MTV2 began broadcasting as simply M2 on August 1, 1996 – MTV's 15th anniversary – with Beck's "Where It's At" being the first video to air. The Spice Girls made their first U.S. television appearance on M2, as did their video for "Wannabe" MTV2's original programs were eventually moved over to the flagship MTV network, while the former network would drop its music video blocks in November of that year. MTV2 is available to approximately 50 million pay television households in the United States-down from its 2013 peak of 82 million households.