The list for March 27, 1997
The Top 16 Programs in Development at MTV
- “Singled Out and Blacklisted!”: Hosted by Senator Joseph McCarthy
- “The Real World, Unplugged”: Host Dr. Jack Kevorkian visits terminally ill Gen-Xers.
- “MTV Disinterred”: Guests include Tupac, Curt Cobain and David Crosby
- “Regis and Butthead”
- “Press the Meat”: Sunday morning political panel hosted by Jenny McCarthy
- “The Real World — San Quentin”: Six very different youths learn about life and each other in cell block 9.
- “MTV’s House of Dummies”: Starring Jenny and Charlie McCarthy
- “Bill Clinton Unzipped”
- Hoping the new artists will also become targets, “Yo, MTV Raps” is replaced by “Yo, Manilow, Bolton & Kenny G!”
- “Unplugged and Unheard”: Mime Bands “play” today’s hottest metal
- “The Squeal World”: Seven promiscuous gen-Xers move in together and subsequently never leave the house.
- “Picked Over”: The dating game for people who only look good after a 6-pack.
- “My So-Called Knife”: starring O.J. Simpson
- “The Tim World”: The true story of four 24 year-olds sharing a house, struggling to pay rent, playing video games, and living on nothing but ramen noodles and beer.
- “Heavy Metal vs. Rap Spelling Bee”: Co-Hosted by Enuf Z’nuff and Sista Souljah
And the Number 1 Program in Development at MTV…
- “Stick the Pin in Martha Quinn”
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CREDITS
Selected from 112 submissions from 39 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Matt Loiselle, Detroit, MI — 1 (1st #1!)
- Marianne Tatom, Austin, TX — 2
- Tim Blankenbaker, Washington, DC — 3
- R.M. Weiner, Brighton, MA — 4
- David G. Scott, Kansas City, MO — 5
- Jennifer Ritzinger, Seattle, WA — 6
- Sam Evans, Charleston, SC — 7
- Alexander Clemens, San Francisco, CA — 8
- Sue Prifogle, Rushville, IN — 9
- Lloyd Jacobson, Washington, DC — 10
- Greg Pettit, Houston, TX — 11
- Tony Hill, Minneapolis, MN — 12
- Craig Stacey, St. Paul, MN — 13
- Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 13
- Rob Seulowitz, New York, NY — 14, Topic
- John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 15
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 15
- Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 16
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