Name	MTV2
Logofile	Mtv2 logo.svg
Logosize	200px
Logoalt	MTV2 logo from February 2005 to present
Launch	August 1, 1996
Owner	MTV Networks (Paramount/Viacom)
Country	United States
Former names	M2 (1996-2000)
Sister stations	MTV, Nickelodeon
Web	mtv2.com
Sat serv 1	DirecTV
Sat chan 1	Channel 333 Channel 1333 (VOD)
Sat serv 2	Dish Network
Sat chan 2	Channel 161
Cable serv 1	Verizon Fios
Cable chan 1	Channel 211 }}

MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation. The channel is also broadcast over-the-air in selected markets where the former all-request music channel known as The Box was broadcast.

Launched on August 1, 1996, the original purpose of the channel was to give music fans a place to see constant, commercial-free music videos, once the original MTV had started to change its direction from music and concentrate on reality television and soap operas. Today, MTV2 airs a selection of music videos, other music-related specials, and non-music shows focused on youth culture and pop culture. These shows are aimed at viewers in their teens and early 20s.

The beginning of MTV2

MTV2 was originally known as just M2 until the first quarter of 1999. M2 began broadcasting on August 1, 1996 — MTV's 15th anniversary — with Beck's "Where It's At" being the first video to air. M2 was created to show more alternative types of music and older music videos than regular MTV did in 1996, priding itself on being a diverse mix of all types of music.

In its first couple of years on the air, M2 was restricted to less widely available digital and satellite television, which limited its viewership to around 12 million viewers by 2000. M2 also broadcast live over the Internet during its early years, which means it was similarly ahead of its time in a period when few people had broadband Internet connections.

Original VJs and shows

During the early years of the channel, the music videos ran on 8-hour rotations, so that the same block of videos repeated three times every day: from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., 2 p.m. to 10 p.m., and finally from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.. A new block would then start again at 6 a.m.. During these years, M2 only had three VJs: Jancee Dunn, Matt Pinfield, and Kris Kosach. They were rarely seen on screen. They hand-picked all of the music videos that were played for the eight hours every day. Throughout the next few years, Pinfield left to continue hosting shows on MTV and Kosach went on to host programs for TechTV, while Dunn remained at the channel through 2001. M2 was almost always just a random blend of music, though occasional themed specials were aired. One of the first ones was the ''Smashing Pumpkins Videography'', in which all of the band's videos were played in chronological order. M2 would often invite musicians to hand pick blocks of videos or air hour-long blocks (which would eventually be known as ''Artist Collections'') of videos by one band or musician. On January 1, 1999, the channel played the music video "1999" by Prince continuously all that day.

A-Z video marathon

Starting on January 1, 2000, in honor of the millennium, MTV2 attempted to play every music video in the MTV library in alphabetical order. While a majority of videos were played, many were skipped over. The special ended in mid-April 2000.

MTV2's first relaunch

In 1997, Viacom, MTV and MTV2's parent company, bought out the independent, viewer-requested "jukebox" music video channel known as The Box. Starting on January 1, 2001, all households that had received The Box began to receive MTV2 in its place, putting the channel into millions of additional households. MTV2 also began adding television commercials to its broadcasts; beforehand, cable or satellite providers interrupted MTV2's feed to insert their own ads. MTV2 also began to separate the types of videos it played by genre. Hip-hop and soul music (hosted by a new VJ, Steph Lova) was played for an hour every weekday at 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. Rock music played every weekday at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. (hosted by another new VJ: former K-Rock and then-WXRK radio DJ Chris Booker).

A new show hosted by Jancee Dunn called ''MTV2 Request'' aired every weekday between 11 a.m. and 12 a.m. and again between 11 p.m. and midnight. All of the videos played on ''MTV2 Request'' were selected by online viewer requests. Another new show called ''Control Freak'' began in 2001, airing weekdays from 8 to 9 p.m. It used real-time viewer voting to select the next video to be played on the channel (out of three choices), while the current video was playing. The majority of the daytime schedule still featured a somewhat diverse mix of rap, rock, and pop, and new and old videos. By 2003, the network had 50 million subscribers in the United States.

Next set of VJs and shows

In late 2001, MTV2 held auditions for new VJs. Steph Lova, Jancee Dunn, Chris Booker, and Dave Holmes all disappeared. They were replaced with Jim Shearer (who would go on to become the main VJ in the heavily genre-segregated MTV2), Abby Gennet (who began to host ''MTV2 Rock'', which was now being played between 3 and 5 p.m. every weekday afternoon), Quddus (a regular MTV VJ, who would host ''MTV2 Soul'', which would air between 9 and 11 a.m. every weekday), and La La & DJ Clue (both of whom would host ''MTV2 Hip-Hop'', which was played between 10 p.m. and midnight every weeknight).

During the week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve of 2001, MTV2 claimed to play every video that had debuted on the channel during the entire year of 2001, Monday through Saturday between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. each day, alphabetically by video title. As had happened with the marathon of all music videos in 2000, several videos were skipped over as a result of unfortunate scheduling and an overemphasis on fitting in commercials.

With the start of 2002, MTV2's block of techno and dance music, ''AMP'', which had aired Sunday nights between 10 p.m. and midnight, was replaced by a show called ''MTV2 Dance''. This became a three-hour block of dance and techno, which featured some more obscure music by little-known techno DJ's, but also incorporated the videos for mainstream, popular dance songs, by artists such as Amber and Kylie Minogue. The show also was known for playing dance remixes of pop videos, such as the Hex Hector Remix of Jennifer Lopez' "Waiting For Tonight," the Metro Remix of Enrique Iglesias' "Hero," and the Thunderpuss Remix of Whitney Houston's "It's Not Right, But It's OK." ''MTV2 Dance'' originally aired every Sunday morning between 1 and 4 a.m..

Around this time, ''120 Minutes'', was moved to Sunday nights between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. Jim Shearer also took over hosting duty from Kevin Dunn.

