History Creator / VH1

* ''Series/ScreamResurrection'' (2019, a {{Retool}} of the Creator/{{MTV}} [[Series/{{Scream|TV Series}} series]])

* ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' (2017-present, moved from Creator/{{LOGO}})

Video Hits One. The sister channel to Creator/{{MTV}}, launched in 1985 and also owned by Creator/ViacomCBS.

!!Shows with pages in TV Tropes:

At the TurnOfTheMillennium the channel's focus turned to general pop culture, In particular, the ''[[ILoveTheExties I Love the...]]'' series was extremely popular, covering the [[TheEighties 1980s]] thrice, and the [[TheSeventies 1970s]], the 1990s, and [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]] twice! From this success, the channel started to focus on pop culture-related reality shows. Unlike MTV's focus on teen culture, [=VH1=] focuses on washed-up celebrities, giving such figures as Wrestling/HulkHogan, Danny Bonaduce, [[Music/PublicEnemy Flavor Flav]], and Christopher Knight a second swing at stardom. It usually works... the season finale of ''Series/FlavorOfLove'', Flavor Flav's show, attracted 6 million viewers.

In TheNewTens the network's focus seems to be the budding entertainment center of UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, with several programs revolving around music (the ''Love and Hip Hop'' franchise) or sports and entertainment figures' wives (''Basketball Wives'' and ''Baseball Wives''). The network has also had a couple of original dramatic series and even a few [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV movies]], usually of the {{Biopic}} genre. By November 2015, [=VH1=] stopped airing music video blocks altogether, instead showing videos as interstitial programming.

Like MTV, [=VH1=] is not what it once was but it's still popular. So much so that, even though [=VH1=] is not one of Viacom's six core brands (MTV, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, Creator/NickJr, Creator/{{BET}}, Creator/ComedyCentral, and Creator/{{Paramount}}), it is still a part of their 2017 restructuring plan. While scripted dramas ''Hit the Floor'' and ''The Breaks'' were [[ChannelHop shuffled over]] to BET, Creator/{{LOGO}}'s reality competition series, ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'', had its premieres moved to [=VH1=].

Whereas MTV was focusing on teenagers and young adults, [=VH1=] was initially its older-skewing counterpart and came into being primarily to compete with [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Broadcasting]]'s [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_Music_Channel Cable Music Channel]] (which shut down before [=VH1=] signed on, and wound up being replaced with it). Thus, [=VH1=] became the home of adult contemporary artists like Kenny G, Music/MariahCarey, Music/MichaelBolton, Anita Baker, et cetera, playing their videos on infinite loop, which had all of the appeal of your average Lite FM station. To further drive the similarities home, radio [[{{Jingle}} jingle]] company [[http://www.jingles.com/ JAM Creative Productions]] would produce much the channel's ID music until the early '90s rolled around and their early VJ lineup consisted of several notable radio personalities of the time. They even had a morning show, ''Hits, News and Weather'' which interspersed news updates (produced by the All-News Channel, a JV network of Viacom and Hubbard Communications, which also produced news updates for another Viacom network, Creator/{{Showtime}}) amongst music videos.

Video Hits One. The sister channel to Creator/{{MTV}}, launched in 1985 and also owned by Creator/{{Viacom}}.

Whereas MTV was focusing on the teenagers and young adults, [=VH1=] was initially its older-skewing counterpart and came into being primarily to compete with [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Broadcasting]]'s [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_Music_Channel Cable Music Channel]] (which shut down before [=VH1=] signed on, and wound up being replaced with it). Thus, [=VH1=] became the home of adult contemporary artists like Music/KennyG, Music/MariahCarey, Music/MichaelBolton, Anita Baker, et cetera, playing their videos on infinite loop, which had all of the appeal of your average Lite FM station. To further drive the similarities home, radio [[{{Jingle}} jingle]] company [[http://www.jingles.com/ JAM Creative Productions]] would produce much the channel's ID music until the early '90s rolled around and their early VJ lineup consisted of several notable radio personalities of the time. They even had a morning show, ''Hits, News and Weather'' which interspersed news updates (produced by the All-News Channel, a JV network of Viacom and Hubbard Communications, which also produced news updates for another Viacom network, Creator/{{Showtime}}) amongst the music videos.

