Some might say that VH1, long ago a reliable purveyor of high-cheese, adult contemporary music videos, has lately lost its way in becoming the home of “Celeb-reality” dreck like Celebrity Rehab, Flavor Of Love, Rock Of Love, and For The Love Of Ray J. (And we mean “dreck” with a certain amount of affection, because we enjoy watching clips of these shows on The Soup.) Well, brace yourself for some classic VH1—not to be confused with VH1 Classic, because it’s still not showing videos any more. After retiring their popular hour-long Behind The Music rock documentary series, which aired in some incarnation from 1997 to 2006, VH1 is now planning to revive this summer, starting with new episodes on ‘Lil Wayne and troubled Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland. Returning to the show is Jim Forbes, whose narration brought gravitas to the Behind The Music’s dependable three-act formula (meteoric rise/tragic fall/wistful reconciliation) and inspired countless parodies.
More details can be found at The Hollywood Reporter. And sound off below: Who’s ripe for profiling?