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Making the Video is an MTV show, consisting of half-hour episodes, which chronicles the process of filming various music videos. Usually the director outlines the concept of the video and the show often includes light-hearted and humorous moments. It always concludes with a premiere of the finished video. The show premiered on July 11, 1999 and is currently on a hiatus as of 2009.
MTV2 has a similar show entitled [Name of Band/Artist] Makes a Video that has featured artists such as 50 Cent, Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional, Evanescence, and Mos Def among others.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01I Do (Cherish You)July 11, 1999—
- S01E02(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix!)July 18, 1999—Britney films her third video, a single from the Drive Me Crazy movie soundtrack.
- S01E03Deepest BlueJuly 25, 1999—
- S01E04I Could Never Take The Place of Your ManJuly 31, 1999—
- S01E05Waiting For TonightAugust 21, 1999—
- S01E06Girl's Best FriendAugust 8, 1999—From the ""Blue Streak"" soundtrack
- S01E07JupiterAugust 1, 1999—
- S01E08All The Small ThingsAugust 14, 1999—
- S01E09HeartbreakerAugust 15, 1999—
- S01E10Can't Change MeSeptember 6, 1999—
- S01E11Satisfy YouSeptember 13, 1999—
- S01E12She's Got IssuesSeptember 27, 1999—
- S01E13Around The WorldOctober 4, 1999—
- S01E14Falls ApartOctober 5, 1999—Second single from Sugar Ray's third album.
- S01E15The World Is Not EnoughOctober 16, 1999—Garbage films the video for the 19th Bond theme song.
- S01E16Rhythm DivineOctober 23, 1999—Second single off his first English album.
- S01E17I Learned From the BestNovember 2, 1999—
- S01E18The Great BeyondNovember 3, 1999—From the ""Man On The Moon"" Soundtrack.
Season02
- S02E01Forgot About DreJanuary 16, 2000—
- S02E02Bye, Bye, ByeJanuary 23, 2000—The making *NSYNC's biggest song and most known video.
- S02E03The Thong SongFebruary 27, 2000—
- S02E04Walk Me HomeJanuary 30, 2000—
- S02E05This Time AroundMarch 5, 2000—
- S02E06Big Pimpin'March 12, 2000—
- S02E07Ex-GirlfriendFebruary 6, 2000—
- S02E08What'Chu LikeMarch 19, 2000—
- S02E09Where You AreFebruary 14, 2000—
- S02E10Sour GirlMarch 26, 2000—
- S02E11Mixed BiznessFebruary 20, 2000—
- S02E12I Turn to YouApril 3, 2000—
- S02E13Oops...I Did It AgainApril 10, 2000—Britney films the first video from her second album.
- S02E14American Bad AssApril 24, 2000—
- S02E15The Real Slim Shady *2000 VMA Best Video Winner*April 24, 2000—
- S02E16BreakoutMay 1, 2000—
- S02E17I DissapearMay 8, 2000—
- S02E18It's Gonna Be MeMay 22, 2000—
Season03
- S03E01Do It Big TimeJune 21, 2000—Clips from past episodes, ending with clips of all the original Making the Video episodes from July 1999 to May 2000 combined into one video
- S03E02It Doesn't Really MatterJune 28, 2000—Janet Jackson films her video from ""Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps"".
- S03E03Imagine ThatJuly 3, 2000—From album ""G.O.A.T"" released September 12, 2000
- S03E04LuckyJuly 11, 2000—Britney films the video for her second single from her second album.
- S03E05FireJuly 18, 2000—
- S03E06#1 StunnaJuly 19, 2000—From ""The Kings of Comedy""
- S03E07Give Me Just One NightJuly 25, 2000—First video from album ""Revelation""
- S03E08Come On OverJuly 31, 2000—
- S03E09The Hardest Part of Breaking UpAugust 7, 2000—
- S03E10AgainSeptember 11, 2000—
- S03E11Independent Women Part 1September 18, 2000—DC3 film the video for the Charlie's Angels movie theme song.
- S03E12She BangsSeptember 25, 2000—Ricky Martin films the video for the first single from ""Sound Loaded,"" the follow-up to his smash self-titled album.
