Historical clue formulations

• Network debut of 1981 — 2026-09-11
• Cable channel since 1981 — 2025-11-26
• "Catfish" channel — 2025-07-28
• Channel that popularized video jockeys — 2025-07-27
• Channel with the onetime motto "On Cable. In Stereo" — 2025-07-06
• "Beavis and Butt-Head" airer — 2025-04-21
• "Ridiculousness" network — 2025-04-05
• "Jersey Shore" airer — 2024-11-24
• "RuPaul's Drag Race" airer — 2024-10-09
• Cable channel that first showed "Beavis and Butt-head" — 2024-09-30
• Cable channel with its own awards show — 2024-07-31
• Network that aired "Jersey Shore" — 2023-10-23
• "Becoming a Popstar" airer — 2023-10-13
• "The Challenge" network — 2023-08-23
• Cable channel that was launched with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll" — 2023-05-29
• Home of "Cribs" — 2022-11-23
• "Catfish" airer — 2022-10-12
• V.J. employer, once — 2021-01-12
• Channel that aired "Daria" and "The Hills" — 2020-10-18
• Cable channel that brought the world "Beavis and Butt-head" — 2020-06-01
• VH1 sister channel — 2020-05-19
• Channel famous for veejays — 2020-02-11
• Sister channel of VH1 — 2019-07-18
• Downtown Julie Brown's former employer — 2018-08-31
• "I want my ___" (1980s slogan) — 2018-08-12
• Channel that used to show a clip of the 1969 moon landing every hour — 2018-08-03
• "Pimp My Ride" network — 2017-11-26
• "The Real World" cable channel — 2016-12-05
• "True Life" airer — 2016-05-22
• Network that aired "Jersey Shore" — 2015-07-21
• "Unplugged" network — 2012-12-11
• Network with an annual awards show — 2012-07-08
• "Yo! ___ Raps" — 2011-03-28
• "The Real World" airer — 2011-02-27
• "Jersey Shore" airer — 2010-10-31
• "Punk'd" cable channel — 2010-10-28
• V.J.'s employer — 2010-08-15
• "Next" network — 2008-08-20
• "Punk'd" airer — 2007-04-15
• "Road Rules" airer — 2007-03-16
• "Cribs" network — 2005-12-11
• Its first song was "Video Killed the Radio Star" — 2004-09-17
• VJ's employer — 2004-02-29
• "I want my ___!" (1980's slogan) — 2003-07-01
• Tube inits. — 2003-04-06
• Network with annual awards — 2002-09-23
• Network with videos — 2001-10-15
• It first aired on 8/1/81 — 2001-07-12
• Place for V.J.'s — 2001-03-22
• Annual awards presenter — 2001-03-18