TRL

1998

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 DJ Khaled, Ed Sheeran, Migos, Lili Reinhart Oct 02, 2017

EP2 PrettyMuch, Noah Cyrus, Playboy Carti Oct 03, 2017

EP3 Demi Lovato, Lil Uzi Vert Oct 04, 2017

EP4 Mariah Carey, Lil Yachty, Why Don't We Oct 05, 2017

EP5 Romeo Santos, Travis Scott Oct 06, 2017

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Synopsis

Total Request Live was a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continued to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests. The show was a popular promotion tool used by musicians, actors, and other celebrities to promote their newest works to the show's target teen demographic. TRL played the top ten most requested videos of the day, as requested by viewers who voted online for their favorite video. The countdown started with the tenth most requested video and ended with the most requested. As of October 22, 2007, TRL's countdown was based on votes, charts, ringtones, download, radio airplay, and streams, meaning that the most user requested video might not have been the number 1 video. The show generally aired Monday through Thursday for one hour, though the scheduling and length of the show fluctuated over the years. Despite the word "Live" in the title of the show, many episodes were actually pre-recorded. It was announced on September 15, 2008 that TRL would be shut down and replaced with FNMTV. The special three-hour finale aired on November 16, 2008, at 8 p.m.

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Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
Brainsbell The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.
jtj909 I was the the ORIGINAL video editor on the show and I can tell you that we FAKED most of the "call in" requests when the show launched. Me, the producer, co-workers of mine would all call into the editing suite and tape record the so called the "requests" It was originally a "top request for videos" show. where the viewers call in and give their requests, the audio of requests would be played over the intro of the requested video... but it was all a scam. MTV had their own agenda of what videos they wanted to push and we were expected to "create" their desired results. So I would call in, make up a phony name, pick some town and say " yo, I want to hear Limp Bisket" or whatever... and the public was never the wiser.
sunset-at-night I was home today and started channel surfing and Total Request Live was on. Man, this show brings back memories. I was a big fan of this show as an an teen in 98' (I cringe lol) and I have not seen this show since 2001. That's when an already quirky show just became boring to me after so many changes. A lot of people may not remember but Total Request Live started out not being live in 98'. It was called Total Request with Carson Daly and it first played at night. There was no live audience just Carson Daly sitting down by a TV. The show was 30 minutes long and counted down the top videos of the day. I remember Hanson being #1 all the time with their video "Weird".Then some thing happened in the later part of 98'. The show moved to afternoons. It went from 30 to 90 minutes long. It got an live audience inside and out. The birth of TRL was born. As a teen this show was fun to come home too. Even though the countdown was shallow and more of an popularity contest and not many good music videos made it but they had a lot of guests and music and it was just fun and cool at the time to us teens. This show believe it or not made pop acts like Nsync and BSB even more popular than they already were. They owned the countdown seriously. If BSB was not #1 than Nsync was and vice versa. But TRL also made grunge metal bands like Korn, Limp Bizket popular too. People who were into pop were introduced to rock and vice versa from the countdown. Carson Daly became an overnight sensation and was so popular as an DJ they even started an be an MTV DJ contest. I remember when Jesse Camp won the contest. Oh, man watching him was hilarious...he was great.Then 2001 rolls in and the show just changed. They added a whole lot of DJ's that I could give a crap about. Carson was hardly featured then he finally left. The videos were cut short or never really showed. I guess music just changed in general. I always thought BSB and Britney Spears were horrible acts to be always topping the countdown but I watch today and you have Ashlee Simpson, Hilary Duff, Ryan Cabrera all in the countdown and wow, Nsync, Britney and BSB don't look so bad. I guess my most reason for stop watching TRL is that I am a teen no more. I just grew up. Whatever it was I will always remember this show at once being really fun to watch as a teen.
princesspest27x Why do so many people hate this show? Everybody seems to think that it is stupid, pointless, and annoying. If you hate it so much, don't watch it! The videos that are played are voted for by fans, so obviously many people like the sorts of music that make the top 10 countdown. Carson Daly never appears on the show at all anymore, either, so please stop complaining that he is the worst part of it! I like this show (but I won't go so far as to say that I love it). I just wish that the other people who watch this show had some better taste in music. Some of the "music" they choose for the countdown is CRAP! I can't stand Ja Rule, B2K, Justin Timberlake, or Shakira. Lets see some more of Good Charlotte, Avril Lavigne, Eminem, and Blink-182!
lilfugitive Back when TRL wasn't that popular, they had very little rock bands at Number 1 like Aerosmith. I'm not a die hard rock fan, but I'm not a boy band fan either. When I watch the show, I watch like the numbers 10-4. Now, all that's in the top three is Hanson, Backstreet Boys, and Nsync. People say to vote for your favorite video to put it at number one. Oh please. My little vote is going to put my favorite band at number one when it never even went in the top three. C'mon. This show should be called the,"Total Rerun List."