- S03E13Shape of My HeartOctober 9, 2000—
- S03E14Man OverboardOctober 18, 2000—
- S03E15Miss JacksonOctober 30, 2000—
- S03E16StrongerNovember 3, 2000—Britney's third single from her second album ""Oops..I Did It Again"".
- S03E17Still On Your SideNovember 20, 2000—
- S03E18Love Don't Cost a ThingDecember 4, 2000—Making the video of Jennifer Lopez's first single from her second album.
Season04
- S04E01Nobody Wants To Be LonelyJanuary 15, 2001—
- S04E02Lay LowJanuary 22, 2001—
- S04E03Who's That Girl?January 29, 2001—
- S04E04JadedFebruary 13, 2001—
- S04E05Mad SeasonFebruary 20, 2001—
- S04E06SurvivorMarch 6, 2001—The video for Destiny's Child first single off their 3rd album.
- S04E07Guilty Until Proven Innocent/FiestaMarch 15, 2001—The making of two videos: Jay-Z's ""Guilty Until Proven Innocent"" featuring R. Kelly, and R. Kelly's ""Fiesta"" featuring Jay-Z.
- S04E08This Is Me/I Like Them GirlsMarch 22, 2001—The making of Tyrese's ""I Like Them Girls"" video and the making of Dream's ""This Is Me"" video.
Season05
- S05E01Lady Marmalade *2001 VMA Best Video Winner*April 9, 2001—Making the Video of the Year for 2001 from the ""Moulin Rouge"" movie soundtrack.
- S05E02Best Years of Our LivesMay 7, 2001—
- S05E03ElevationMay 14, 2001—U2 films the video from the ""Lara Croft: Tomb Raider"" soundtrack.
- S05E04PopMay 28, 2001—The first single and video from *NSync's third album ""Celebrity"".
- S05E05BootyliciousJune 4, 2001—
- S05E06Can I LiveJune 21, 2001—Single off of Sisqo's second album.
- S05E07I'm RealJune 26, 2001—
- S05E08Area CodesJuly 5, 2001—Ludacris films video from ""Rush Hour 2"".
Season06
- S06E01I'm a Slave 4 USeptember 24, 2001—Britney films the first video from her third album.
- S06E02On The LineOctober 1, 2001—
- S06E03DiddyOctober 8, 2001—
- S06E04Son of a GunOctober 15, 2001—
- S06E05Get The Party StartedOctober 22, 2001—Pink films the video for her first single off her second album.
Season07
- S07E01Hey BabyNovember 5, 2001—
- S07E02Always On TimeNovember 6, 2001—
- S07E03My SacrificeNovember 19, 2001—
- S07E04ForeverNovember 12, 2001—
- S07E05Tainted LoveNovember 26, 2001—
Season08
- S08E01Parents Just Dont UnderstandDecember 3, 2001—
- S08E02Not A Girl, Not Yet A WomanDecember 10, 2001—Britney's second single from her third album, which is featured in Britney's first movie ""Crossroads"".
- S08E03The OneDecember 17, 2001—
- S08E04EscapeJanuary 17, 2002—
- S08E05What About Us?January 10, 2002—
- S08E06Underneath Your ClothesFebruary 9, 2002—Shakira films the video for her second English single.
- S08E07Don't Let Me Get MeFebruary 16, 2002—
- S08E08You Don't Have To CallFebruary 23, 2002—
- S08E09I Stand AloneMarch 23, 2002—
- S08E10Hella GoodMarch 30, 2002—
Season09
- S09E01What We're All AboutApril 10, 2002—Sum 41 film the video for the single off the Spider-Man movie soundtrack.
- S09E02Drift and DieApril 14, 2002—Third video from ""Come Clean"" CD
- S09E03BoomApril 28, 2002—
- S09E04Without Me *2002 VMA Best Video Winner*May 1, 2002—
- S09E05I Need A Girl, Part 2May 11, 2002—
- S09E06I'm Gonna Be AlrightMay 15, 2002—
- S09E07She Loves Me NotMay 19, 2002—First video from second album ""Lovehatetragedy"".
- S09E08Hot In HerreJune 10, 2002—
- S09E09Nod Ya HeadJune 3, 2002—from MiB II
- S09E10Papa Don't PreachJune 11, 2002—
- S09E11Work It OutJune 17, 2002—
- S09E12Gangsta LoveJune 26, 2002—
- S09E13BareNakedJuly 8, 2002—
- S09E14Objection (Tango)July 16, 2002—Her 3rd single off her English debut album.
