PostModern MTV

''PostModern MTV'' was a program in the late 1980s and very early 1990s on

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

, originally hosted by

Kevin Seal Kevin Seal is an American television presenter and voice actor. Biography Seal was an MTV VJ in the late 1980s, the host of the pilot of '' Club MTV'' (according to an MTV special) and one of the hosts of the influential alternative-music prog ...

and later by

Dave Kendall Dave Kendall is a British-born journalist, editor, producer and VJ. He was first known to the public as the creator and host of MTV's ''120 Minutes'', an alternative music program that played Sunday nights at midnight from 1986 through the 199 ...

featuring such postpunk, ebm,

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artists as PIL,

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, New Order,

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, Sinead O'Connor, and Love and Rockets. The show also featured interviews with guest musicians and aired Monday through Thursday from 23:30 to midnight as a precursor to ''

120 Minutes ''120 Minutes'' is a television program in the United States dedicated to the alternative music genre, that originally aired on MTV from 1986 to 2000, and then aired on MTV's associate channel MTV2 from 2001 to 2003. After its cancellation, MTV ...

'', with an emphasis on underground music. After the departure of the original host, a reworked program entitled ''

Alternative Nation ''Alternative Nation'' was a television show in the U.S. dedicated to alternative music. It aired on MTV from 1992 to 1997, mostly on weeknights. It was hosted by Kennedy. History ''Alternative Nation'' began airing in 1992. It was a somewh ...

'' was introduced, which followed a similar format and feel. The MTV Europe Edition of the PostModern show was hosted by Pip Dann in the 1990s. MTV original programming Alternative rock 1980s American music television series 1990s American music television series {{US-music-tv-prog-stub