In spring of 2002, MTV2 altered its format once again. New shows such as ''Chart2Chart'' (hosted by Jim Shearer), which aired the most popular videos from the pop, rap, rock, and dance, singles and albums charts, began. ''Spankin' New'' was a show that featured the newest videos of the week, and ''Extreme Rock'' began to air late nights on weekdays, showcasing hard rock and metal music, such as Godsmack, Metallica, Iron Maiden, and Guns N' Roses. ''Riffs & Rhymes'' appeared on the daily weekday schedule between 5 and 6 p.m., and it featured videos and bands that combined the sounds of rock and rap music, such as The Roots, Linkin Park, P.O.D., and Limp Bizkit. Chris Booker, after only a brief absence from the channel, was brought back in order to host the show. ''Riffs & Rhymes'' only lasted until the summer of 2002, but ''Extreme Rock'', ''Spankin' New'', and ''Chart2Chart'' remained through the end of 2003.

Special programming

In April 2002, MTV2 created a special program, '' MTV's Most Controversial Videos'', to complement an MTV News documentary on the subject. The two-hour documentary on MTV was rated TV-14 and hosted by MTV News reporters Iann Robinson and SuChin Pak. MTV2 aired the top 20 videos in full, many of which were previously banned from MTV, in a three-hour late-night special, rated TV-MA and hosted by Andrew W.K.. In addition to playing the top 20 videos that were discussed on MTV's special, which included The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up", Pearl Jam's "Jeremy", Eminem's "Stan"," Nine Inch Nails' "Closer", and Madonna's "Justify My Love", MTV2 played Björk's "Pagan Poetry", Metallica's "Turn the Page", Aphex Twin's "Come To Daddy", The Cardigans' "My Favourite Game," and U.N.K.L.E.'s "Rabbit In Your Headlights" as bonus controversial videos.

During the Memorial Day weekend of 2002, MTV2 played a special called ''Increase The Beat''. DJ Paul Oakenfold hosted the special and played videos from such artists as Fatboy Slim, Beastie Boys, and Jay-Z. The videos were arranged in order from slowest to fastest, based on the number of beats per minute of the song.

MTV2's next major special programming came during the Fourth of July weekend in 2002. For the entire four-day extended holiday weekend, MTV2 aired a special called ''Box Set Weekend''. The channel played an artist's ''Artist Collection'' (by this time, there were around 100 episodes of ''Artist Collection''), and then followed it by other MTV programming that featured the artist, such as ''Making The Video'', ''Ultrasound'', and/or a live performance, depending on what was available in the MTV archives. Although it was not the first time that MTV2 played programming other than music videos, ''Box Set Weekend'' then had the highest concentration of non-video programming on the channel.

Prior to that weekend, non-video programming and specials were few and far between, and were never longer than 30 minutes at a time. ''Box Set Weekend'' began the trend for MTV2 to play fewer music videos and more archived MTV specials, which may have annoyed and alienated some of MTV2's original viewers, who had initially tuned in just to see the videos, without having to sit through documentaries and interviews which could already be seen on MTV and VH1. However, it was said that MTV2's ratings increased as a result of their incorporation of documentaries, interviews, and behind-the-scenes specials along with music videos.

On August 24, 2002, MTV2 aired an 18 hour long special called ''VMA Winners'', which aired the most memorable winning videos from the entire history of MTV's ''Video Music Awards'', in anticipation of the award show on August 29, 2002. Each hour was dedicated to a certain year of the awards, beginning at 6 a.m. ET with 1984 and ending at the 11 p.m. ET hour with 2001. Approximately nine videos were shown per hour from each year. MTV2 VJs Jim Shearer and Abby Gennet hosted the special, contributing three segments per hour. Either Shearer or Gennet hosted the first two segments per hour, then they joined each other for the third segment, in order to switch off hosting duties for the next hour. By the end of the special, the music videos for more than 160 past ''VMA'' winners were shown. MTV2 aired similar specials in 2003 and 2004, hosted solely by Jim Shearer and incorporating the additional years of ''VMA'' winners.

Experimental programming

Also in the summer of 2002, MTV2 experimented with ''MTV2 Dance'''s timeslot, airing the block twice a week: in its usual early Sunday morning slot between 1 and 4 a.m., but also early Saturday morning between midnight and 3 a.m. This only lasted for a couple of weeks, however, and by the fall of 2002, ''MTV2 Dance'' was cancelled entirely.

On September 21, 2002, MTV2 aired ''24 Hours of Love'', a live special hosted by Courtney Love. For the special, Love took control of MTV2's airwaves for 24 hours, playing a selection of videos that she wanted to see, taking calls from viewers, and inviting guests into the studio.

In the fall of 2002, amid complaints that the channel was slowly following the same path that regular MTV had taken, away from music videos — especially older and rarer ones — MTV2 debuted a new weekly show called ''The Definitive''. Its purpose was to showcase videos, many of which might not have otherwise still been played on MTV2, in themed blocks. It began airing on Sunday nights between 10 and 11 p.m., and showcased an hour of videos grouped by a different theme every week. Its first episode played all animated music videos such as "Californication" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and "Do The Evolution" by Pearl Jam. Since then, the show had nearly 50 episodes. Some of the final themes were videos featuring Snoop Dogg, videos featuring motorcycles, and videos by musicians who have famous fathers, in honor of Fathers' Day 2003. The final episode of ''The Definitive'' aired on September 14, 2003 showcasing videos that featured rooftops.

Near the end of the year, MTV2 also began to play ''Retro Videos'' weekdays between 7 and 8 a.m. This evolved into a show that was later called ''Back In Play'', which also aired between 2 and 3 p.m., and with each of the two hours being a completely different block of older videos that were not currently on MTV or MTV2's playlist. In December 2002, MTV2 once again tried to air every video that debuted on the channel in 2002. As happened in the past, several videos were not actually played.

Major format evolution

Through the end of 2002 and the beginning of 2003, MTV2 phased out the format of exclusively music videos, instead adopting a new slogan, "Where the music's at," and featuring other music-related shows instead of 24/7 videos. Past ''MTV Icon'' specials, news documentaries, and countdowns were all as likely to be shown on MTV2 as videos. However, MTV2 still continued to show innovative and up-and-coming musicians and videos, as well as mainstream videos.

