''The Grind'' was a

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show broadcast on the

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station

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between 1992 and 1997. It replaced ''

Club MTV ''Club MTV'' is a half hour television show modeled after ''American Bandstand'' that aired on MTV from August 31, 1987, to June 26, 1992. ''Club MTV'' was part of MTV's second generation of programming, as the channel was phasing out its origi ...

'', and featured people dancing to music tracks in a studio, linked by various hosts, including Eric Nies (fresh from '' The Real World: New York'') and

DJ Jackie Christie DJ Jackie Christie is an American DJ, songwriter, and music producer based in New York City. She is well known for her work at MTV's '' The Grind'' and The Limelight in New York City. She began releasing singles in 1997, originally under the a ...

.Interview with Jackie Christie
/ref> While ''Club MTV'' was mostly Dance,

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and Freestyle, ''The Grind'' featured Hip-Hop and

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with an occasional Dance hit. The show spawned a number of aerobics and workout

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s. When MTV moved to its current location at 1515

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, they lost the studio where ''Club MTV'' and ''The Grind'' were originally taped and episodes were taped on the roof of the building. The new space was small and inclement weather prevented taping. Noise ordinances prevented playing loud music while taping outdoors, so the show had to be taped without music and dubbed in later. Other installments went to

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and

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. Nies was replaced in 1995 by various guest hosts. Until the show was cancelled in the summer of 1998, it was re-branded with a sleeker look as ''The Daily Burn'' and was taped on the Jersey Shore.

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and

Tsianina Joelson Tsianina Joelson, or Tsianina Lohmann (pronounced "Cha'-nee-na", born Tsianina Marie Means on January 16, 1975) is an American actress, fitness model, and former beauty queen. Joelson was born in 1975 in Coquille, Oregon to Ken and Betty Means ...

co-hosted with

DJ Skribble Scott Ialacci, professionally known as DJ Skribble (born October 10, 1968) is an American DJ, producer, remixer, radio personality and actor. In the early 1990s, he teamed up with Kamron, ATA, Firstborn and Tommy Never in Young Black Teenagers ...

as the DJ.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grind (TV series), The 1992 American television series debuts 1997 American television series endings MTV original programming Dance television shows 1990s American music television series English-language television shows

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