Station Zero was a
very short-lived animated television series on
MTV, airing in 1999 and then quickly disappearing from the airwaves with little fanfare. In a similar format as
Beavis And Butthead, the series followed four young black (and one Latino) men who, running
a fictional public-access television show called
Live from the Bronx, watched hip-hop videos (and the occasional rock video) and provided humorous commentary.
This work provides examples of:
- Accentuate the Negative: Often used when critiquing music videos and the accompanying music.
- Black and Nerdy: Scooter, who runs the public-access show's technological aspects.
- Brand X: Averted, as real brands were always featured prominently on the show.
- End-of-Series Awareness: In the last episode, camera man Scooter wanders off, with the rest of the cast following him, indicating that the show's writers knew that it would be the finale.
- Gratuitous Spanish: Often used by Latino character Chino, who is definitely proud of his Latino heritage.
- Like an Old Married Couple: Karaz and Chino, who are comparable to Siskel & Ebert.
- Product Placement: Tons of it, right down to the characters wearing real brand-name apparel. Real product names were always used and displayed on the show.
- Short-Runners: Station Zero was on the air for just a few months and was then never seen or even mentioned again. The show reportedly failed to meet MTV's ratings expectations.
- Show Within a Show: Live from the Bronx, the fictional public-access show that the four main characters run.
- Theme Tune Roll Call: The theme song introduces the four main characters.
