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Almost immediately upon the phenomenal success of MTV in the early 1980s, the music-video channel was challenged by a number of competitors, both on cable TV and on the broadcast networks. One of those competitors was Cable Music Channel, a cable channel launched by Ted Turner. CMC was one of the least successful cable channels ever launched, and it stayed on the air for only about a month. It got enough attention, however, to spur MTV to by the channel, and three months later, in January of 1985, MTV filled CMC's old slot with a new music-oriented sister channel that it called VH1.

The channel's name was an shortening of Vide Hits 1, and the aim of the channel was to target an older demographic than that being pursued by MTV. VH1 focused on playing the videos of light rock, pop and R&B artists, but its format, which featured primarily VJs playing short-form music videos, was similar to MTV's.

Like most cable channels that got their start in the 1980s, VH1 has reinvented itself since the turn of the century, and like most cable channels, it now relies heavily on reality programming. If VH1 has a niche of its own, though, it's in music-related documentaries, music-nostalgia programming and celebrity-lifestyle reality series.

    RuPaul's Drag Race
    RuPaul's Drag Race
    Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta
    Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta
    Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
    Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
    Love & Hip Hop: Miami
    Love & Hip Hop: Miami
    America's Next Top Model
    America's Next Top Model
    Behind The Music
    Behind The Music
    Mob Wives
    Mob Wives
    Love & Hip Hop
    Love & Hip Hop
    Hit The Floor
    Hit The Floor
    Basketball Wives
    Basketball Wives
    RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
    RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
    My True Crime Story
    My True Crime Story
    I Love Money
    I Love Money
    Dating Naked
    Dating Naked
    Cartel Crew
    Cartel Crew
    I Love New York
    I Love New York
    Tough Love
    Tough Love
    Black Ink Crew
    Black Ink Crew
    Tool Academy
    Tool Academy
    Basketball Wives: LA
    Basketball Wives: LA
    The Surreal Life
    The Surreal Life
    Rock of Love
    Rock of Love
    Couples Therapy
    Couples Therapy
    Single Ladies
    Single Ladies
    Celebrity Fit Club
    Celebrity Fit Club
    T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle
    T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle
    Big Ang
    Big Ang
    VH1 Couples Retreat
    VH1 Couples Retreat
    The Wendy Williams Experience
    The Wendy Williams Experience
    Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood
    Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood
    Flavor of Love
    Flavor of Love
    LeAnn & Eddie
    LeAnn & Eddie
    Black Ink Crew: Chicago
    Black Ink Crew: Chicago
    Twinning
    Twinning
    Unfaithful: Caught in the Act
    Unfaithful: Caught in the Act
    Scared Famous
    Scared Famous
    Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
    Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
    Atlanta Exes
    Atlanta Exes
    Scream Queens (2008)
    Scream Queens (2008)
    Real Chance of Love
    Real Chance of Love
    Family Therapy with Dr. Jenn
    Family Therapy with Dr. Jenn
    VH1 Storytellers
    VH1 Storytellers
    Fantasia For Real
    Fantasia For Real
    This is Hot 97
    This is Hot 97
    Infamy: When Fame Turns Deadly
    Infamy: When Fame Turns Deadly
    The Pick-Up Artist
    The Pick-Up Artist
    AL-TV
    AL-TV
    To Catch a Beautician
    To Catch a Beautician
    Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
    Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
    Hogan Knows Best
    Hogan Knows Best
    T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle
    T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle
    Hollywood Exes
    Hollywood Exes
    Real & Chance: The Legend Hunters
    Real & Chance: The Legend Hunters
    Money Hungry
    Money Hungry
    CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story
    CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story
    Dear Mama
    Dear Mama
    You're Cut Off!
    You're Cut Off!
    100 Greatest Songs of the 00s
    100 Greatest Songs of the 00s
    Bounce
    Bounce
    The Jenny McCarthy Show
    The Jenny McCarthy Show
    Sorority Sisters
    Sorority Sisters
    Mama Drama
    Mama Drama
    Critics' Choice Awards
    Critics' Choice Awards
    Black Ink Crew: Compton
    Black Ink Crew: Compton
    Undateable
    Undateable
    VH1 Hip Hop Honors
    VH1 Hip Hop Honors
    Miss Rap Supreme
    Miss Rap Supreme
    I Want to Work for Diddy
    I Want to Work for Diddy
    Behind the Music Remastered
    Behind the Music Remastered
    Breaking Bonaduce
    Breaking Bonaduce
    Chrissy & Mr. Jones
    Chrissy & Mr. Jones
    K. Michelle: My Life
    K. Michelle: My Life
    The 20
    The 20
    VH1 Divas
    VH1 Divas
    Mob Wives: The Sit Down
    Mob Wives: The Sit Down
    Best Week Ever
    Best Week Ever
    Famous Crime Scene
    Famous Crime Scene
    Signed
    Signed
    Wicked Single
    Wicked Single
    She's Got Game
    She's Got Game
    VH1 Live!
    VH1 Live!
    Teyana & Iman
    Teyana & Iman
    Free Radio
    Free Radio
    The Breaks
    The Breaks
    Supergroup
    Supergroup
    Barely Famous
    Barely Famous
    For the Love of Ray J
    For the Love of Ray J
    Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew
    Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew
    I Know My Kid's A Star
    I Know My Kid's A Star
    Master of the Mix
    Master of the Mix
    The Agency
    The Agency
    Celebrity Paranormal Project
    Celebrity Paranormal Project
    RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race
    RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race
    Fabulous Life of
    Fabulous Life of
    K. Michelle, The Rebellious Soul Musical
    K. Michelle, The Rebellious Soul Musical
    Megan Wants a Millionaire
    Megan Wants a Millionaire
    My Antonio
    My Antonio
    Naked Dating
    Naked Dating
    Dad Camp
    Dad Camp
    VH1 Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition
    VH1 Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition