NEW YORK - Commercials are SO 2002. That’s why MTV2 is airing eight straight hours of videos, without commercials, to ring in 2003. MTV2’s Monster Mix will include club-style dance, hip-hop and party ...

A new series spotlighting underground music in both rock and hip-hop, a revamp of long-running request show “Control Freak” and the triumphant return of 1980s heavy-metal paean “Headbanger’s Ball” ...

Here is a riddle from the brave new world of branded entertainment: When is a TV program that is billed as commercial-free not commercial-free? When a six-minute sponsored segment is part of the show.

What do U2, Korn, the Dave Matthews Band, Van Halen and Radiohead all have in common? Throw Linkin Park, No Doubt, the Cure and Nirvana into the mix, too. They've all been included in MTV2's "22 ...