MTV has decided to beg forgiveness from viewers after the network's Live 8 coverage last Saturday drew massive complaints from the media, the blogosphere, and just about anyone else who tuned in. In an effort to make good, MTV and VH1 will air 10 hours worth of artist performances from the July 2nd concerts tomorrow (Saturday) -- without commercial interruption:

"In the wake of our coverage, our viewers have resoundingly told us online they want to see full performances from their favorite artists," MTV Networks Music Group president Van Toffler said Thursday.

VH1 will air the first 5 hours, with coverage starting at 10 a.m. EDT. MTV will handle the second 5 hour slot beginning at 3 p.m. EDT. Frankly, they never should've screwed up in the first place. This proper broadcast is coming a week too late, as far as I'm concerned, particularly considering that the G8 Summit (the whole point of the concerts) is scheduled to end today. However, it is at least somewhat reassuring that MTV is admitting error and making a decent peace offering to music fans. And since MTV is doing the right thing, I guess I'll go ahead and add their networks back into the "Channels You Receive" list on my TiVo. Back on Monday... [Yahoo! News] After debacle, MTV, VH1 will rerun Live 8 shows