New rock/hip-hop shows

MTV2's 2003 schedule included some changes from 2002. Jesse Snider, son of Twisted Sister's Dee Snider was selected as the host of ''MTV2 Rock'', replacing Abby Gennet. In addition, ''MTV2 Rock'' was reduced to one hour per day, and hip-hop related programming was expanded to 5 hours per day. Much of the daily schedule was occupied by other music-related specials and documentaries, with random-rotation music videos occupying only the late-night hours. Other new programming included ''Track 2'', a series going "behind the scenes" of music videos, and ''Nose Dive'', profiling past popular artists.

In April 2003, MTV2 aired ''Madonna Weekend'', a special that commemorated Madonna's new album at the time, ''American Life''. The network showed classic MTV specials and interviews featuring Madonna, as well as a four-hour collection of Madonna videos called ''Madonna A-Z''. The weekend ended on Sunday, April 20, with the premiere of ''The Definitive: Madonna''. It was the first episode of ''The Definitive'' to be 2 hours, and it was completely determined by online viewer voting at MTV2.com. Madonna's controversial "Erotica" video was voted into the number one spot. Although MTV originally banned the video from its airwaves, MTV2 played the video uncensored and in its entirety.

In May 2003, the long-running alternative music show ''120 Minutes'', which started on MTV in 1986 and moved to MTV2 at the end of 2000, came to an end with a final episode, featuring host Jim Shearer interviewing former hosts Matt Pinfield and Dave Kendall. After the final episode, the series was renamed to ''Subterranean'' and given a shorter 60-minute format. The series also moved from Sunday to Friday nights.

Also in May 2003, MTV2 resurrected the old MTV show ''Headbangers Ball'', which featured a wide array of heavy metal and hard rock music videos. Metallica hosted the first episode, followed by Rob Zombie for the next few weeks. Jamey Jasta from the band Hatebreed was then selected as host of the show, though touring responsibilities prevented Jasta from hosting on several occasions. The show was preceded on Saturdays by ''MTV2 Rock Countdown'' with Jesse Snider and other rock-related music specials and documentaries.

In June 2003, MTV2 began an 8-hour block of hip-hop programming on Sundays called ''Sucker Free Sunday''. Each week, a different guest host served up ''Artist Collections'', countdowns, and other hip-hop music specials. In July of that year, the channel also introduced a new advertising campaign—aimed at differentiating itself from its parent network, MTV—featuring The Talking Baby, a foul-mouthed baby doll operated by Charlotte-based comedian Sean Keenan.

Around this time, MTV2 sponsored two albums in the ''MTV2 Album Covers'' series, in which a band covers another band's songs. The first was ''Dashboard Confessional/R.E.M.'', and the second was ''Guster/Violent Femmes''.

Show cancellations

During the fall of 2003 and the beginning of 2004, MTV2 once again updated its schedule to include more genre-separated blocks and less variety. The popular show ''Control Freak'', which allowed viewers to vote for the next video they wanted to see, was cancelled from its daily 2-hour time slot from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and moved to one half-hour seen only on Tuesday. Other daily shows like ''Back in Play'' and ''Latest & Greatest'', which featured a mix of new and old videos, were also cancelled.

As part of this transition, ''MTV2 Rock'' was moved to a half-hour at 8 p.m., followed by a daily half-hour version of ''Headbangers Ball''. MTV2's daily ''Hip-Hop Show'' was expanded further, airing the newest hip-hop hits every day from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with the same videos played again from 10 p.m. to midnight. A new show called ''Greatest Hits'' replaced ''Artist Collections'', so MTV2 could play only the particular artist's best videos instead of every video that they ever made. The arrival of the new ''Greatest Hits'' show meant MTV2's popular ''The Definitive'' was cancelled as well. Around this time, MTV2's daytime schedule halted regular music video rotation. As a result, music-related specials and documentaries were scheduled for daytime on MTV2.

In the spring of 2004, MTV2 ended its contract with Jesse Snider. Jim Shearer remained with the channel and also picked up hosting duties for all rock shows previously hosted by Jesse. Jamey Jasta remained the host of ''Headbangers Ball''. Around this time, MTV2 also welcomed Amanda Diva as its new hip-hop VJ.

End of freeform format

In the summer of 2004, MTV2's daily schedule became almost completely occupied by repeats of MTV's documentaries, reality shows, and even some classics such as ''Beavis and Butt-head''. Only some music video programming remained, including a daily ''MTV2 Hip-Hop'' hour at 6 p.m. and an ''MTV2 Rock'' hour at 8 p.m.

At this time, MTV2's freeform music video format, which featured a diverse mix of new and old videos from all genres since the channel's beginning, completely ended. Even during MTV2's late night ''Music Videos'' rotation (4 a.m. to 7 a.m.), a programmed playlist determined the videos that were to be played. As 2004 came to a close, MTV2 made very little changes to its programming, with non-music shows and documentaries continuing to occupy most of the daily schedule.

MTV2's second relaunch

During the halftime of Super Bowl XXXIX on February 6, 2005, both MTV and MTV2 aired a 15-minute preview of MTV2's second relaunch, which took place at midnight on February 7, 2005. The purpose of this relaunch was to create a unique brand identity for MTV2, targeting 12-34 year old male viewers and separating the channel from being perceived as simply an MTV spin-off.

The two-headed dog

The relaunch of the channel also brought the introduction of a completely new logo: a two-headed dog. The previous boxes logo and MTV's famous block logo were eliminated from the new MTV2 logo, implying that the new channel would be nothing like the current MTV. Billboard Radio Monitor reported that the two heads of the dog were made to represent rock and hip-hop, the two sides of music on MTV2.

Also as part of the relaunch, MTV2 added "sharts" (nonsensical video clips from old B-movies, as well as short clips collected from the Internet and others created in-house) between normal video rotation, commercial breaks, and at the top of each hour. These clips began to serve as station IDs for the new MTV2 and were most likely intended to present a random, "anything goes" attitude for the channel. Although Viacom, MTV2's parent company, denied any influence from competing music video channel Fuse, the attitude and identity associated with Fuse most likely played a part in the decision to relaunch MTV2 and add these random clips. Sharts mostly played before Sic' Em Fridays during the show before it.

