MTV's Downtown:
Created by Chris Prynoski, it aired on MTV from August 3 to November 8, 1999.
According to Chris Prynoski, when he watched early-1970s Ralph Bakshi films in the mid-1990s, he felt that his films from that time were "much like a time capsule." This inspired him to create Downtown, "so that when people watch the show 20 years later, it feels exactly like 1999 in New York". Prynoski also wanted to show "a line of demarcation where society changed completely" before cell phones, and he "wanted to be able to have nostalgia for what doesn't exist now.
MTV canceled the series after one season. Prynoski put bad marketing decisions and the rerun's inconvenient time slots as speculations for the cause. Nonetheless, the sitcom's episode "Before and After" was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animation in 2000.
The soundtrack of Downtown was composed by Massive Attack and DJ Shadow. Music tracks involving Drum and Bass, however, were composed by Kimson Albert.