A frequently asked question about the show's opening title sequence is where the "Price Is Right" clip at 1:08 comes from. Answer: it's the intro to a CBS promo film from the 1976-77 season.
this was the first actual tv show in MTV history, other than this it was all just music videos, for the hour before this show came on Adam Curry would host Dial MTV which was a daily voting call in show where they would rank... music videos.... everything was music videos. Except for Remote Control.
I think Viacom also lifted a lot of stuff from NBC's programming as well, mostly from the mid to late 80s, since Viacom was in a very cozy relationship with "The Peacock Network" thanks to Fred Silverman.
This is the 1989-90 weekly syndicated run, which usually aired on Saturdays. It used this Q&A bonus round rather than IDing the artist in the music videos which the MTV run used. Though they did use the WHeel of Jeopardy bonus round with the IDing of music video artists, in their final batch of MTV episodes, which were taped around this time.