All original shows that were made after the relaunch were given new opening themes with "sharts" as well. Throughout each opening sequence, pieces of broken bars appear all around the screen and eventually, at the end of the random video clip, form into a bar in the center that reads the name of the show.

The channel also introduced a new way to credit videos. At the beginning and end of each video, three large, brightly colored bars (either blue, yellow or pink) would appear in the middle of the screen which display the video's information, rather than the traditional MTV style of small white letters in the lower left corner. Also during each show, MTV2's two-headed dog logo would change colors, and a large bar would appear in the middle of the screen to inform the viewer of what program is being shown. During regular music video rotation, random comments such as "Stop thinking about your hair", "Never fear them", and "Envy is admiration turned upside down" would appear. The new video credits and show information bars were met with mixed reviews from viewers.

Post-relaunch shows

MTV2's VJs remained the same after the relaunch, and there were only a few programming changes. Each day's schedule remained mostly full of music documentary shows and other non-music shows. The daily ''MTV2 Rock'' hour at 8 p.m. was eliminated, replaced with additional hip-hop shows. Each of MTV2's regular music shows also received new opening themes and transitions. Another programming change was the return of ''MTV2 Premiere'', which aired a brand new music video at the top of every hour on Thursdays in 2001 and 2002. The new MTV2 Premiere was named ''Unleashed'' and began taking place on Tuesdays.

Some new non-music video shows were also added to the schedule. On March 11, 2005, MTV2 premiered a block of shows called ''Sic 'Em Friday'', at the time featuring ''Wildboyz'', which was previously aired on MTV but moved to MTV2, as well as brand new series ''Team Sanchez'', ''Stankervision'', and ''Wonder Showzen'', and repeats of ''The Andy Milonakis Show'' that originally aired on MTV during its first season.

On June 11 and 12, 2005, MTV2 aired ''24 Hours of Foo'', a live special hosted by the rock band Foo Fighters, which was very similar in concept to ''24 Hours of Love'', a live special hosted by Courtney Love that the channel aired in 2002.

In February 2008, during black-history month, MTV2 made the effort to glamorize the African-American influence in America by eliminating almost all non-black music and reality programming. In fact, MTV2, regardless of programming, changed the color of the two-headed dog logo to black throughout the entire month.

Previous trends continue

As 2006 began, most of MTV2's programming continued moving with the general trend that had already started years earlier. Despite the removal of MTV's famous block logo from MTV2's logo in 2005, the channel increased its ties to MTV, airing a broader selection of repeats of other MTV shows that fit in with the "outrageous" theme, as well as some others with no certain theme.

The channel's focus on non-music video programming continued, with most promotion centered around its ''Sic 'Em Friday'' block of "outrageous" shows, consisting of ''Wildboyz'' and ''Team Sanchez'' in a season beginning January 6, 2006, as well as ''The Andy Milonakis Show'' and ''Wonder Showzen'' in a season beginning March 31, 2006.

On June 10, 2006, the network premiered a related block of animated shows called ''Sic'emation'', featuring new episodes of ''Celebrity Deathmatch'', two new animated series (''Where My Dogs At?'' and ''The Adventures of Chico and Guapo''), as well as repeats of the classic MTV series ''Beavis and Butt-head''.

While music was still played on MTV2, the other programming on the network was given more airtime and promotion. In order to find music video programming to watch, viewers must know the schedule and check weekly listings. MTV2 does not promote most of its music video shows, and it does not directly inform viewers about the times in which music videos will be aired.

The music video programming that still aired on MTV2 remained stagnant in 2006. Each weekday, hour-long video countdowns of hits (''Elite 8''), hip-hop (''Sucker Free''), and rock (''You Rock the Deuce'', formerly known as ''T-Minus Rock'') air primarily during the early morning hours, aside from (''Sucker Free'') which airs during primetime hours. The ''Unleashed'' video premiere was moved to Mondays. At the end of each week, an hour-long rock countdown and two-hour hip-hop countdown are aired, along with ''Sucker Free'', ''Headbangers Ball'', and ''Subterranean'', which have remained in the same time slots since their debuts in 2003. The weekend rock countdown later evolved into ''Saturday Rock the Deuce'', during which MTV2 plays seven or eight of the same videos from one week to the next, but was later moved to late Saturday nights.

Recent activity

Without a flagship show or any specific direction, MTV2 remains a mixture of music-related programming and non-music programming aimed at the 12-34 year old male and female audience. In recent years, MTV2 has stalled most of its original programming, instead choosing to play repeated programs from MTV and other channels for most of its broadcast schedule. Music video programming on the channel is rare, as it is with MTV, likely thanks to the immediacy and convenience of watching music videos on the Internet. Notable music-related programming changes on MTV2 and exceptions to the rule are listed as follows.

Less music, more music

Music programming on MTV2 took a hit in February 2007 when the network fired all of its production staff. The production staff operated the MTV2 studio and all segments with VJs and/or interviews with artists. As a result of the firings, all of MTV2's music programming, including ''Sucker Free'', ''Headbangers Ball'', and ''Subterranean'', were transitioned to a simple block of music videos, no longer featuring any VJ segments.

Later in 2007, MTV2 devoted Saturday evenings to rock music. The network introduced a ''Rock Block'' which is now known as "Saturday Drop A Deuce" that was shown Saturdays at 10:00 P.M., featuring hard rock and past grunge bands like Stone Temple Pilots, Silverchair and Pearl Jam, similar to a Mainstream rock radio station. Following ''Saturday Drop A Deuce'' was ''Headbangers Ball''. Initially, such blocks of programming were shown during the primetime hours on Saturdays, but currently the block is shown on late Saturday evenings starting at 10:00 P.M. However, MTV2 viewers residing in the West Coast and receiving the channel via direct broadcast satellite will see this block in the primetime hours, as their satellite service will most likely pick up the MTV2 feed from the Eastern Time Zone, in which MTV2 bases its scheduled times for its programming.

