Black Ink Crew is an American reality television series that premiered on January 7, 2013, on VH1 . It has aired ten seasons and chronicles the daily operations and staff drama at an African American–owned and operated tattoo shop in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City .
15-512: Storytellers is a television music series produced by the VH1 network. In each episode, artists perform in front of a (mostly small and intimate) live audience, and tell stories about their music, writing experiences and memories, somewhat similar to MTV Unplugged . The show started in 1996 with a broadcast of Ray Davies , during his "Storyteller" tour, and took its name from this first show. As of February 2016, 98 episodes have aired, and many of
30-558: A ratings success, and is cited by observers as the beginning of the network's programming leaning towards shows about African-American personalities (such as the Basketball Wives and Black Ink Crew franchises); similar to BET and its sister networks . In 2011, VH1 debuted the first installment of the Love & Hip Hop franchise; which would go on to become the network's longest-running program. On November 9, 2022, it
45-453: A sister channel to MuchMusic (which was considered to be MTV's Canadian counter-part), in 1998. The channel would air the majority of VH1's music and reality programming until 2013. Black Ink Crew The show's success has resulted in similar spin-off series based in Chicago and Los Angeles . Black Ink Crew 's second season premiered on September 23, 2013, with
60-548: Is currently owned by the BET Media Group subsidiary of Paramount Global 's CBS Entertainment Group based in New York City . The network was originally owned by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment ; a division of Warner Communications , and the original owner of then-sister channel MTV at the time. It was launched in the channel space of Turner Broadcasting System 's short-lived Cable Music Channel . VH1
75-613: The 1990s, VH1 would gain popularity for original music-related programs such as Pop-Up Video and Behind the Music . In the 2000s, VH1 would begin to scale down its music offerings, while shifting its focus to pop-culture and nostalgia-based programming; including reality television shows focused on celebrities , and various documentaries and panel shows. Headlining this programming shift would be VH1's Celebreality block, featuring The Surreal Life & its franchise of various spinoffs. One spin off, Flavor of Love , proved to be
90-599: The Music , the I Love… series, the Celebreality block, Love & Hip Hop , and Basketball Wives . As of December 2023, VH1 is available in approximately 67,481,000 American households; down from 90.2 million in January 2016. VH1, an acronym for Video Hits One , launched on January 1, 1985 over the channel space of Turner 's Cable Music Channel . The channel originally focused on music and programming aimed at older audiences than its sibling channel at
105-528: The mid-1990s. In 2003, MTV Networks VSPOT , a broadband video channel that followed the model of MTV Overdrive , containing the shows aired by VH1 and music videos . Like Overdrive, it was coolly received due to a heavy reliance on broadband and advanced web technologies. VH1 returned to a traditional-style website in late 2007. As with other MTV channels, Paramount Global has broadcast international versions of VH1, besides VH1 India they all closed down however: In Canada, CHUM Limited launched MuchMoreMusic ,
120-482: The network; as of 2016 this feed is downgraded at a provider's headend to provide the network's standard definition channel on systems. VH1 initially launched four spinoff digital networks as part of The MTV Suite , with another being launched at a later date. By August 2016, these channels spinoffs had either been realigned under the MTV, BET , or CMT branding, or were shuttered altogether. VH1's website launched in
135-405: The performances have subsequently been released on CD or DVD. "Best of" collections have also been released. Meat Loaf enjoyed the show so much that he bought the stage decorations from VH-1 and went on to do a "Storytellers" tour in 1998/1999. VH1 VH1 (originally an initialism for Video Hits One ) is an American basic cable television network that launched on January 1, 1985, and
150-469: The season returning on March 31, 2014, for five more episodes. The third season premiered on January 26, 2015, with the season returning August 24, 2015 for eight more episodes and a reunion special on October 19, 2015. The show was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on April 4, 2016. In December 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth season, which premiered on January 18, 2017. The sixth season premiered on December 6, 2017. On August 20, 2018,
165-505: The series was renewed for a seventh season, which premiered on September 19, 2018, with the season returning March 13, 2019, for eight more episodes. On July 24, 2019, the series was renewed for an eighth season, which premiered on August 14, 2019, with the season returning on February 26, 2020, for ten more episodes. On March 8, 2021, the series was renewed for a ninth season, which premiered on April 19, 2021. The second half of season nine premiered on February 21, 2022. On September 27, 2022,
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#1732787931309180-448: The time, MTV . On August 27, 1985, parent company Warner Communications sold 31% of VH1 and its siblings (MTV and Nickelodeon ; which were already divested by Warner into MTV Networks ) to Viacom . Viacom would eventually buy the remaining 69% of MTV Networks from Warner for $ 326 million on May 20, 1986. By 1989, VH1's music programming would cater to Top 40, adult contemporary , classic rock , and 1980s mainstream pop. During
195-414: Was announced that oversight of VH1 would move to the BET Media Group under Scott Mills . Original programming currently seen on VH1 includes the Love & Hip Hop and the Basketball Wives franchises. Other notable shows and franchisees that have aired on the network include Black Ink Crew , The Impact: New York (a spinoff of BET+ 's The Impact: Atlanta ), RuPaul's Drag Race (which
210-454: Was moved over from Logo , and aired on VH1 from 2017–2022), reruns and new episodes of Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out (which originated on MTV ), and Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party . Since the 2010's, and prior to its move to BET , VH1's programming had shifted towards urban music genres and African-American personalities. VH1 HD (launched in 2005) is a 1080i high-definition feed, with all major providers carrying
225-427: Was originally conceived to build upon the success of MTV by playing music videos targeting a slightly older demographic focusing on the lighter, softer side of popular music. Like MTV, VH1 ultimately drifted away from music and into reality television programming; albeit with a focus on music personalities, celebrities, and shows targeting African-American audiences. VH1 is best known for franchises such as Behind
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