- S09E15Goodbye to YouAugust 12, 2002—
- S09E16Idiot BoyfriendAugust 13, 2002—""Saturday Night Live"" castmember makes the video for the first single off his comedy album ""The Bathroom Wall"".
- S09E17HardballAugust 19, 2001—
- S09E18Sk8er BoiAugust 20, 2002—Avril Lavigne makes her 2nd video. Avril loses her hat, puts a cockroach on her tongue, kisses the sk8er boi and jokingly says yes to a marr
- S09E19DilemmaSeptember 3, 2002—Nelly and Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child film the video for the single ""Dilemma"".
- S09E20Like I Love YouSeptember 9, 2002—Justin Timberlake films the video for the debut single from his debut solo album, ""Justified.""
- S09E21Help MeSeptember 16, 2002—Backstreet Boy Nick Carter films the video for his new single ""Help Me"".
- S09E22We Want FunSeptember 22, 2002—The making of the video for ""We Want Fun"" from Jackass: The Movie.
- S09E23Before Your LoveSeptember 24, 2002—The ""American Idol"" winner makes her first music video.
- S09E24DirrtySeptember 30, 2002—
- S09E25Die Another DayOctober 10, 2002—Madonna films the video for the theme from the new 007 movie ""Die Another Day"".
- S09E26Work It *2003 VMA Best Video Winner*October 10, 2002—
- S09E27Jenny From The BlockNovember 5, 2002—The video for J.Lo's first single off her third album.
Season10
- S10E01The AnthemJanuary 13, 2003—
- S10E02Boy (I Need You)January 20, 2003—Mariah Carey films her second single from her new album.
- S10E03Gonna Give It To YaJanuary 27, 2003—DMX films his video from the movie ""Cradle 2 The Grave"".
- S10E04Rock Your BodyFebruary 20, 2003—Justin Timberlake films the video for his 3rd single off his solo album.
- S10E05Somewhere I BelongMarch 4, 2003—This is the video for Linkin Park's first single off of their new album.
- S10E06Losing GripMarch 31, 2003—Avril films the fourth and final single from her debut album. The video is a performance video so it features Avril performing to a crowd in
- S10E07I'm GladApril 8, 2003—Jennifer Lopez's third music video off her third album has an 80's theme. Good Morning America will also run a clip of the video as well as
- S10E08FighterApril 7, 2003—
- S10E09Act a FoolMay 5, 2003—Ludacris films the video from the 2 Fast 2 Furious soundtrack.
- S10E10Feel Good TimeMay 19, 2003—Pink films the video for the song from the sequel to the Charlie's Angels movie.
- S10E11Crazy In LoveMay 26, 2003—Beyonce films the video for her first single off her solo album.
- S10E12My Love Is Like.. WoMay 29, 2003—Mya's first single off her new 3rd album.
- S10E13Flying Without WingsJune 23, 2003—The second American Idol films his first video, with the theme ""Ruben performing in the streets as Alabama welcomes him home"".
- S10E14HollywoodJune 27, 2003—Madonna's second single off her ""American Life"" album.
- S10E15Shake Ya Tail FeatherJune 30, 2003—The video for the single from the Bad Boys II Soundtrack.
- S10E16Sweetest Sin/Shut UpJuly 8, 2003—The making of 2 videos. ""Shut Up"" is Nick Lachey's first single from his solo album. Also, ""Sweetest Sin"", the video for Jessica Simpson
- S10E17Love @ 1st SightJuly 10, 2003—First single from Blige's new album ""Love & Life"", due August 26.
- S10E18So YesterdayJuly 26, 2003—Lizzie McGuire star Hilary Duff films the video for her first single, ""So Yesterday"" off her debut album.
- S10E19Fighting TemptationJuly 28, 2003—From Beyonce's second movie ""The Fighting Temptations"".
- S10E20Bad Boy This, Bad Boy ThatSeptember 8, 2003—Da Band from ""Making The Band 2"" film their first video.
- S10E21TroubleSeptember 29, 2003—Pink films the video for the first single off her third album.
- S10E22Behind Blue EyesOctober 6, 2003—The video for ""Behind Blue Eyes,"" the second single from Limp Bizkit's Results May Vary.