The network also continued to air blocks of videos known simply as ''AMTV'', featuring a pre-determined playlist of predominantly current videos with occasional MTV News segments, during the overnight and early morning hours, usually between 3:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. ET. Other formats in which MTV2 played music videos included a 30-minute block of videos simply titled ''Music Videos'' that aired some early mornings and late nights, as well as the ''No Break Video Hour'', a music video block that excluded commercials as mentioned in the title shown Tuesdays through Thursdays at 10:00 A.M.

Revisiting live broadcasts

MTV2 gave the cast of ''Human Giant'' free rein of the channel in May 2007 for an event called ''Human Giant: 24'', allowing them to program the channels and host from MTV's Times Square studios as they see fit for 24 hours, from noon on Friday, May 18 to noon on Saturday, May 19. Notable guests included Fred Armisen and Bill Hader from ''Saturday Night Live'', Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Bob Odenkirk, Michael Showalter, Todd Barry, Zach Galifianakis, Tapes 'n Tapes, and Tegan and Sara. The live event was the successor to ''24 Hours of Love'' in 2002, ''24 Hours of Foo'' in 2005, and a subsequent Jackass special on MTV in early 2008. Since then, there have been no other large-scale live broadcasts on MTV2.

More of the same

Music programming was briefly expanded in June 2007, and music videos were seen through much of the day throughout the week. In fact, from 4:30 p.m. on June 29, 2007, to 1:00 a.m. on early July 1, 2007, MTV2 played strictly music videos, whether a general block of videos or a specific genre-based block such as ''Headbangers Ball'' (heavy metal) or ''Sucker Free'' (hip-hop), for 33 hours and 30 minutes. Throughout the month of July 2007, MTV2 broadcast music video programs during primetime Mondays through Thursdays in its efforts to play more music. In February 2008, MTV2 replaced the 10 p.m. Eastern rebroadcast of ''Elite 8'' with a standard block of music videos.

The year 2008 saw a decreased availability for MTV2, as both the Comcast cable service and Cox cable service moved the channel from their widely received analog cable services to a digital cable line-up. This, however, is part of a larger initiative by the cable companies to move all of their non-''must-carry'' channels from analog cable to digital by 2010.

During the latter days of June 2008, MTV2 had a "mini-relaunch" of sorts. The MTV2 dog logo now remains a constant color throughout the weekdays (black on gold/yellow), turning black and white on Saturdays, a light and dark blue on Sundays, and the occasional nationality flag when Wildboyz comes on. In addition, all music videos are credited in a consistent format of text. Status messages have been moved from the middle of the screen to a quote box coming from the left dog's mouth. Also, the "sharts" that introduce the beginning of a show have been replaced with a more formal display, as it had been with tour dates. Recently they have been showing more music at late nights and early mornings.

On June 2, 2009 MTV2 added the ''MTV Playback'' line-up Fridays at 1:00am which aired episodes of Ren and Stimpy, The Young Ones and The State. It also premiered the new series MTV2 Legit which is a compilation of classic cartoons, skits, reality and music videos from MTV during the 1990s. It only lasted for the summer of 2009.

Since early 2010, MTV2 has been cutting down in its amount of music videos and is now focusing more on re-aired and original programming.

As of 2011, music programming has remained the same on MTV2, airing only between 3am-8am (AMTV2).

As of July 21, 2011 Jose Mangin took over as host of Headbangers Ball which is now a web only show.

As of July 31, 2011 (1AM ET), Matt Pinfield returns to host the newly revived 120 Minutes which will be called "120 Minutes with Matt Pinfield." The series will air monthly, not weekly. 120 Seconds, a shortened web only version, will air all other weeks on MTVhive.com.

International versions

In addition to the original MTV2 channel in the United States, there have been a number of other MTV Networks channels around the world known as MTV2.

Europe: MTV Two, which focused solely on alternative rock and indie, broadcasted from London. It is now called MTV Rocks.

Canada: MTV2 in Canada is very similar to its American counterpart, however it does have VJs who host shows such as MTV2 Videos (music videos). The previous Canadian version of MTV2 was replaced by PunchMuch in June 2005. The original MTV2 featured a non-stop freeform mix of music videos as well as a select amount of concert performances.

Germany: A version of MTV2 was replaced by Nick in September 2005. Unlike the original, MTV2 Pop was a mainstream channel. However, MTV Two is being offered by several pay-TV services.

See also

List of DirecTV channels

List of Dish Network channels

List of former The Box/MTV2 broadcast affiliates

List of MTV channels

List of MTV2 broadcast affiliates

List of programs broadcast by MTV2

MTV

MTV Hits

MTV Jams

MTVX

References

External links

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Unofficial MTV2 ''Subterranean'' site

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Name	Marty Robbins
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Martin David Robinson
Born	September 26, 1925Glendale, Arizona, United States
Died	December 08, 1982Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Instrument	Guitar, piano, dobrovocals
Genre	country, gospel, pop, rock and roll, rockabilly
Occupation	Musician, songwriter, actor, NASCAR driver
Years active	1948–1982
Label	Columbia, Decca
Notable instruments	}}

Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925–December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. One of the most popular and successful country and Western singers of his era, for most of his nearly four-decade career, Robbins was rarely far from the country music charts, and several of his songs also became pop hits.

Biography

Robbins was born in Glendale, a suburb of Phoenix, in Maricopa County, Arizona. He was reared in a difficult family situation. His father took odd jobs to support the family of ten children. His father's drinking led to divorce in 1937. Among his warmer memories of his childhood, Robbins recalled having listened to stories of the American West told by his maternal grandfather, Texas Bob Heckle. Robbins left the troubled home at the age of 17 to serve in the United States Navy as an LCT coxswain during World War II. He was stationed in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific. To pass the time during the war, he learned to play the guitar, started writing songs, and came to love Hawaiian music.

After his discharge from the military in 1945, he began to play at local venues in Phoenix, then moved on to host his own show on KTYL. He thereafter had his own television show on KPHO-TV in Phoenix. After Little Jimmy Dickens made a guest appearance on Robbins' TV show, Dickens got Robbins a record deal with Columbia Records. Robbins became known for his appearances at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.

