MTV set to cancel TRL -- the end of an era!

Posted Sep 16th 2008 5:20PM by Zac Bissonnette
Filed under: Television, Viacom (VIA)

MTV, which is owned by Viacom (NYSE: VIA), is canceling one of its most iconic shows: TRL, the popular and once-influential daily top music video countdown.

TRL debuted in 1998 with Carson Daly as its host, and reached its height of relevance popularizing hits from teen-pop stars like NSYNC, Britney Spears and The Backstreet Boys.

Daly left the show in 2003 to host his own late-night show and since then, a revolving door of forgettable video jockeys have emceed TRL.

The last epsiode will appear in November, according to E!

MTV will still be showing music videos when it begins more regular showings of FNMTV, hosted by Fall Out Boy frontman Pete Wentz on Friday nights.

Tags: MTV, Total Request Live, TotalRequestLive, TRL, VIA, Viacom

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9-16-2008 @ 9:13PM

Mr. noitall said...

Um...who cares?

9-17-2008 @ 4:13AM

fun stuff said...

This reminds me of a gross but fun joke (kind of like TRL back in the early 2000's)...

"What do you call a trash bag full of mutilated laboratory monkeys?"

If you don't remember Carson telling it, the answer is at:

http://cackl.com/home/view/484/What-do-you-call-a-trash-bag-full-of-mutilated-lab