The summer of 1981 was winding down when a new cable channel debuted, and for a long time, MTV was the epicenter for everything worthwhile in pop culture. MTV was the ultimate game changer.

'Total Request Live' aired the weekday music video countdown from 1998 to 2008 Kelly Wynne has been a TV writer at PEOPLE digital since 2021. Her work has been seen in Newsweek, where she acted as ...