In addition to his recordings and performances, Robbins was an avid race car driver, competing in 35 career NASCAR races with six top 10 finishes, including the 1973 Daytona 500. In 1967, Robbins played himself in the car racing film ''Hell on Wheels''. Robbins was partial to Dodges, and owned and raced Chargers and then a 1978 Dodge Magnum. His last race was in a Junior Johnson-built 1982 Buick Regal in the Atlanta Journal 500 on November 7, 1982, the month before he died. In 1983, NASCAR honored Robbins by naming the annual race at Nashville the Marty Robbins 420. He was also the driver of the 60th Indianapolis 500 Buick Century pace car in 1976.

He ran many of the big super speedway races including Talladega Superspeedway in 1972, when he stunned the competition by turning laps that were 15 mph faster than his qualifying time. Apparently, in his motel room, Robbins had knocked the NASCAR-mandated restrictors out of his carburetor. After the race, NASCAR tried to give him the Rookie of the Race award, but Robbins would not accept it, admitting he was illegal because he "just wanted to see what it was like to run up front for once."

Robbins was awarded an honorary degree by Northern Arizona University.

On Sept. 27,1948, Robbins married Marizona Baldwin (September 11, 1930–July 10, 2001) to whom he dedicated his song "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife". They had two children, a son Ronny (born 1949) and daughter Janet (born 1959), who also followed a singing career in Los Angeles, California.

Robbins later portrayed a musician in the 1982 Clint Eastwood film ''Honkytonk Man''. Robbins died a few weeks before the film's release in December 1982 of complications following cardiac surgery. At the time of his death, Robbins lived in Brentwood in Williamson County, outside Nashville. He was interred in Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville. The city of El Paso, Texas later honored Robbins by naming a park and a recreational center after him. Marty's twin sister Mamie Ellen Robinson Minotto died on March 14, 2004, when she was part way through writing a book about her brother "Some Memories: Growing up with Marty Robbins" as remembered by Mamie Minotto, as told to Andrew Means. It was published in Jan. 2007.

Music and honors

Robbins's 1957 recording of "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. His musical accomplishments include the Grammy Award for his 1959 hit and signature song "El Paso", taken from his album ''Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs''. "El Paso" was the first song to hit #1 on the pop chart in the 1960s. It was followed up, successfully, by "Don't Worry", which reached #3 on the pop chart in 1961, becoming his third, and last, Top 10 pop hit. "El Paso" was followed by two sequels: "Feleena" and "El Paso City", both of which continued the story featured in the original song. Also in 1961, Robbins wrote the words and music and recorded "I Told the Brook," a ballad later also recorded by Billy Thorpe.

He won the Grammy Award for the Best Country & Western Recording 1961, for his follow-up album ''More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs,'' and was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1970, for "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife". Robbins was named Artist of the Decade (1960–69) by the Academy of Country Music, was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982, and was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998 for his song "El Paso".

Robbins was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975. For his contribution to the recording industry, Robbins has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6666 Hollywood Blvd.

Robbins has been honored by many bands, including the Grateful Dead who covered "El Paso". The Who's 2006 album ''Endless Wire'' includes the song "God Speaks Of Marty Robbins". The song's composer, Pete Townshend, explained that the song is about God deciding to create the universe just so he can hear some music, "and most of all, one of his best creations, Marty Robbins." The Beasts of Bourbon released a song called "The Day Marty Robbins Died" on their 1984 debut album ''The Axeman's Jazz''. Johnny Cash recorded a version of "Big Iron" as part of his American Recordings series, which is included in the ''Cash Unearthed'' box set. Both Frankie Laine and Elvis Presley, among others, recorded versions of Robbins's song "You Gave Me a Mountain", with Laine's recording reaching the pop and adult contemporary charts in 1969.

Robbins performed and recorded several songs by longtime songwriter Coleman Harwell, most notably "Thanks but No Thanks" in 1964; Robbins and his producers employed the top sessions musicians and singers including the Jordanaires to record Harwell's songs. Harwell is the nephew of former ''Nashville Tennessean'' newspaper editor Coleman Harwell.

When Robbins was recording his 1961 hit "Don't Worry", session guitarist Grady Martin accidentally created a clicking effect, believed to be caused by a bad electical element in the recording equipment during the session. Marty heard the sound and decided to keep it in the final version. The sound was in sync with the tempo. The song reached #1 on the country chart, and #3 on the pop chart.

Robbins' song "Big Iron", originally released on his 1959 album ''Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs'', gained renewed popularity following its use in the video game ''Fallout: New Vegas''.

Discography

Notes

References

IMDb Bio Retrieved on 2008-01-25

Pruett, Barbara J. ''"Marty Robbins: Fast Cars and Country Music"''. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. 2007. ISBN 0-8108-6036-8

"Fallout: New Vegas" Big Iron is used on Radio New Vegas

External links

Official Marty Robbins Web site

Robbins page at Country Music Hall of Fame

Robbins page at Western Music Association

Robbins page at Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

Robbins bio by Hank Davis at ''Allmusic''

Robbins page by Gaylen Duskey at NASCAR

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name	The Mighty Boosh
medium	Theatre, radio, television
active	1998–Present
genre	Double act, surreal humour
subject	Surrealism, fashion victims, ElectroPonce, fantasy
influences	Reeves & Mortimer, The Goodies, Mr Benn, Monty Python, Frank Zappa, Basil Brush, The Young Ones
notable work	''Autoboosh'' (2000)''The Boosh'' (2001)''The Mighty Boosh'' (TV, 2004–2007)''The Mighty Boosh Live'' (2006)''The Mighty Book of Boosh'' (Book, 2008)''Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour'' (2008-09)''The Mighty Decider'' (iPhone app, 2010)
current members	Julian BarrattNoel FieldingDave BrownMichael FieldingRich Fulcher
website	The Mighty Boosh Online
footnotes	}}

The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy troupe featuring comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding. Developed from three stage shows and a six episode radio series, it has since spawned a total of twenty television episodes for BBC Three and two live tours of the UK, as well as two live shows in the United States.

