MuchOnDemand
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Television
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program
Television program
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aired on MuchMusic
MuchMusic
MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...
, Monday through Friday at 5pm ET
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. It was broadcast live from the Much broadcasting studio on 299 Queen Street West
Queen Street West
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in Toronto
Toronto
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. The Best of MuchOnDemand, aired Sundays at 10am ET, highlighting the best moments on the show from the past week. MuchOnDemand acted as Much's flagship show in a similar manner as MTV U.S.' Total Request Live
Total Request Live
Total Request Live is a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continues to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests...
.
History
MuchOnDemand first aired with VJ host Rick CampanelliRick Campanelli
Richardo Tomasso "Rick" Campanelli is a Canadian television personality.-Life and career:Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, he was first introduced to the MuchMusic viewers in 1996 as the winner of MuchMusic's 1994 MuchTemp contest...
, mainly with a format where people can request videos. When it changed its format in 2002, it added Jennifer Hollett
Jennifer Hollett
Jennifer Hollett is a Canadian television personality, currently a contributor to CBC News Network's prime time show Connect with Mark Kelley....
as co-host. Since its debut, the show has been hosted by several other personalities, including Amanda Walsh
Amanda Walsh
Amanda Walsh is a Canadian actress and former VJ for the Canadian television station MuchMusic.-Career beginnings:Walsh was born in Rigaud, Quebec. She went to Hudson High School, in Hudson, Quebec...
(who replaced Jennifer Hollett
Jennifer Hollett
Jennifer Hollett is a Canadian television personality, currently a contributor to CBC News Network's prime time show Connect with Mark Kelley....
), Sarah Taylor
Sarah Taylor (personality)
- Early life :Taylor is from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She studied English and Women's Studies at McMaster University.- Career :She was discovered in the audience for the MuchMusic show MuchOnDemand in 2004, and was asked to be one of the VJs for the channel....
and Devon Soltendieck
Devon Soltendieck
Devon Soltendieck is a former MuchMusic VJ from the city of Dorval, on the island of Montreal. He has been an anchor and reporter on CP24 since early 2010.-Early Life:...
and Matte Babel
Matte Babel
Matte Babel is a Canadian television personality. Formerly a VJ for MuchMusic, where he co-hosted Much on Demand, The IT List and Much 911. He also served as a morning host on Toronto's all-news channel CablePulse 24. He has also made appearances in music videos such as Rich London's The Answer...
and Leah Miller
Leah Miller
Leah Miller is a former MuchMusic VJ from Toronto, and current host for So You Think You Can Dance Canada. She is also a correspondent for the entertainment news show ETalk.-Early life:...
since 2004. In 2006, Tim Deegan
Tim Deegan
Tim Deegan is a former VJ on MuchMusic, a music television station in Canada.-Early life:Tim grew up in Oshawa east of Toronto and he attended O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute, and had a part time job at a grocery store. Tim joined a band during high school, which played handfuls of...
began co-hosting regularly.
The usual hosts until the show's end were Sarah Taylor
Sarah Taylor (personality)
- Early life :Taylor is from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She studied English and Women's Studies at McMaster University.- Career :She was discovered in the audience for the MuchMusic show MuchOnDemand in 2004, and was asked to be one of the VJs for the channel....
, Devon Soltendieck
Devon Soltendieck
Devon Soltendieck is a former MuchMusic VJ from the city of Dorval, on the island of Montreal. He has been an anchor and reporter on CP24 since early 2010.-Early Life:...
, Jesse Giddings
Jesse Giddings
Jesse Giddings born in Langley, British Columbia is a Canadian Television Host starting October 2009 at MuchMusic, a music television station in Canada. He is also a musician, designer and a model....
, Tim Deegan
Tim Deegan
Tim Deegan is a former VJ on MuchMusic, a music television station in Canada.-Early life:Tim grew up in Oshawa east of Toronto and he attended O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute, and had a part time job at a grocery store. Tim joined a band during high school, which played handfuls of...
and Liz Trinnear.
Leah Miller
Leah Miller
Leah Miller is a former MuchMusic VJ from Toronto, and current host for So You Think You Can Dance Canada. She is also a correspondent for the entertainment news show ETalk.-Early life:...
, presenter on the show, had her last day on Monday, August 31, 2009, where she left MuchOnDemand to move to Los Angeles
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and become regular host of So You Think You Can Dance Canada
So You Think You Can Dance Canada
So You Think You Can Dance Canada was a dance competition and reality show that aired on CTV.Based on the original American TV show So You Think You Can Dance, the Canadian series showcased the best in Canadian dancing talent. Each season, the show held auditions in major cities across the...
.
June 18, 2010, the Friday prior to the MuchMusic Video Awards
MuchMusic Video Awards
The MuchMusic Video Awards are annual awards presented by the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic to honour the year's best music videos....
, was apparently the last day for MuchOnDemand to be aired, since no mention was ever made on the show that the show was going away. In MOD's time slot come Monday was simply an hour of music videos, there was no post-MMVA coverage, and MuchOnDemand had vanished. CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia , was one of Canada's largest private media companies. Its operations include newspaper publishing , television broadcasting and production , radio broadcasting , and their respective Internet properties.Originally established by BCE and the Thomson family in 2001 combining CTV Inc.,...
had apparently started some massive renovations to the 299 Queen Street West building, rumoured to equip CTV/Much with HD capabilities, which prevented all VJ-hosted show, including VideoFlow and MuchNews, from being produced, and that the studio would be ready to go again in December. These renovations also changed the face of CTV's entertainment newsmagazine, ETalk
ETalk
etalk is a Canadian entertainment news show hosted by Ben Mulroney and Tanya Kim. It airs weekdays weeknights at 7 p.m. ET on CTV, at 1:30 p.m. ET on CTV Two and at 6 p.m. ET and 11:30 p.m. ET on E!...
