Music Television

Today in class we discussed the difference between what you and I think of when we hear 'MTV' vs what out parents might think of when they hear 'MTV.' In the 1980's, MTV was actually all about the music. I found this really great website that represents what MTV was like in the 1980's: http://www.liketotally80s.com/80s-mtv.html, stating that "...it did have tons of music videos, awesome VJs and music news unavailable anywhere else."

Now anyone today that would go to their TV and turn on MTV, there is a very high percentage that what you turn on is going to be some reality show thats really actually scripted and is used for pure useless entertainment. Don't get me wrong, I watch these shows on MTV and find some of them extremely entertaining, but for something called Music Television (MTV), I have to say it really has nothing to do with the music anymore which is sad. So my question is, what provoked this huge change in MTV to progress from the 80s, to 90s and now to move so far away from what they originally started with?