In the episodes
22 mentions across all episodes - S1E1 3 · S1E3 5 · S1E7 1 · S2E3 3 · S5E4 9 · S6E1 1
- S6E1 · James St. James · 1 mention in this episode
Early-80s cultural force
- S1E1 · Dianne Brill · 3 mentions in this episode
Premiered the Cars video; Warhol's MTV shows
- S1E3 · Lisa Edelstein · 5 mentions in this episode
Lisa was a VJ there and started Lisa's World
- S2E3 · Susanne Bartsch · 3 mentions in this episode
James thinks her London friends were all on it; she had no time for TV
- S1E7 · Rudolf Piper · 1 mention in this episode
Rudolf: Danceteria's era had no cell phones or video cameras, and MTV was just starting
- S5E4 · Nick Egan · 9 mentions in this episode
Nick says it arrived just as he started and became so big every home had it on, giving a shared culture we've since lost
On the scene timeline
1990 · MTV
Deee-Lite's Groove Is in the Heart hits MTV
The downtown club look goes global on television, and Nick Egan's design work sits in the middle of that visual moment.