So some of you want MJ to be a different person, a "normal person" instead of who he really was? Geniuses are usually not "normal people", esp. artistic ones - and it is not just about their talent but also their personalities. A lot of you are fans of MJ because he was not normal. A normal person is the dull guy who works nine to five and there is nothing exceptional in him, everything is just "normal" around him, like it is expected to be. There is nothing exciting about people who are "normal".
And how do we know he would have felt comfortable in a SNL-like talk show? Comfortable enough to "show his humour" and put on some shallow act like people usually do on such shows? Maybe it just wasn't in his personality to go on shows like that. (I never wished him to be on such a show. Most of it is shallow IMO. And I don't think it is for everyone (I mean to be a guest on such a show.)
And what does it actually have to do with the original topic? Are we now blaming Michael for MTV's treatment of him? As far as I know he was always nice to MTV. He gave them interviews over the years, went to their award shows where he pulled off some of the most memorable performances of the history of the channel. So lack of accessibility or cooperation is not really a good excuse for MTV.