In TheNineties, like MTV, it started moving away from music videos, but still played lots of them, and even dipped into videos, music shows, and films from TheSixties and TheSeventies. By the middle of the decade, it started skewing a bit younger, courting recently lapsed MTV viewers among its new audience, with a somewhat more hip playlist, more or less catching up by the end of the decade when metal/hard rock started finding a home via dedicated blocks and specials. Stars of the era included Music/{{Jewel}}, [[Music/10000Maniacs Natalie Merchant]], and most notoriously Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish. Notable series during this period were ''Series/PopUpVideo'', which put visual commentary on a music video, explaining various lyrics and other things, and ''Series/BehindTheMusic'', which gave fans a look into the personal lives of many popular and long-standing musicians most of the time, though it also examined music-related events of a particular year in some episodes. A spinoff, ''Behind the Music 2'', focused on groups that hadn't been around long enough to warrant an hour-long episode.

In TheNewTens the network's focus seems to be the budding entertainment center of UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, with several programs revolving around music (the ''Love and Hip Hop'' franchise) or sports and entertainment figures' wives (''Basketball Wives'' and ''Baseball Wives''). The network has also had a couple of original dramatic series and even a few [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV movies]], usually of the {{Biopic}} genre. By November 2015, [=VH1=] stopped airing music video blocks, instead showing videos as interstitial programming.

* [=VH1=] Country -- Now known as Creator/{{CMT}} Music (formally CMT Pure Country), which primarily focuses on videos, as does...

In TheNineties, like MTV, it started moving away from music videos, but still played lots of them, and even dipped into videos, music shows, and films from TheSixties and TheSeventies. By the middle of the decade, it started skewing a bit younger, courting recently lapsed MTV viewers among its new audience, with a somewhat more hip playlist, more or less catching up by the end of the decade when metal/hard rock started finding a home via dedicated blocks and specials. Stars of the era included Music/{{Jewel}}, Music/NatalieMerchant, and most notoriously Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish. Notable series during this period were ''Series/PopUpVideo'', which put visual commentary on a music video, explaining various lyrics and other things, and ''Series/BehindTheMusic'', which gave fans a look into the personal lives of many popular and long-standing musicians most of the time, though it also examined music-related events of a particular year in some episodes. A spinoff, ''Behind the Music 2'', focused on groups that hadn't been around long enough to warrant an hour-long episode.

Whereas MTV was focusing on the teenagers and young adults, [=VH1=] was initially its older-skewing counterpart and came into being primarily to compete with [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Broadcasting]]'s [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_Music_Channel Cable Music Channel]] (which shut down before [=VH1=] signed on, and wound up being replaced with it). Thus, [=VH1=] became the home of adult contemporary artists like Music/KennyG, Music/MariahCarey, Anita Baker, et cetera, playing their videos on infinite loop, which had all of the appeal of your average Lite FM station. To further drive the similarities home, radio [[{{Jingle}} jingle]] company [[http://www.jingles.com/ JAM Creative Productions]] would produce much the channel's ID music until the early '90s rolled around and their early VJ lineup consisted of several notable radio personalities of the time. They even had a morning show, ''Hits, News and Weather'' which interspersed news updates (produced by the All-News Channel, a JV network of Viacom and Hubbard Communications, which also produced news updates for another Viacom network, Creator/{{Showtime}}) amongst the music videos.