History

Fielding first met Barratt after seeing him perform his solo stand-up routine at the Hellfire Comedy Club in the Wycombe Swan theatre. The pair soon found that they shared comic interests, formed a double act, and "decided to be the new Goodies". After their first performance together at a bar in London in April 1998, Barratt and Fielding developed their zookeeper characters - Howard Moon and Vince Noir, respectively - in a series of sketches for Paramount Comedy’s ''Unnatural Acts''. It was here that they also met American Rich Fulcher, who became Bob Fossil. Fielding’s friend Dave Brown and Fielding's brother Michael also became regular collaborators. Richard Ayoade was another original cast member, playing the role of adventurer Dixon Bainbridge, though he was later replaced by Matt Berry in the first television series, since Ayoade was under contract with Channel 4. Ayoade returned in the second and third series as a belligerent shaman named Saboo.

The Boosh produced three stage shows - ''The Mighty Boosh'' (1998), ''Arctic Boosh'' (1999) and ''Autoboosh'' (2000) - all of which were taken to the Edinburgh Fringe. With the success of ''Autoboosh'', a radio series was commissioned by the BBC. Produced by Danny Wallace, ''The Boosh'' was first broadcast in 2001 on BBC London Live, later transferring to BBC Radio 4, from which the team were given a half-hour television pilot of the same name.

The first eight-part series, directed by Paul King, was then commissioned for BBC Three and broadcast in 2004, with a second of six episodes the following year. The second series moved away from the zoo setting, and instead sees Howard, Vince, Naboo the shaman and Bollo the talking ape living in a flat in Dalston. In 2006, the Boosh returned to theatre with ''The Mighty Boosh Live'', which featured a new story entitled "The Ruby of Kukundu".

After two years away from television, the Boosh returned in November 2007. Set in Naboo’s second-hand shop below the flat, the third series drew approximately one million viewers with its first episode, and in light of its success, BBC Three broadcast an entire night of ''The Mighty Boosh'' on 22 March 2008, which included a new documentary and six of Barratt and Fielding's favourite episodes from all three series.

Theatre

Original stage shows

''The Mighty Boosh'' (1998)

The Boosh, then consisting of only Barratt and Fielding, conceived ''The Mighty Boosh'' whilst working on Stewart Lee's Edinburgh Festival show ''King Dong vs. Moby Dick'' in which they played a giant penis and a whale respectively.

In 1998, they took ''The Mighty Boosh'' to the Edinburgh Festival, recruiting fellow comedian Rich Fulcher, whom the pair had met while working on Unnatural Acts. The show won the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer. During their residency at the Hen and Chickens Theatre in North London the following year, they built up a cult following, introducing new characters whilst developing old ones.

''Arctic Boosh'' (1999)

In 1999, the Boosh returned to the Edinburgh Festival with a new show, ''Arctic Boosh'', with Dave Brown acting as choreographer and photographer, as well as playing a variety of characters. ''Arctic Boosh'' sold out every night and was nominated for the Perrier Award.

''Autoboosh'' (2000)

In 2000, the Boosh premiered their third stage show, ''Autoboosh'', at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, adding Fielding's younger brother Michael to the cast. ''Autoboosh'' won the festival's Barry Award.

Nationwide tours

''The Mighty Boosh Live'' (2006)

The Boosh returned to the stage in 2006, touring the UK for the first time. Though drawing heavily from their earlier material, the main story combined these elements into a new narrative. A recording of this show at the Brixton Academy was later released on DVD, before being broadcast on BBC Three on Boxing Day, 2007.

''Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour'' (2008/09)

The Boosh toured the UK and Ireland for a second time from September 2008 to February 2009. The show featured characters from all three series as well as the Boosh Band.

They made appearances throughout the UK after their live shows, at after-parties held in different places in each city. The events were called "Outrage", after the catchphrase by Tony Harrison.

Radio

''The Boosh'' (2001)

From the success of ''Autoboosh'', the BBC commissioned a six-part radio series for the Boosh. In October 2001 ''The Boosh'' radio series, produced by Danny Wallace, was broadcast on BBC London Live, then BBC Radio 4, and later on BBC 7. The show focuses on the adventures of a pair of zookeepers at "Bob Fossil's Funworld": socially awkward, jazz enthusiast Howard TJ Moon, and ultra vain, fashion obsessed Vince Noir.

Further appearances

The Mighty Boosh returned to radio on 22 October 2004, in a one-off comedy special for ''The Breezeblock'', a show on BBC Radio 1. Instead of the plot driven nature of their own series, this show featured improvised conversational comedy with Barratt, Fielding and Fulcher, combined with the show's usual mix of electronic music.

On 15 November 2007, as part of the publicity for the premier of their third series the same day, Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding returned to Radio 1, this time on Jo Whiley's Live Lounge.

Television

''The Mighty Boosh'' (2004-2007)

In May 2004, after the success of a Boosh pilot, Steve Coogan's company, Baby Cow Productions, produced the first television series of ''The Mighty Boosh'' for BBC Three, before it moved to BBC Two in November that same year. Though each episode invariably starts and ends in Dixon Bainbridge’s dilapidated zoo, the "Zooniverse", the characters of Vince and Howard often depart for other locations, such as the Arctic tundra and limbo.

A second series was then shown in July 2005, which saw Howard and Vince now sharing Naboo's flat in Dalston with previously minor characters Naboo and his familiar, Bollo, who was a gorilla living at the "Zooniverse". This series had an even looser setting as the four characters leave the confines of the flat in every episode, using their van to travel to a variety of surrealistic environments, including Naboo's home planet "Xooberon".

Series three started in November 2007, still set in Dalston, but this time has the foursome working in their shop called the Nabootique selling 'Bits & Bobs'. Their adventures and outings in the third series focused more on the involvement of new characters (e.g. Sammy the Crab, or Lester Corncrake etc.) rather than just the two of them.

Although BBC America originally aired only series 1 in the U.S (all episodes in their entirety), The Mighty Boosh began airing in North America on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block (with up to 6 minutes cut from each episode), starting 29 March 2009 with the third series.

