MTV Select

MTV Select was a television program airing weekday afternoons on MTV across Europe. It was launched in 1997 (a similar series MTV Dial aired between 1996-1997 on MTV Europe but was replaced by MTV Select). Originally, there were four versions of MTV Select including a German, Italian, UK, and pan-European versions that aired on local MTV channels: MTV Germany, MTV UK and Ireland, MTV Italy and the original European channel MTV Europe. Later versions included Polish, Romanian, and Spanish versions of the show; however, these were later canceled by MTV to make way for European versions of TRL. TRL UK and TRL Poland where later axed due to poor ratings as they never received the same success as MTV Select.