Gen Xers like me will fondly remember MTV, a cable TV channel dedicated to playing music videos covering a wide range of artists and genres. (Well, not initially, but it got better over time.) MTV still exists, though in debased form, as a repository for tawdry reality TV shows.
MTV in its heyday may have been the high point for music on the TV. The best TVs today all feature music streaming apps such as Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and even Tidal, but let’s be real – streaming music is something most people do with their phones or smart speakers, not their smart TVs.