''The Mighty Boosh'' Night

On 22 March 2008, BBC Three broadcast a whole night of ''The Mighty Boosh'' from 9.05 pm, starting with a new documentary entitled ''The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space'', documenting the history of the Boosh from their first amateur performances to their then-upcoming 2008 tour. This was followed by six of Barratt and Fielding's favourite episodes from the three series: "Party", "The Power of the Crimp", "The Nightmare of Milky Joe", "The Priest and the Beast", "The Legend of Old Gregg" and "Tundra". The pair also appeared in live links throughout the night, in a similar style to the openings of Series 1 episodes. On 23 December 2008, BBC3 held a Merry Booshmas Party featuring the entire series 3 as well as a broadcast of The Mighty Boosh Live.

Festival

On 5 July 2008, the Boosh held their own festival in the Hop Farm in Kent. It featured musical acts, Robots in Disguise, The Kills, Gary Numan, and The Mighty Boosh Band, as well as comedy acts Frankie Boyle and Ross Noble.

Media

Audio CDs

! Title	! Release date	! Contents	! Bonus material
	8 November 2004	All 6 episodes of the Boosh's radio series across 3 discs
	13 November 2006	Audio recording of their live show at Brixton Academy	N/A

According to an official MySpace page for PieFace Records (the fictitious music label mentioned throughout the series), Barratt and Fielding are to release an album of music from the show, "along with extras, versions, remixes and rare unreleased stuff all to be released later in the year on their own label - this one.". In interviews since, The Mighty Boosh have confirmed they will be releasing an album of their music. On 21 October episode of ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'', Fielding stated that the Boosh have recorded an album, but don't know when it's going to be released.

DVDs

! Title	! UK Release date	! US Release date	! Contents	! Special features
	29 August 2005	21 July 2009	All 8 episodes of the first television series across 2 discs	Inside the Zooniverse, history of the Boosh, Boosh music, out-takes, picture gallery, commentary on "Bollo", "Tundra", "Electro" and "Hitcher".
	13 February 2006	21 July 2009	All 6 episodes of the second series, plus a second disc of special features
''The Mighty Boosh: Series One & Two''	13 February 2006	n/a	Box set of first and second series DVDs, plus exclusive booklet	Identical to individual releases
	13 November 2006	n/a	Recording of their live show at Brixton Academy	Backstage & tour documentary, the Ralfe Band, a deleted scene, The Culture Show piece
	11 February 2008	21 July 2009	All 6 episodes of the third series across 2 discs	Making Boosh 3, Boosh publicity, deleted scenes, Mint Royale promo, Boosh music, out-takes, Boosh 3 trailer, audio commentaries
The Mighty Boosh Special Edition DVD	17 November 2008	13 October 2009	Box set of first three series DVDs, plus seventh disc	Identical to individual releases, plus stickers, postcards, 'A Journey Through Time and Space' documentary, behind the scenes of a live night, footage from the Royal Television Society Awards, Dave Stewart interview, the making of Sammy the Crab, outtakes and deleted scenes from the pilot, pre-recorded live night links, cinema trailer,
''[[Mighty Boosh On Tour: Journey Of The Childmen">crimp (song)
	9 November 2009	n/a	A DVD release of Boosh Live at the Manchester Apollo on 3 & 4 December 2008	Features the full show, commentary, audience participation option, Bob Fossil's Vietnam Video Diaries, highlights from The Mighty Boosh Festival and performances from the Teenage Cancer Trust concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Footage was filmed during the aftershow party that week at Club Academy, and members of the audience in costumes were filmed and photographed throughout the week, which may also add towards the additional features. There will also be a "Limited Edition".
''[[Mighty Boosh On Tour: Journey Of The Childmen''	15 November 2010	n/a

Previously most of the DVDs were only released in Region 2 but as a result of a growing fan base in the U.S., the BBC rereleased in Region 1, Series 1-3 individually on 21 July 2009, and a Special Edition Series 1-3 Boxset on 13 October 2009.

Australian releases

''Series One'' - 11 April 2007

''Series Two'' - 12 April 2007

''Series Three'' - 6 August 2008

''Live'' - 3 December 2008

''Special Edition'' - 6 August 2009

''Future Sailors Tour'' - 10 November 2009

''Series One: Episodes 1-3 (Comedy Bites)'' - 4 March 2010

Books

On 18 September 2008, Canongate Books published ''The Mighty Book of Boosh'', designed and compiled by Dave Brown and written by Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Rich Fulcher, Dave Brown, Richard Ayoade and Michael Fielding. The book includes original stories, crimps, concept art, behind-the-scenes photography, comics, and various other things, featuring old and new Mighty Boosh characters. On 1 October 2009, a paperback version was released under the name ''The Pocket Book of Boosh''.

Awards

Particularly popular among followers of the indie and electro music genres which the NME magazine caters to, The Mighty Boosh has been recipient of the Shockwaves NME Awards Best TV Show for three consecutive years, even though there were no new episodes broadcast for the latter two of the three years.

Year	! Award	Category	! Nominee	! Result
1999			''Arctic Boosh''
2000	Melbourne International Comedy Festival		''Autoboosh''
2001	Douglas Adams Award	Innovative Writing
2004	British Comedy Awards	Best New TV Comedy
2004		Funniest TV Programme
2005		Costume Design - Entertainment and Non Drama Productions
2005		Best New Director (Fiction)	Paul King (director)
2008	Alistair Baldwin Comedy Awards	Best Stage Show
2006	Loaded LAFTAS	Funniest TV Programme
2006	Loaded LAFTAS	Funniest Double Act
2006	Loaded LAFTAS	Funniest DVD	Series 2
2007	[[Chortle Awards	Best Full-Length Solo Show
2007	Loaded LAFTAS	Funniest TV Programme
2007	Loaded LAFTAS	Funniest Double Act
2007	NME Awards	Best TV Show
2008	NME Awards	Best TV Show
2008	RTS Programme Awards	Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama
2009		NME Awards	Best TV Show
2010		NME Awards	Best DVD	Future Sailors

Notes

External links

The Mighty Boosh official site

BBC Mighty Boosh Mighty Boosh on bbc.co.uk

Mike Fielding Interview www.vexedmag.com

UKTV Mighty Boosh Mighty Boosh on UKtv.co.uk

The Book of Boosh official website

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