Line #14 Series/VideoOnTrial


1	A Canadian show aired by Creator/MuchMusic (and later picked up by Fuse in 2011; they actually ''used'' to be the official American version of said channel way back when), where 5 different comedians [[{{MST}} comedically riff]] over 5 different music videos.
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3	The first few seasons used judicial motifs in its formatting and presentation, including referring to the panelists as the "jury" and each song as a "case", and musicians being humorously "accused" and "sentenced" at the beginning and end of each segment. The fifth season dropped most of the courtroom motifs from the show's presentation and redesigned its graphics to be more futuristic, although the core format remained pretty much identical.
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5	The final season, which premiered in July 2014, underwent a major {{Retool}}: Aisha Alfa and Paul Lemieux became permanent hosts, and the show changed its format from rapid-fire riffing to being a clone of ''[[Series/{{Tosh0}} Tosh.0]]'', relying on [[CutawayGag cutaway gags]] and recurring segments. It only lasted four episodes before Bell Media pulled the plug on all Much original programming as part of [[http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/tv-film/6157478/muchmusic-canadas-first-music-video-channel-lays-off-91-cancel major layoffs]].
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8	!!This show provides examples of:
9	* BrokenAesop: During [[Music/LadyGaga "Born This Way,"]] Trevor Boris points out that Lady Gaga wasn't born Lady Gaga, and that her real name is Stephanie.
10	* CampGay: Trevor Borris is caught sporting a pink [[Music/TheJonasBrothers "Mrs. Jonas"]] t-shirt on episodes featuring the famous Creator/DisneyChannel heartthrobs' videos.
11	* ChromaKey: They sometimes use a green screen for jokes or backgrounds, but most of the time the jury is just in front of a plain black wall.
12	** As of the 2014 revamp, they now have a green screen set with the Toronto skyline,
13	* CulturalCringe: Videos featuring [[CanadianMusic Canadian artists]] got their [[IncrediblyLamePun day in court]] quite often, and they cranked the stereotyping up to eleven when they did a special episode focusing exclusively on Canadian music.
14	* ChristmasEpisode: The "Holiday Crap" specials.
15	* ForeignRemake ''[[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit Special Videos Unit]] Video on Trial'', the U.S. version on Fuse
16	* HalloweenEpisode: Several, such as the "Halloween Spooktacular"
17	* InUniverseFactoidFailure: The music video for "Break Stuff" by Music/LimpBizkit was on the docket for the "So 90s" special. Juror Nikki Payne points out though that the song was not from the 90s and was actually released in the year 2000.
18	* NoBudget (InUniverse): "Can you say budget? [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial We can't. We're actually contractually not allowed to bring it up.]]"
19	* LogicBomb: "Music/EnriqueIglesias is my favourite male lesbian".
20	* SpinOff: ''Stars on Trial'' aired as a year-end special, focusing on celebrities in general
21	** The regulars also hosted a "Top 50 Funniest Videos" special for Much, with a similar style.
22	* SpiritualSuccessor:
23	** [=MuchMusic=] used air an Ed the Sock special called ''Fromage'' during its year-end programming, where he riffed on the cheesiest and[=/=]or worst music videos of the past year, in a similarly comedic and DeadpanSnarker style. After an absence from Much for the longest time, the character returned as a panelist on a 90's special in 2013.
24	** Beginning in 2008, the series began producing ''Best of the Worst'' specials, which itself was a spiritual successor to the later format used by Fromage (a countdown of the cheesiest videos of the year).
25	** Oddly on Fuse, the 2011 BotW premiered at [[NotAMorningPerson 6am on a random Thursday]], four days before the Canadian premiere (though it did get a re-air later at a saner time).
26	** The Comedy Network's version of ''Series/MatchGame'' featured a number of ''Video on Trial'' veterans as guests, primarily host Darrin Rose and regular panelist Debra DiGiovanni.
27	** [[WebVideo/TheMusicVideoShow The Music Video Show]] takes cues from the show, except there is one music video showcased instead of five. It even takes the split screen idea from VoT.
28	* ToiletHumor: Once in a while. A noted instance came in "Opposites Attract" by Paula Abdul, where a panelist [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] that the singer was interacting with a [[RogerRabbitEffect cartoon character]] named MC [[HaveAGayOldTime Skat]] Kat. Most of the comments that followed were peppered with jokes about litter boxes.

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