MTV schedules from the 1990s

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MTV schedule on October 31, 1990

5:00 AM Music Videos
6:00 AM "Awake on the Wild Side" (music videos and interviews)
8:00 AM Downtown Julie Brown
11:00 AM "Remote Control" (game show)
11:30 AM Music Videos
2:00 PM "Totally Pauly" (Pauly Shore hosts a block of videos)
3:30 PM "Yo! MTV Raps" (music videos)
4:30 PM "Club MTV" (dance show)
5:00 PM "Dial MTV" (music video request countdown)
6:00 PM "Half Hour Comedy Hour" (stand-up comedy)
6:30 PM "Hot Seat" (celebrities hosting a half hour block of videos)
7:00 PM "Prime with Martha Quinn" (was when Martha Quinn returned to the network briefly Cool)
9:00 PM "This Is Horror" (Profiles on horror directors Dario Argentino, George Romero, and Alan Parker)
10:00 PM "Headbangers Ball" (music videos/Halloween edition hosted by Cinderella)
11:00 "Rocky Horror Videos" (clips of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" to promote a VHS release and the 15th anniversary of the movie)
11:30 PM "Post Modern" (music videos, weekday version of "120 Minutes")
12:30 AM: Music Videos

MTV listings from 1994 to 1999
Even when they aired videos, it was mainly alternative, rap, and later teen pop acts

MTV December 14, 1994

6AM- MTV's Rude Awakening
7AM - The Grind
7:30 - MTV's Rude Awakening
9AM - MTV Blocks
10AM-MTV Jams
12N - Music Videos
4PM - The Grind
4:30 - Lip Service (game show)
5PM - The Real World
5:30 - MTV's Most Wanted Jams
6PM - Music Videos
7PM - Alternative Nation
7:30 - Yo!
8PM - MTV Unplugged: Bob Dylan (N)
9PM - Dumb & Dumber Movie Special (N)
9:30 - House Of Style: Best Of '94 (N)
10PM -MTV's Xmas With Mariah Carey (N)
11PM- Beavis and Butthead
12md-Alternative Nation
1:30 - MTV Dreamtime
3AM - Beavis & Butthead
3:30 - MTV Dreamtime

December 16, 1996

(Best of '96 programming)

6:00 AM "MTV's Rude Awakening" (music videos)
7:00 AM "The Grind" (dance)
7:30 AM "MTV Jams" (videos)
8:00 AM "MTV's Moesha Special" (promoting sitcom that starred singer Brandy)
10: 00 AM "Dr. Dre Presents"
Noon: Best of the Beach '96 (Either Spring Break or the Summer Beach House retrospect)
2:00 PM "M2" (MTV2 preview, videos)
3:00 PM "Rock n' Jock B-Ball Jam VII" (sports, celebs vs. athletes)
4:30 PM "Beavis & Butt-Head Movie Special" (promoting "Beavis & Butt-Head Do America")
5:00 PM "Women of '96"
6:00 PM "The Year of Rock '96" (MTV News retrospect of the year)
7:00 PM "Idiots Savant" (game show)
7:30 PM "Singled Out" (game show)
8:00 PM "1996 MTV Video Music Awards"
10:30 PM "Best of Unplugged"
11:00 PM "Idiots Savant"
11:30 PM "Singled Out"
Midnight: Loveline" (call-in talkshow)
1:00 AM "120 Minutes: A Decade on the Edge"
1:30 AM "120 Minutes: The Decade in Video"
3:30 AM "Best of the Beach '96"
5:30 AM "Women of '96"

