Bye, Bye, Bye, TRL: MTV Winds Up “Total Request Live”

By Rebecca Brody
14:46, September 16th 2008
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MTV’s “Total Request Live” lived for 10 years in the screams of 14-year-olds. However, it’s time for the series to rest in peace.

The music video show will reportedly conclude with a two-hour special on a Saturday afternoon, sometime in November, Dave Sirulnick, executive producer of “TRL,” announced on Monday, as reported by The Associated Press. He nevertheless explained that the teens’ favorite show was not vanishing for good, but that a break was categorically needed.

“We want to close this era of ‘TRL’ in a big celebratory way, and 10 is a great number,” Dave Sirulnick said, according to the same source. “And 10 is the number that ‘TRL’ counted down every single day for 10 years, and we hit this 10th (anniversary) and we thought, ‘You know what? This feels like the right time and let’s celebrate it and let’s reward it. And let’s let it have a little bit of a rest for a minute.’ Let it catch its breath! Been working hard — for 10 years!”

“TRL” premiered in September 1998 and immediately grew to be the flamboyant midpoint of the teen pop music picture, promoting popular stars such as teen icon Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, N’Sync and Eminem. In addition to this, from its halcyon days up to present, the show has been the perfect scene for musicians, actors and other celebrities to make their various products known.

According to Nielsen Media Research, “TRL” hit the highest audience point in 1999, with 757,000 viewers tuning in every day for the show held at MTV’s Times Square studio.

Dave Sirulnick explained that the grand finale may actually include special appearances from the “folks who helped make ‘TRL’ what it is — whether that’s Justin (Timberlake) and his guys in N’Sync, the Backstreet Boys, Britney, Eminem — I think we would love to see all of them here,” the AP reported. Furthermore, no “TRL” is “TRL” without the show’s former host, Carson Daly. It’s the end of an era for MTV and for loads of teens out there.



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