- S10E23Me Against The MusicOctober 21, 2003—Britney's 16th video and first single off her fourth CD, ""In The Zone"".
- S10E24Feeling ThisOctober 23, 2003—First single from Blink's new non titled record.
- S10E25Not TodayNovember 3, 2003—Second single off of Mary's newest album, and is also the first single off the soundtrack to ""Barbershop 2"".
- S10E26I KeedNovember 9, 2003—
- S10E27Away From MeNovember 19, 2003—
Season11
- S11E01Come CleanJanuary 8, 2004—Second single off Hilary's debut album.
- S11E02One Call AwayJanuary 12, 2004—
- S11E03ToxicJanuary 13, 2004—Britney's second single from ""In The Zone"".
- S11E04My BandMarch 17, 2004—The video for the first single off of D12's second album.
- S11E05Take My Breath AwayApril 13, 2004—Jessica Simpson films the video for her cover of ""Take My Breath Away"" which is her third single off the re-released version of In This Sk
- S11E0699 ProblemsApril 27, 2004—The video for Jay-Z's third single off his final album ""The Black Album"".
- S11E07Talk About Our LoveMay 2, 2004—Brandy's first single off her 4th album.
- S11E08Our Lips Are SealedMay 31, 2004—Hilary films the video for the first single from the ""A Cinderella Story"" soundtrack, a cover of the Go Go's ""Our Lips Are Sealed"" featu
- S11E09Confessions Part IIJune 21, 2004—The making of the video for Usher's third single off his album ""Confessions"".
- S11E10Welcome BackJune 28, 2004—Mase films the video for his first single of his long-awaited new album.
- S11E11Flap Your Wings/My PlaceJuly 19, 2004—Nelly's first two singles from his third album (being a dual-album).
- S11E12American IdiotAugust 18, 2004—First single to be taken from the band's ""American Idiot"" album, their first in 4 years
- S11E13PredictableSeptember 8, 2004—The first single off of the group's third album, ""The Chronicles of Life and Death"".
- S11E14WonderfulSeptember 13, 2004—
- S11E15Hey NowSeptember 26, 2004—The video for the first single off of Xzibit's fifth album ""Weapons of Mass Destruction"".
- S11E16Just Lose ItOctober 3, 2004—The video for the first single off of Eminem's 4th album ""Encore"".
- S11E17RumorsOctober 7, 2004—The first single from Lindsay's debut album.
- S11E18Tilt Ya Head BackOctober 11, 2004—Nelly's second single from his album ""Sweat"" featuring Christina Aguilera.
- S11E19What You Waiting For?October 13, 2004—The first single from Gwen Stefani's debut solo album ""Love, Angel, Music, Baby"".
- S11E20La LaNovember 23, 2004—Ashlee's third single off her debut album.
- S11E21Get RightJanuary 5, 2005—The first single off of J.Lo's fourth studio album.
- S11E22HopeDecember 10, 2004—The first single from the ""Coach Carter"" movie soundtrack.
- S11E23Let's Get BlownDecember 13, 2004—The video for the second single off of Snoop's new album.
Season12
- S12E01Candy ShopJanuary 30, 2005—The first single off of 50's second album ""The Massacre"".
- S12E02It's Like ThatMarch 3, 2005—The video for the first single off Mariah's 8th studio album, ""The Emancipation of Mimi"" due April 12.
- S12E03SignsMarch 22, 2005—The third single off Snoop's latest album, ""R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece"".
- S12E04ErrtimeApril 11, 2005—The first single from the soundtrack to Nelly's new movie ""The Longest Yard"".
- S12E05One WordApril 18, 2005—The first single from Kelly's second album ""Sleeping In The Nothing"" due June 7.
- S12E06La TorturaApril 26, 2005—The first single from Shakira's new Spanish album ""Fijacion Oral 1"" due out June 7, her first new album since 2001. Her new English album
- S12E07DreamsMay 3, 2005—
- S12E08Pimpin' All Over The WorldMay 15, 2005—The third single from Ludacris' ""Red Light District"" album.
- S12E09Best Of YouMay 18, 2005—The first single from the Foo's new double album ""In Your Honor"".
- S12E12These Boots Are Made For Walkin'June 1, 2005—The single off of the ""Dukes of Hazard"" movie soundtrack.
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