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TRL - Total Request Live

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TV Series

The Resume

    (September 14, 1998-November 16, 2008)
    Airs on MTV
    Takes place at MTV's studio in New York City
    Hosted by Carson Daly (1998-2003)
    Hosted by various other hosts (2003- )
    Premise: A countdown of the top 10 music videos of the day

Why TRL - Total Request Live might be annoying:

    It made Carson Daly famous.
    They show only 30 seconds of a music video.
    While playing the video, you can never hear the song, because someone's always screaming over ‘Hi, this is Debbie from Portland, and I wanna give a shout out to everyone in P-Town!' (which is always followed with a high pitched 'wooooooooooo...')
    The music videos shown on the countdown rarely change throughout the week.
    MTV personality, Tom Green's ‘Bum Bum Song' was instantly a #1 video, simply to cross-promote MTV shows.
    The show has added celebrity interviews and pointless competitions, which shorten the music's playtime even more.
    Some artists that were helped by TRL include Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys, and NSYNC.
    Carson Daly's replacement hosts go by nicknames like La-La and Sway.

Why TRL - Total Request Live might not be annoying:

    They give away free stuff to their audience.
    They give music videos a limit on how many days they can appear on the show, so new ones appear more often.
    They give fans some control by offering fan voting over the internet.
    It has had over 1,000 episodes.
    It is one of MTV's most successful series.
    It was spoofed on Saturday Night Live, with Jimmy Fallon doing a Carson Daly impression, and usually opening with the line ‘I'm Carson Daly, and I am a massive tool.'

Credit: Rocky


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 37 Votes: 59.46% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 65 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 64 Votes: 73.44% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 94 Votes: 70.21% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 408 Votes: 75.98% Annoying