The Challenge XXX: Dirty 30 is a season of an American TV show.
MTV -LRB- originally an initialism of Music Television -RRB- is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks -LRB- a division of Viacom -RRB- and headquartered in New York City .. Viacom. Viacom. New York City. New York City. cable. cable television. satellite television. satellite television. channel. Television channel. Viacom Media Networks. Viacom Media Networks. Launched on August 1 , 1981 , the channel originally aired music videos as guided by television personalities known as `` video jockeys '' -LRB- VJs -RRB- .. channel. Television channel. video jockeys. VJ ( media personality ). In its early years , MTV 's main target demographic was young adults , but today it is primarily towards teenagers , particularly high school and college students .. MTV has toned down its music video programming significantly in recent years , and its programming now consists mainly of original reality , comedy and drama programming and some off-network syndicated programs and films , with limited music video programming in off-peak time periods .. music video. music video. reality. reality television. It has received criticism towards this change of focus , both by certain segments of its audience and musicians .. MTV 's influence on its audience , including issues involving censorship and social activism , has also been a subject of debate for several years .. censorship. censorship. social activism. social activism. In recent years , MTV had struggled with the secular decline of music-related cable media .. cable. cable television. Its ratings had been said to be failing systematically , as younger viewers increasingly shift towards digital media , with yearly ratings drops as high as 29 % ; thus there was doubt of the lasting relevance of MTV towards young audiences .. In April 2016 , MTV announced it would start to return to its original music roots with the reintroduction of the classic MTV series MTV Unplugged .. MTV Unplugged. MTV Unplugged. It was also reported that the series MTV Cribs would be making a return on Snapchat , with fourteen original music-related shows speculated to be in production .. MTV Cribs. MTV Cribs. Snapchat. Snapchat. MTV has spawned numerous sister channels in the US and affiliated channels internationally , some of which have gone independent .. sister channels. List of MTV channels. As of July 2015 , approximately 92,188,000 US households -LRB- 79.2 % of households with television -RRB- have received MTV .