TV Mania was an electronic

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 band founded in 1995 that consisted of keyboardist Nick Rhodes

Nick Rhodes

Nick Rhodes is an English musician, is best known as the keyboardist of the pop rock band Duran Duran...

 and guitarist Warren Cuccurullo

Warren Cuccurullo

Warren Bruce Cuccurullo in Brooklyn, New York is an American rock musician who worked with Frank Zappa, was a founding member of Missing Persons, and has been a long term member of Duran Duran. He also has some notoriety in the porn industry after making nude appearances in a magazine and...

, both of Duran Duran

Duran Duran

Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...

 and producer/multi-instrumentalist Anthony J. Resta

Anthony J. Resta

Anthony J. Resta is an American record producer and musician. A multi-instrumentalist, he is a known for his use of vintage audio gear in creating expansive sonic atmospheres. He has earned twelve RIAA certified gold and multi-platinum awards and has been featured in many articles for his...

. This long-running side project, which Rhodes and Cuccurullo returned to whenever work on various Duran Duran projects slowed down, produced more than sixty songs, but has not yet seen commercial release. A few songs have appeared on Cuccurullo's website and in the 2004 movie Trollywood

Trollywood (film)

Trollywood is a 2004 documentary film about homelessness, directed by first-time British filmmaker Madeleine Farley, previously an artist and cartoonist...

, directed by Madeleine Farley.

The project has been largely abandoned since Cuccurullo's dismissal from Duran Duran in 2001.

Production of the Duran Duran albums Medazzaland

Medazzaland

Medazzaland is the ninth album by British pop rock group Duran Duran. It was released by Capitol Records on in the U.S., where it reached #58 on the Billboard album chart. It was never officially released in Europe....

and Pop Trash

Pop Trash

"Last Day on Earth" directs here. For the 2009 song by Kate Miller-Heidke, see The Last Day on EarthReleased in 2000, Pop Trash is Duran Duran's tenth album. The album marked their first release not under Capitol Records/EMI, with whom they'd been signed since 1981. It was also the last to...

by Cuccurullo and Rhodes was also credited to "TV Mania". This was a departure from previous albums, where production was always credited to "Duran Duran" plus any outside producers; this reflected Duran Duran vocalist Simon Le Bon

Simon Le Bon

Simon John Charles Le Bon is an English musician, best known as the lead singer, lyricist and musician of the band Duran Duran and its offshoot, Arcadia.-Early life:...

's decreasing involvement in the songwriting, recording, and mixing process at the time.