TRL 25 years old
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.
Credits
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Will Smith He was 29 , now 55 years old | |
| Reese Witherspoon She was 22 , now 48 years old | |
| Ben Affleck He was 26 , now 51 years old | |
| Samuel L. Jackson He was 49 , now 75 years old | |
| Matthew McConaughey He was 28 , now 54 years old | as Himself |
| Shia LaBeouf He was 12 , now 37 years old | |
| Denzel Washington He was 43 , now 69 years old | |
| Amanda Bynes She was 12 , now 38 years old | |
| Jamie Foxx He was 30 , now 56 years old | |
| Jessica Alba She was 17 , now 42 years old | |
| Zach Braff He was 23 , now 49 years old | |
| Rosario Dawson She was 19 , now 44 years old | |
| Will Ferrell He was 31 , now 56 years old | |
| Jada Pinkett Smith She was 26 , now 52 years old | |
| Lindsay Lohan She was 12 , now 37 years old | |
| Amber Tamblyn She was 15 , now 40 years old | |
| Donnie Wahlberg He was 29 , now 54 years old | |
| Common He was 26 , now 52 years old | |
| Daniel Radcliffe He was 9 , now 34 years old | |
| Kirsten Dunst She was 16 , now 41 years old | |
| Alexis Bledel She was 16 , now 42 years old | |
| Toni Collette She was 25 , now 51 years old | |
| Jamie Kennedy He was 28 , now 53 years old | |
| Hilary Duff She was 10 , now 36 years old | |
| Jaime Pressly She was 21 , now 46 years old | |
| Raven-Symoné She was 12 , now 38 years old | |
| Dakota Fanning She was 4 , now 30 years old | |
| Orlando Bloom He was 21 , now 47 years old | |
| Hilarie Burton She was 16 , now 41 years old | |
| Kylie Minogue She was 30 , now 55 years old | |
| Elijah Wood He was 17 , now 43 years old | |
| Chad Michael Murray He was 17 , now 42 years old | |
| Carmen Electra She was 26 , now 52 years old | |
| Tyler Hilton He was 14 , now 40 years old | |
| Su-chin Pak She was 22 , now 47 years old | |
| Christina Aguilera She was 17 , now 43 years old | |
| Eugene Levy He was 51 , now 77 years old | |
| Britney Spears She was 16 , now 42 years old | |
| Chris Brown He was 9 , now 34 years old | |
| T.I. He was 17 , now 43 years old | |
| Shakira She was 21 , now 47 years old | |
| Marques Houston He was 17 , now 42 years old | |
| Stevie Wonder He was 48 , now 73 years old | |
| James Lafferty He was 13 , now 38 years old | |
| Nick Zano He was 20 , now 46 years old | |
| Paula Abdul She was 36 , now 61 years old | |
| Ashlee Simpson She was 13 , now 39 years old | |
| Aubrey O'Day She was 14 , now 40 years old | |
| Fat Joe He was 28 , now 53 years old | |
| Erika Christensen She was 16 , now 41 years old |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|
TRL (25 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1998-09-14
- Runtime: [60] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 470