In TheNineties, like MTV, it started moving away from music videos, but still played lots of them, and even dipped into videos, music shows, and films from TheSixties and TheSeventies. By the end of the decade, it started skewing a bit younger, courting recently lapsed MTV viewers among its new audience. Notable series during this period were ''Series/PopUpVideo'', which put visual commentary on a music video, explaining various lyrics and other things, and ''Series/BehindTheMusic'', which gave fans a look into the personal lives of many popular and long-standing musicians most of the time, though it also examined music-related events of a particular year in some episodes. A spinoff, ''Behind the Music 2'', focused on groups that hadn't been around long enough to warrant an hour-long episode.

In TheNineties, like MTV, it started moving away from music videos, but still played lots of them, and even dipped into videos, music shows, and films from TheSixties and TheSeventies. By the end of the decade, it started skewing a bit younger, courting recently lapsed MTV viewers among its new audience. Notable series during this period were ''Series/PopUpVideo'', which put visual commentary on a music video, explaining various lyrics and other things, and ''Behind the Music'', which gave fans a look into the personal lives of many popular and long-standing musicians most of the time, though it also examined music-related events of a particular year in some episodes. A spinoff, ''Behind the Music 2'', focused on groups that hadn't been around long enough to warrant an hour-long episode.

Whereas MTV was focusing on the teenagers and young adults, [=VH1=] was initially its older-skewing counterpart and came into being primarily to compete with [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Broadcasting]]'s [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_Music_Channel Cable Music Channel]] (which shut down before [=VH1=] signed on, and wound up being replaced with it). Thus, [=VH1=] became the home of adult contemporary artists like Music/KennyG, Music/MariahCarey, Anita Baker, et cetera, playing their videos on infinite loop, which had all of the appeal of your average Lite FM station. To further drive the similarities home, radio [[{{Jingle}} jingle]] company [[http://www.jingles.com/ JAM Creative Productions]] would produce much the channel's ID music until the early '90s rolled around. They even had a morning show, ''Hits, News and Weather'' which interspersed news updates (produced by the All-News Channel, a JV network of Viacom and Hubbard Communications, which also produced news updates for another Viacom network, Creator/{{Showtime}}) amongst the music videos.

Whereas MTV was focusing on the teenagers and young adults, [=VH1=] was initially its older-skewing counterpart and came into being primarily to compete with [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Broadcasting]]'s [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_Music_Channel Cable Music Channel]] (which shut down before [=VH1=] signed on, and wound up being replaced with it). Thus, [=VH1=] became the home of adult contemporary artists like Music/KennyG, Music/MariahCarey, Anita Baker, et cetera, playing their videos on infinite loop, which had all of the appeal of your average Lite FM station. To further drive the similarities home, radio [[{{Jingle}} jingle]] company [[http://www.jingles.com/ JAM Creative Productions]] would produce much the channel's ID music until the early '90s rolled around.

Whereas MTV was focusing on the teenagers and young adults, [=VH1=] was initially its older-skewing counterpart and came into being primarily to compete with [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Broadcasting]]'s [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_Music_Channel Cable Music Channel]] (which shut down before [=VH1=] signed on, and wound up being replaced with it). Thus, [=VH1=] became the home of adult contemporary artists like Music/KennyG, Music/MariahCarey, Anita Baker, et cetera, playing their videos on infinite loop, which had all of the appeal of your average Lite FM station. To further these similarities, radio [[{{Jingle}} jingle]] company [[http://www.jingles.com/ JAM Creative Productions]] would produce much the channel's ID music until the early '90s rolled around.

Whereas MTV was focusing on the teenagers and young adults, [=VH1=] was initially its older-skewing counterpart and came into being primarily to compete with [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Broadcasting]]'s [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_Music_Channel Cable Music Channel]] (which shut down before [=VH1=] signed on, and wound up being replaced with it). Thus, [=VH1=] became the home of adult contemporary artists like Music/KennyG, Music/MariahCarey, Anita Baker, et cetera, playing their videos on infinite loop, which had all of the appeal of your average Lite FM station.