The Y2K era (1997-2003) was the last okayish era for MTV. McBling era (2004-2008) was when they really overdosed on reality TV.

[Terrence Clay]

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Even though reality TV was already taking over MTV in the late 90s, it still had some cool shows that represented their old spirit: Daria, Downtown, Clone High, Jackass, Spy Groove. The McBling era was when they really overdosed on too much reality TV (The Hills, Laguna Beach, My Super Sweet 16) that has nothing to do with their old spirit.

[t***@gmail.com]

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Even though reality TV was already taking over MTV in the late 90s, it still had some cool shows that
represented their old spirit: Daria, Downtown, Clone High, Jackass, Spy Groove. The McBling era was when
they really overdosed on too much reality TV (The Hills, Laguna Beach, My Super Sweet 16) that has
nothing to do with their old spirit.

[Adam H. Kerman]

https://www.reddit. . . .

It's not Terrence Clay but Ubi the shithead committing abuse of Usenet,
preloading injection headers and forging Terrence. Only you can stop
Ubi the shithead by never following up to these forgeries.