, as their studio was a close neighbor to the Much studio. But while ETalk lost their studio too, they were able to relocate their on-air locale to their newsroom, as the whole Queen Street building is wired as an on-air studio.
On August, 23, 2010, Sarah Taylor
Sarah Taylor (personality)
- Early life :Taylor is from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She studied English and Women's Studies at McMaster University.- Career :She was discovered in the audience for the MuchMusic show MuchOnDemand in 2004, and was asked to be one of the VJs for the channel....
confirmed via her Twitter account that MuchOnDemand was not coming back and that a "new show is on way". On December 13, 2010, New.Music.Live., the successor to MOD, premiered at its regular timeslot.
Show Components
MuchOnDemand combines a variety of music and entertainment related aspects, including music videos, entertainment news, a live audience and viewer interaction.Music videos
MuchOnDemand had a daily countdown called the Daily Ten, which was a viewer voted daily countdown similar to MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's TRL
Total Request Live
Total Request Live is a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continues to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests...
and 106 & Park
106 & Park
106 & Park is a Top Ten Hip-Hop and R&B music video show, set up in a countdown format, that airs weekdays at 6:00 PM on BET . Since its inception, it was the network's #1 rated show...
's countdown. In May 2007, MuchOnDemand relaunched with a new logo and images, and included a "Daily Ten" list similar to the one on TRL, but with a different process of voting. This was a change from the previous "VOTE-O-MATIC" polls they used to feature.
"Daily Ten" has been discontinued in favour of a "Daily 5" presentation.
In 2010, MuchMusic
MuchMusic
MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...
made Fridays on MOD "All Request Friday".
In early May 2010 the "Daily 5" was discontinued and replaced by video requests from fans of the show.
News
The MuchNews component of the program, reports on recent entertainment news. The segment normally airs 30 minutes into the program. The MuchNews segment was formerly hosted by Hannah Sung and is now hosted by VJ Devon Soltendieck
Devon Soltendieck
Devon Soltendieck is a former MuchMusic VJ from the city of Dorval, on the island of Montreal. He has been an anchor and reporter on CP24 since early 2010.-Early Life:...
, VJ Tim Deegan
Tim Deegan
Tim Deegan is a former VJ on MuchMusic, a music television station in Canada.-Early life:Tim grew up in Oshawa east of Toronto and he attended O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute, and had a part time job at a grocery store. Tim joined a band during high school, which played handfuls of...
or VJ Sarah Taylor
Sarah Taylor (personality)
- Early life :Taylor is from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She studied English and Women's Studies at McMaster University.- Career :She was discovered in the audience for the MuchMusic show MuchOnDemand in 2004, and was asked to be one of the VJs for the channel....
. MuchMusic also airs a segment of MuchNews as a 'MuchNews Minute' for exactly a minute during commercials on the channel and 'MuchNews Weekly' which highlights the week's top news headlines. MuchNews Weekly is usually aired at the end of a week or at the beginning of the following week.
Live interviews and artist performances
The show invites many popular Canadian and international artists for interviews and live performances during certain shows. The show features celebrity guests, from actors to music artists and groups, and even athletes and politicians. Invitees in the studio should get their passes beforehand to be able to attend. Audiences are encouraged to take an active part in direct questions in the studio, and others pose their queries via direct links or internet and phone or in video-taped and e-mailed questions.
These shows with renowned or emerging new artists attract big fan following, with some crowds waiting outside the MOD studios on both corners of the building watching the events from outside through open windows that overlook the studio. The guests make a point of visiting briefly the crowds outside who are there without invitation passes and at times in very harsh weather conditions (snow, rain or heat) and answering fan questions from them and signing autographs.
Gossip
The American media personality Perez Hilton
Perez Hilton
Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. , better known as Perez Hilton , is an American blogger and television personality. His blog, Perezhilton.com , is known for posts covering gossip items about celebrities...
is featured regularly giving latest entertainment and gossip news. He uses the segment at times to air exclusive recent news items from his own perspective and to express personal opinions about general media culture.
Earlier features
Sarah Taylor (personality)
- Early life :Taylor is from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She studied English and Women's Studies at McMaster University.- Career :She was discovered in the audience for the MuchMusic show MuchOnDemand in 2004, and was asked to be one of the VJs for the channel....
calls "Poll-Dancing", asked a question or asks for an opinion, and viewers vote for their favourite answer. At the end of the show, the winning answer is announced. In 2007, the feature was removed.
In 2006, the "Much Quiz" was introduced to the show. Every Thursday, viewers are presented with four questions about themselves, appearing on screen before commercial break. Viewers can text message their answers to MuchMusic, getting their results sent back at the end of the show, or keep track with a pen and paper. They have now removed the Much Quiz.
In 2007, the "Show Me Yours" addition to the show was added. Viewers send in their request on Video via cellphones, webcams, etc. and send it to the "Show Me Yours" part of the MuchMusic website where VJ's would play them and have their requests done.