Total Request Live 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 top ten most requested videos of the day, as requested by viewers who voted online for their favorite video. The countdown started with the tenth most requested video and ended with the most requested. As of October 22, 2007, TRL's countdown was based on votes, charts, ringtones, download, radio airplay, and streams, meaning that the most user requested video might not have been the number 1 video. 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. It was announced on September 15, 2008 that TRL would be shut down and replaced with FNMTV. The special three-hour finale aired on November 16, 2008, at 8 p.m.

Cast

Damien Fahey

Carson Daly

G

Gideon Yago

Nick Zano

Kurt Loder

Q

Quddus

Susie Castillo

SuChin Pak

Ashlee Simpson

Daniel Radcliffe

James Lafferty

Christina Aguilera

Amber Tamblyn

Jaime Pressly

Jada Pinkett Smith

Jamie Kennedy

Self

Ben Affleck

Melissa Schuman

Paula Abdul

Scott Foley

Seasons

487 episodes

Season 11998 · 50 episodes

Season 22000 · 15 episodes

Season 52002 · 56 episodes

Season 62003 · 40 episodes

Season 72003 · 56 episodes

Season 92003 · 1 episodes

Season 102004 · 13 episodes

Season 112006 · 52 episodes

Season 122006 · 33 episodes

Season 132006 · 55 episodes