Reality Killed The Radio Star!!

Last monday was the 30th Anniversary of MTV. As a kid of the 80's,  that cable network was so a part of my youth. You would see all the latest videos from artists like Madonna, Michael Jackson, Prince and Bruce Springsteen. The battle cry of that era was, "I Want My MTV!!" and we meant it. It was a channel that related to the youth. It knew what kind of music the we wanted and we watched for hours and hours. For that first 10 years from 1981-1991, MTV stood true to it's promise of music videos 24 hours a days, seven days a week. Then a strange creature crept in and slowly affected our beloved network, reality televesion. It started small in 1992 with, "The Real World". A show about a group of people forced to live together in a big city and coexist. Some seasons were good, some ok, some crap. However, we tolerated it if only to still have our favorite videos on all the time. Then slowly about 2000, when our backs were turned, that strange creature grew bigger and bigger and soon devoured our favorites videos. Soon our beloved MTV was doing shows on teen drama, teen mamas, New Jersey bafoons, and teen wolfs. MTV was still doing their annual  video music awards every fall. However, the problem was.....Where were the videos?! You're a channel that originally was put on the air to play videos however you weren't playing videos. Plus, the M in MTV stood for music. Music!! Not reality shows over and over again for 24 hours. My point is this. What happened to MTV?! How did it go from a fun loving new and exciting channel to a empty shell of its self just for the purpose of saving a buck and cowering to the trend of latest reality crap shows? All I have to say is "I WANT MY MTV......BACK!"