Friday Night Videos

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Friday Night Videos ranks 4,957 out of the 18,229 shows on TV.com.

The 8 users who count themselves as Friday Night Videos fans have written a total of 4 reviews.

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Following "Late Night with David Letterman," NBC presented music videos in "Friday Night Videos," for all the night owls who didn't have MTV.

Following "Late Night with David Letterman," NBC presented music videos in "Friday Night Videos," for all the night owls who didn't have MTV.less «

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  9.3 Superb

  For those of us without MTV and old school! hide « show »

  I love this show if you didn't have MTV as really it is videos all the way. Loved it in the early eighties and nineties as there were some big name stars hosting the show. But really didn't like it when the emphasis switched to less videos and more comedy later on during the end of it's run. Still you can't go wrong with old school 80's!

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  JPPT1974 Added Sep 28, 2006 All my reviews
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  5.9 Mediocre

  here's one i remember hide « show »

  i grew up in a small town. the local cable provider did not offer mtv. so we watched friday night videos. i think there was another video show on tbs to, but this is the one we watched the most. the small town cable provider still does not offer mtv but that is because local churches convinced them to take it of the schedule.

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  CAPNDEL Added Jun 28, 2006 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  A show for any music video fan. hide « show »

  From its catchy animated opening, FNV was the best music video show that the networks had to offer. No host (in the early years); just a voice announcing each video and giving a little info behind the scenes of some of them as they were introduced. It was worth staying up late to watch (and tape; the early years of VHS).

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  XMLarry Added Mar 4, 2006 All my reviews
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  8.5 Great

  If you didn’t have cable, it was Friday Night Videos all the way. hide « show »

  I loved this show when it aired during its run in the 80’s. I was one of the few 80s heads that relied on network television to get my kicks.
  
  The name says it all. It was a full fledged hour dedicated to the top ten weekly videos and you watched it on Friday night. I anticipated this show and loved the variety between Pop, Rock and R & B (Rap hadn’t reared its head too much during this era).
  
  Toward its demise, Friday Night Videos did undergo a few changes - new host, new layout and an entertainment segment that hovered around dry jokes and day old news.
  
  But when you lay the cards down, for the show to survive for years being based primarily on videos – well that’s a self explanatory assumption that somebody was doing something right. It’s a classic and still an all time favorite though I’m sure with the route most videos nowadays has taken – it would be difficult for Friday Night Videos to survive on “regular” television now because their selection of “appropriate” videos would be slim and thin. Guess its good FNV ended when it did. And hey, we’ll always have Friday nights.
  

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  LainiTiye Added Jul 14, 2005 All my reviews