After years of teasing, MTV have officially confirmed the return of its former flagship show Total Request Live known more affectionately as TRL.
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The news comes after months of murmurs and was announced by MTV president Chris McCarthy in an interview with The New York Times.
October has been set as the return month and a new TRL studio facing Times Square is already being built. McCarthy said:
“If we’re going to come back and reinvent MTV, the studio is a given. It is the center-piece.”
The revived TRL will air for an hour a day initially, with the potential of building to an expanded 2-3 hours a day as the show evolves.
During its initial run, Carson Daly hosted. Now, his role is being split between five co-hosts. Though yet to be fully revealed, the line-up includes rapping comedian DC Young Fly and Chicago radio personality Erik Zachary.
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Having retired the show in 2008, MTV have, in recent years, been soft-testing a return in a number of ways.
These have included one-off specials for artist releases (i.e. Ariana Grande) and the creation of TRL-like show ‘Wonderland.’
The TRL comeback arrives as the network actions a return to more music related content after years of focussing on everything but.
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More than a music show, TRL – in its 90’s-early 00’s heyday – was a cultural staple and boasted moments that are etched in history.
That said…
Producers definitely have their work cut out for them adapting the format (a music video countdown show) to todays on-demand streaming climate. However, we’re buzzed to see how they plan to pull it off.
Especially as artists really could do with a TV platform to promote new material.
What do you think? Is a TRL comeback a smart idea?
It’s just one of those things that you let go. Being able to access music videos from pretty much anywhere leaves this idea antiquated. There’s no void to fill besides the one in the thinking matching over at Viacom. Come up with something better guys.
I grew up on TRL and “letting it go” should not have been an option even nearly 10 years ago. I hate what hate MTV has become. It’s a Music station that has not focused on music what do ever in nearly 10 years. I thought they should’ve done away with the award show at one point, but it will be interesting to see TRL in today’s musical climate. I think with MTV not focusing on music played a large role in the decline of musical authenticity. All of this goes for BET and VH1. I would to see “Making the Video” that was always a favorite.
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I agree this is pathetic! Who do they think is gonna sit in front of a damn Tv to see artist perform when you can do that daily on MULTIPLE outlets! Bye MTv ummm errr your NO longer Relavent SMH
I can see the Top 10 now….
1. Justinesha Bieber
2. Justinesha Bieber
3. Ed Sheeran
4. The Chainsmokers
5. Justinesha Bieber
6. Ariana Grande
7. Bruno Mars
8. DJ Whoever
9. Some basic BISH
10. Some Internet sensation
?? So true,..exactly.
Lol Perfect.
Funny af
It’s not the same anymore.
How about posting a picture of the previous host on the headline.
Yes, why exactly are the Carters the image for this article? Surely it should be Carson Daly
Cause he always have to make everything about Beyoncé haha ?
I hate that this site will find a way to make it all about jay z and Beyoncé just for clicks. Y’all pathetic!! GTFOH!
I think its a good idea because I ready enjoyed watching the count down to see who videos is in the top 10. Its will promote music even more.
It’s a nice idea in theory but nobody takes MTV seriously anymore. Y’all too far gone for too long now with these other non music shows that no one cares anymore. Window of relevance missed a long time ago.
Why are you treating “MTV” as a plural noun? It’s singular. It’s one network. So it’s “MTV Announces…” not “MTV Announce” — and “MTV has” not “MTV have.”
In British English, groups or companies could take a plural form as they are collective nouns. BE sees MTV as all the people that work there rather than the name itself like in the U.S.
MTV can potentially get better sponsorship than other video platforms, so it may be mutually beneficial for artists to premiere their videos on TRL. Pair that with exclusive interviews, live performances, “first listens” and sneak peaks, and then they might have a shot. Where it went boring before was seeing the same videos over and over to the point that even the network didn’t want to see them, because they would shorten playback to as little as 10 seconds for some videos while the studio host talked over it; only the top video was guaranteed to play in full. The best days of TRL was when it was Aaliyah, NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Britney, Mario, Sisqo, Nelly, and the show would move to the beach in the summer… those were the days.
Any reason to re-up a Beyoncé post! Smh.
TRL died for a reason. It was stale, and they only played like twenty seconds of music videos anyway.
That’s what I was thinking isn’t Beyonce starting formation tour in October hmmm?
The show is going to be called MTV Live not TRL and it will mostly focus on interviews and performances which makes sense being that we can access music videos anywhere So I think it’s a good idea Just had to find a way to bring it into this generations world..
Funny, I don’t remember Jay-Z and Beyonce hosting TRL ? I do remember Sam being sad, pathetic and always up the Carter’s Ass! I think it’s time for them to get a restraining order!!
The music industry is dead. But I’ll tune in…
1. What does Jay and Bey have to do with this article? They never hosted the show smh.
2. I think their time is up. MTV has sucked since 2009. They are gonna have to think of something space age to get people to care.
And 3. Who is gonna watch this when its just gonna be some stale youtube acts, justin beiber, selena gomez, miley cyrus, dj khaled, ariana grande and all these other low budget britney and justin timberlake wannabes?? No one is here for that.
This would be a good idea because in today’s market and promotion for artists it’s important. There needs to be a revamp with MTV though. I recently saw the award show nominations for the VMA’S and people were upset due to some artist being overlooked. It’s not the 90s and 2000s anymore but if they’re serious about bringing a show where artist can promote their material then they need to utilize it.
i welcome the re-focus on music, but the show’s concept would need to change. i doubt people would want to tune in for a countdown show everyday.