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 (or treatment) 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.
Season 1
98 Degrees - "I Do (Cherish You)" (1999)
Britney Spears - (You Drive Me) Crazy (1999)
LL Cool J - "Deepest Bluest" (1999)
Jordan Knight - "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" (1999)
Jennifer Lopez - "Waiting for Tonight" (1999)
Jay-Z - "Girl's Best Friend" (1999)
Jewel - "Jupiter (Swallow the Moon)" (1999)
Blink-182 - "All The Small Things" (1999)
Mariah Carey - "Heartbreaker" (1999)
Chris Cornell - "Can't Change Me" (1999)
Puff Daddy featuring R. Kelly - "Satisfy You" (1999)
The Offspring - "She's Got Issues" (1999)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Around The World" (1999)
Sugar Ray - "Falls Apart" (1999)
Garbage - "The World Is Not Enough" (1999)
Enrique Iglesias - "Rhythm Divine" (1999)
Whitney Houston - "I Learned From the Best" (1999)
R.E.M. - "The Great Beyond" (1999)
Season 2
Dr. Dre featuring Eminem - "Forgot About Dre" (2000)
*NSYNC - "Bye Bye Bye" (2000)
Sisqo - "Thong Song" (2000)
Mandy Moore - "Walk Me Home" (2000)
Hanson - "This Time Around" (2000)
Jay-Z - "Big Pimpin'" (2000)
No Doubt - "Ex-Girlfriend" (2000)
Da Brat featuring Tyrese - "What'Chu Like" (2000)
Jessica Simpson featuring Nick Lachey - "Where You Are" (2000)
Stone Temple Pilots - "Sour Girl" (2000)
Beck - "Mixed Bizness" (2000)
Christina Aguilera - "I Turn To You" (2000)
Britney Spears - "Oops...I Did It Again" (2000)
Kid Rock - "American Bad Ass" (2000)
Eminem - "The Real Slim Shady" (2000)
Foo Fighters - "Breakout" (2000)
Metallica - "I Disappear" (2000)
*NSYNC - "It's Gonna Be Me" (2000)
Season 3
Janet Jackson - "Doesn't Really Matter" (2000)
LL Cool J - "Imagine That" (2000)
Britney Spears - "Lucky" (2000)
Busta Rhymes - "Fire" (2000)
Big Tymers - "#1 Stunna" (2000)
98 Degrees - "Give Me Just One Night" (2000)
Christina Aguilera - "Come on over Baby (All I Want Is You)" (2000)
2gether - "The Hardest Part Of Breaking Up" (2000)
Lenny Kravitz - "Again" (2000)
Destiny's Child - "Independent Women Pt. 1" (2000)
Ricky Martin - "She Bangs" (2000)
Backstreet Boys - "Shape of My Heart" (2000)
Blink-182 - "Man Overboard" (2000)
OutKast - "Ms. Jackson" (2000)
Britney Spears - "Stronger" (2000)
BBMak - "Still On Your Side" (2000)
Jennifer Lopez - "Love Don't Cost a Thing" (2000)
Season 4
Ricky Martin featuring Christina Aguilera - "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" (2001)
Snoop Dogg - "Lay Low" (2001)
Eve - "Who's That Girl?" (2001)
The Jackson 5 - "La-La Means I Love You (snippet)" - with a cameo appearance by Rob Thomas from Matchbox Twenty (2001)
Aerosmith - "Jaded" (2001)
Matchbox Twenty - "Mad Season" (2001)
Destiny's Child - "Survivor" (2001)
Jay-Z featuring R. Kelly - "Guilty Until Proven Innocent"/"Fiesta" (2001)
Dream - "This Is Me"/Tyrese - "I Like Them Girls" (2001)
Season 5
Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, & Pink - "Lady Marmalade" (2001)
Baha Men - "Best Years of Our Lives" (2001)
U2 - "Elevation" (2001)
*NSYNC - "Pop" (2001)
Destiny's Child - "Bootylicious" (2001)
Sisqo - "Can I Live" (2001)
Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule - "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" (2001)