VH1's The Greatest (partially found VH1 TV series; 1998-2014)
The Greatest was a VH1 television series that originally aired from 1998-2014.[1] The each episode features a countdown of popular songs, musical artists, celebrities or popculture moments. Episodes feature interview segments with celebrity commentators.
Episodes included countdown lists of 40 or 100 items. 40 item countdowns aired in hour 45 minute (1 hour with commericials) blocked. Countdowns of 100 items were most commonly in the format of 5 45 minute blocks, for a total runtime of 5 hours with commercials.[2]
Episodes
[3][4] Note: this episode list is incomplete. An empty status indicates an episode that has not yet been searched for.
Number | Title | Premiere date | Status |
---|---|---|---|
271 | 40 Greatest Pranks 4 | 2014-03-05 | |
269 | 40 Funniest Fails 3 | 2014-01-09 | |
267 | 40 Greatest Love & Hip Hop Moments | 2013-10-21 | |
265 | 40 Greatest Viral Videos | 2013-09-14 | |
260 | 100 Sexiest Artists (2013) | 2013-03-05 | |
258 | 40 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of the 90s | 2012-12-19 | Missing |
253 | 100 Greatest Kid Stars 2 | 2012-11-29 | |
251 | 40 Greatest R&B Songs of the 90s | 2012-06-25 | |
249 | 40 Greatest Yo! MTV Raps Moments | 2012-04-16 | |
247 | 40 Greatest Feuds 2 | 2012-03-21 | |
242 | 100 Greatest Women In Music | 2012-02-13 | |
240 | 40 Greatest TRL Moments | 2012-02-02 | |
238 | 40 Funniest Fails 2 | 2011-12-28 | |
236 | 40 Winningest Winners of 2011 | 2011-11-25 | |
231 | 100 Greatest Songs of the 00s | 2011-10-03 | |
229 | 40 Champions Of Cute | 2011-09-24 | |
227 | 40 Most Shocking Hip Hop Moments | 2011-09-18 | |
225 | 40 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 90s | 2011-04-03 | |
223 | 40 Greatest Pranks 3 | 2011-03-27 | |
221 | 40 Greatest Fails | 2011-03-20 | |
219 | 40 Most Shocking Celebrity Breakups | 2011-03-13 | |
214 | 100 Greatest Artists of All Time | 2010-09-06 | Found - Part 1 2 3 4 5 |
212 | 40 Most Slimmed Down Celebs | 2010-02-03 | |
207 | 100 Most Shocking Music Moments | 2009-12-28 | Found - full |
202 | 40 Naughtiest Celebrity Scandals | 2009-04-09 | |
200 | 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s | 2009-03-31 | Partially Found |
198 | 40 Greatest Celebrity Divorces | 2009-02-14 | |
196 | 40 Greatest Pranks 2 | 2009-01-07 | |
191 | 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs | 2008-12-29 | Found - Part 1 2 3 4 5 |
186 | 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs | 2008-09-29 | Partially Found 5 (Spanish Dub) |
185 | 20 Greatest Celebreality Fights | 2008-06-02 | |
183 | 40 Hottiest Hotties Of The 90s | 2008-04-15 | |
178 | 100 Greatest Songs Of The 90s | 2007-12-17 | Found - Spanish Dub English |
176 | 40 Greatest Reality TV Moments 2 | 2007-08-10 | |
174 | 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs | 2007-06-01 | |
172 | Web Junk Presents: 40 Greatest Internet Superstars | 2007-03-23 | |
167 | 100 Greatest Songs Of The 80s | 2006-10-30 | Found full |
163 | 40 Dumbest Celebrity Quotes Ever | 2006-10-06 | |
159 | 40 Greatest Metal Songs | 2006-05-01 | Partially Found Spanish Dub |
157 | 40 More Awesomely Bad Fashion Moments | 2006-04-01 | |
156 | 20 Celebreality Moments | 2006-03-13 | |
151 | 100 Greatest Teen Stars | 2006-02-06 | |
138 | 100 Greatest Kid Stars | 2005-06-13 | Partially Found 1 |
136 | 40 Least Hip Hop Moments | 2005-04-30 | |
134 | 40 Hottest Rock Star Girlfriends...and Wives | 2005-04-01 | |
129 | 100 Most Wanted Bodies | 2005-03-07 | |
127 | 40 Most Shocking Hair Moments | 2005-03-07 | |
125? | The 40 Least Metal Moments | 2004 | Partially Found - #31-1 |
120 | 100 Greatest Red Carpet Moments | 2004-11-01 | |
115 | 100 Most Metal Moments | 2004-05-31 | |
095 | 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons | 2003-07-23 | |
090 | 100 Most Outrageous Celebrity Moments | 2004-04-05 | |
088 | 50 Greatest Album Covers | 2003-07-13 | |
082? | The 50 Greatest Funny Moments in Music | 2003 | Found - full |
080 | 50 Greatest Teen Idols | 2003-06-27 | |
075 | 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years | 2003-06-16 | |
073 | 25 Greatest Power Ballads | 2003-05-23 | Partially Found - #18-1 |
071 | 50 Greatest Women of the Video Era | 2003-05-16 | |
070 | Top 25 Greatest Videos To Get Busy To | 2003-05-09 | |
068 | 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists | 2003-04-18 | |
066 | 50 Sexiest Video Moments | 2003-03-12 | |
061 | 100 Greatest Moments That Rocked TV | 2003-01-13 | Partially Found - #76-60 |
056 | 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll | 1998-07-23 | |
051 | 100 Most Shocking Moments in Rock & Roll | 2001-05-21 | Found - full |
046 | 100 Greatest Videos | 2001-02-05 | |
041 | 100 Greatest Albums of Rock & Roll | 2001-02-17 | Found</span - Part 1 2 3 4 5 |
036 | 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock | 2000-11-13 | Partially Found - 1 2 3 4 5 |
031 | 100 Greatest Rock & Roll Moments on TV | 2000-25-07 | Partially Found - Part 1 2 3 4] 5 |
026 | 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders | 2002-05-06 | |
021 | 100 Greatest Dance Songs | 2000-09-14 | |
016 | 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll | 1999-07-26 | Found - Part 1 2 3 4 5 |
011 | 100 Greatest Songs of Rock n Roll | 2000-03-19 | Partially Found - Part 1 2 3 4 5 |
006 | 100 Greatest Love Songs | 2003-02-11 | Missing |
001 | 100 Sexiest Artists (2002) | 2002-09-23 |
Availability
Currently, a few episodes are available on the internet archive, but most are lost to time. This content had limited airings and home releases, presumbly due to licensing issues around the many songs and media featured in each episode.
External links
- Archived series homepage on the VH1 website from 2013
- Archived series homepage on the VH1 website from 2009
- (incomplete) episode list on IMDB
- Episode list on wikipedia
- VH1 blog posts tagged for the series
See Also
- VH1's Legends (partially lost music documentary series; 1995-2002)
- Behind The Music (partially lost VH1 documentary series; 1997-2014)
- BTM2 (partially found VH1 documentary series; 2000)
- VH1 Storytellers (partially lost concert series; 1996-2015)
References
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_(TV_series)
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130928013443/http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_greatest/episodes.jhtml
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070811101945/http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/episode_list.jhtml
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_(TV_series)