MTV “Total Request Live” Cancelled: “TRL” Ends November 2008
TRL is toast-at least for now.
After ten years on the air, MTV’s Total Request Live will roll tape on its final live taping this November.
A constant victim of sagging ratings, the music video countdown show will conclude in a two-hour special on a Saturday afternoon in November, executive producer Dave Sirulnick said on Monday.
“We want to close this era of `TRL’ in a big celebratory way, and 10 is a great number,” Sirulnick said. “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!”
MTV insists that Total Request Live isn’t ending for good, but the network felt the time was right to retire the show’s format for a while.
For the finale, Sirulnick says, MTV is hoping to bring back 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.”
Are you sad to see TRL go?
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On September 16th 2008, Angie wrote:
It’s about time
On November 14th 2008, X.0. wrote:
F**k a TRL MTV should try showing music videos - ENTIRE music videos for a change
On November 16th 2008, Sandra Black wrote:
10 years of that. Most of the ” folks insist on investing 10 years if $ 1000. 10 years of every single day can be selected.
On November 16th 2008, Gina wrote:
It’s about time. MTV has lost all concept of music. It is no longer music television…more like mindless television.
On November 16th 2008, Zach wrote:
Its sad to see it come to an end, but that the same time…look what TRL has turned to, as soon as Carson Dailey Left it went down hill…they eventually never showedthe whole video, and began only to show the new premire video’s…its ridiculous. MTV got its name for a reason, Music Video Television.. And now look whats its portayed as, its a freakin Reality TV network that, in my opinion sucks…they need to play more music videos…im disapointed that now all that is going to be on this channel is stupid shows that are not good, nothing beats the jackass, tom green show, real world & road rules and say what karyoke
On November 17th 2008, http://www.freemoneyteam.com/ wrote:
Good riddence. You can just watch videos online now anyways…