MTV Total Request Live is coming to an end

MTV’s Total Request Live is coming to an end after 10 years.  Also known as TRL, the show’s finale will air sometime in November.

The show first premiered in 1998, every high school and college-age kid in the country tuned in to watch Carson interview musicians and watch the top 10 most requested videos in the nation.

Carson Daly was the original host of the show, and every entertainer knew that if they wanted to have a successful album or movie, then they had to make a stop by TRL to interact with the thousands of screaming fans.

When Carson left the show five years later, the show lost its steam, and it kind of went downhill from there. 

Carson ended up hosting a late night talk show on NBC, but he never had the success that he did on TRL.

Tim Henley