orchestra | Dec 5, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Green Day, Bat For Lashes, Starsailor | Dec 12, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Michael Buble, The Temper Trap, Little Boots | Dec 19, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Tribute To The Beatles | Dec 28, 2009 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 2011
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
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| 1 | Raphael Saadiq, Noah and the Whale | Jun 16, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Blondie, Anna Calvi | Jun 22, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Beady Eye, James Blake | Jun 29, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Rumer, Villagers | Jul 6, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Kaiser Chiefs, Glasvegas | Jul 14, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Brandon Flowers, Lykke Li | Jul 20, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Laura Marling, Ryan Adams | Feb 22, 2012 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Pierces and Dark, Dark, Dark | Feb 29, 2012 | 0.0 |