Video on Trial

The show consists of a panel of musicians, comedians, and entertainment columnists critiquing five different music videos in a courtroom-esque manner.Artists' personal lives and off-set behaviour are usually mocked by the critics in relation to the music video.At the start of the ninth season, the show's format was overhauled to feature recurring sketches and segments.[2] Only four episodes into the revamp, which was not well received, the show was cancelled as part of significant cutbacks at Bell Media on July 11, 2014.In addition to the jurors' being replaced by Aisha Alfa [1] and Paul Lemieux,[2] Season 9 uses a new format featuring recurring sketches and segments.In the 100th episode, it was revealed that the working title for the show in its early development stages was "Anatomy of a Video."Examples of jurors who have made multiple appearances on the show include Marty Adams, Nicole Arbour, Sabrina Jalees, Hunter Collins, Eddie Della Siepe, Trixx, Jemeni, Boomer Phillips, Laurie Elliott, Ron Sparks, Dini Dimakos, Sara Hennessey, Darrin Rose, Andrew Johnston, David Kerr, Debra DiGiovanni, and Trevor Boris;[12] the latter two have been jurors the most times on the show, both appearing in more than 50 episodes of the show.[12] In some occasions, celebrities in professions as diverse as music, sports, modeling, and acting have appeared on the show, such as "Weird Al" Yankovic,[13] Kardinal Offishall,[14] Jimmy Pop and Jared Hasselhoff of the Bloodhound Gang,[15] Perez Hilton,[16] Russell Peters,[17] Chris Jericho,[18] Pauly Shore,[19] and Jesse Jane.Other artists critiqued multiple times include Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Mindless Behavior, Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Blink-182, The Killers, Beyoncé, Pink, Christina Aguilera, and My Chemical Romance.However, in 2011, American music television Fuse TV successfully obtained rights to air the show.However, in early 2012 Fuse ceased to air episodes of Video on Trial, opting to instead form a new series based on the show's premise.
Video on Trial features five music videos being critiqued in a courtroom-esque manner; the above image shows the opening segment of each episode that introduces the five videos, seen with the different visuals the series has used throughout the two formats it has undergone.
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