VH1

VH1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting an older demographic than its sister channel, focusing on the lighter, softer side of popular music. While VH1 still occasionally plays music videos and the Top 20 Video Countdown, its more recent claim to fame has been in the area of music-related reality programming, such as Behind the Music, the I Love the... series, the Celebreality block of programming, and the channel's overall focus on popular culture.