Total Request Live
| Total Request Live | |
|---|---|
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| Also known as | 'TRL' |
| Presented by |
Carson Daly Damien Fahey |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 19 |
| No. of episodes | 2,247 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | MTV |
| Original release | September 14, 1998 – November 16, 2008 |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 53.89% |
| Metacritic | 48/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| AllGame |   |
| GameSpot | 4.1/10 |
| GameZone | 6.5/10 |
| IGN | 5/10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | 50% |
Total Request Live (known from 1998 to 2008 as TRL) 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 ten most requested music videos of the day, as voted by viewers via phone or online. 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.
MTV announced the cancellation of TRL on September 15, 2008. The special three-hour finale episode, Total Finale Live, aired on November 16, 2008.
An international version of TRL aired on MTV Italy until 2010.
Origin of TRL can be traced back to 1997 when MTV began producing MTV Live (originally hosted by English VJ Toby Amies) from the newly opened MTV studios in Times Square in New York City. MTV Live featured celebrity interviews, musical performances, and regular news updates. Music videos were not the major focus of the program. For a time, the show drew more than 750,000 viewers. [1].
During the same time period, MTV aired a countdown show simply called Total Request, hosted by Carson Daly (it should be mentioned that a forerunner to Total Request was Dial MTV, which ran from 1986–1996). Total Request was far more subdued, as Daly introduced music videos from an empty, dimly lit set. As the show progressed and gained more momentum with viewers tuning in, it was soon added to the list of daytime programming during MTV's Summer Share in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. The countdown would prove to be one of the most watched and most interactive shows in recent MTV history, demonstrating that it had potential to become an even larger success by combining with the element of live television.
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