January 14, 1997

6:00 AM Dawn Patrol (videos)
7:00 AM Re-Grind (The Grind, alternate title)
7:30 AM Jams (R&B and hip hop videos)
9:00 AM Music Videos with Ananda (Ananda Lewis was a VJ in the late '90's)
10:00 AM Music Videos
1:00 PM "Mattrock Daily" (alternative videos hosted by Matt Pinfield),
2:00 PM "M2 on MTV" (MTV2 preview/videos)
3:00 PM "All Time Top 10: Alternative" (videos)
4:00 PM MTV Jams countdown with Bill Bellamy (videos)
5:30 PM "12 Angry Viewers" (hipsters trashing on music videos that aren't alternative)
6:00 PM "MTV Live" (interviews and performance)
7:00 PM "My So-Called Life" (drama series)
8:00 PM Music Videos
8:30 PM "Beavis & Butt-Head"
9:00 PM "MTV Live"
10:00 PM "The Real World"
10:30 PM "Austin Stories" (TV show)
11:00 PM "Loveline" (call-in talk show)
Midnight: "Singled Out" (game show)
12:30 AM "12 Angry Viewers"
1:00 AM "Mattrock Daily"
2:00 AM "MTV After Hours"

October 14, 1997

6AM Dawn Patrol
7AM Morning Jams
8AM Music Videos
9AM Music Videos with Ananda Lewis
12PM Authentic Reproduction ('80's music videos with original MTV bumpers)
12:30 Authentic Reproduction ('80's music videos with original MTV bumpers)
1PM The Pinfield Suite (music videos)
2PM M2 with Jancee Dunn (M2 preview/music videos)
3PM MTV Probe (don't remember)
4PM MTV Jams Countdown with Bill Bellamy
5:30 Live Show with Toby & Ananada (interviews)
6:30 12 Angry Viewers (video commentary show with young adults)
7PM Mattrock
8PM Beavis & Butt-Head
8:30 Beavis & Butt-Head
9PM Countdown to the 10 Spot with Toby
10PM Countdown to the 10 Spot with Toby (David Bowie)
11PM Countdown to the 10 Spot: series preview
11:30 Loveline (Call-in talkshow with Dr. Drew & Adam Corolla)
12:30 Singled Out (game show)
1AM The Pinfield Suite (music videos)
2AM MTV After Hours (music videos)

May 14, 1999

6:00AM DAWN PATROL-- videos
7:00AM MTV NEWS LINK-- news
7:30AM JAMS COUNTDOWN--videos
9:00AM MUSIC VIDEOS-- videos
11:00AM ROCKS OFF -- videos
12:00PM The Tom Green Show (comedy)
12:30PM MUSIC VIDEOS--videos
2:00PM MTV NEWS LINK--news
2:30PM SAY WHAT?-- videos
3:00PM Fanatic---television show
3:30PM TOTAL REQUEST LIVE-- videos
4:30PM The Blame Game -- game show
5:00PM JAMS COUNTDOWN-- videos
6:30PM The Cut -- musical performance competition
7:00PM MUSIC VIDEOS-- videos
7:30PM MTV NEWS 1515-- news
8:00PM SAY WHAT?-- videos
8:30PM Video Cliches -- videos
9:00PM TOTAL REQUEST LIVE
10:00PM 25 Lame--
12:00AM LOVELINE -- TV show
1:00AM YO!-- videos
2:00AM JAMS COUNTDOWN-- videos
3:30AM MTV AFTER HOURS-- videos

October 13, 1999

6:00 AM "Dawn Patrol" (videos)
7:00 AM "MTV News Link" (news, MTV Week in Rock got cancelled sometime in the late '90's and different variants aired)
7:30 AM "MTV Jams" (videos)
8:00 AM "Beat Suite"
8:30 Music Videos
11:30 AM "Spankin' New Music"
Noon: "BIOrhythm" (celebrity profile)
12:30 PM "MTV News Link
1:00 PM "Hot Zone" (videos)
2:30 PM "Making the Video" (behind the scenes...actually a good concept, though a decade overdue)
3:00 PM "Daria"
3:30 PM "TRL"
5:00 PM "Say What? Karaoke"
5:30 PM "The Blame Game" (game show)
6:00 PM "Global Groove" (follow up to "The Grind")
6:30 PM "MTV Jams"
7:00 PM "Beat Suite"
7:30 PM "Making the Video"
8:00 PM "TRL"
9:30 PM "Say What? Karaoke"
10:00 PM "True Life"
10:30 PM "BIOrhythm"
11:00 PM "Loveline"
Midnight: "Undressed" (TV show)
12:30 "Global Groove"
1:00 AM "Hot Zone"
2:30 AM "MTV After Hours"