Come Monday afternoon, the streets of Times Square will be just a tad quieter, or at least it will be outside of 1515 Broadway. After 10 years and more than 2,000 shows, TRL is throwing in the towel Sunday (MTV at 8 pm/ET) with a star-studded blowout bash, dubbed Total Finale Live, before the lights dim.
Once the network's most-watched show, the flagship series is, admittedly, past its heyday. But remember when it was prime daytime, after-school programming? The screams, the fans, the airtime actually devoted to videos, and the screams.
Carson Daly, who departed TRL in 2003 to focus on his NBC talk show, Last Call, will be on hand to emcee the finale festivities, alongside current host Damien Fahey, and a plethora of TRL faves, including Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, the Backstreet Boys, Diddy and 50 Cent. But before he jetted back to his east coast claim to fame, the 35-year-old chatted with TVGuide.com about his earsplitting past, what he thinks of new Late Night host Jimmy Fallon, and which boy band was his favorite.
TVGuide.com: Is it time? You've been gone for five years, but is it time to call it day after 10?
Carson Daly: I think ...
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Is Britney ready to hit TRL one more time?
Stars of TRL past and present will be on hand to bid adieu to the iconic scream-fest countdown show on Sunday, and one of them could be Britney Spears, host Damien Fahey revealed to TVGuide.com.
"We actually do have something with Britney, but I can't exactly say what it is," he said.
An MTV rep tells TVGuide.com that Spears is ...
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The end of an era is upon us. After 10 years of counting down the hottest music videos, Total Request Live will be leaving the airwaves.Dave Sirulnick, the show's executive producer, revealed that the music video countdown show will wind down in November with a two-hour special. But he also emphasized that this end is not for good, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Instead, he explained that now is simply the right time to take a break, after a really good run on MTV.The show originally debuted back in September of 1998 along with the teen pop music explosion of artists like Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears and 'NSYNC. Do you think the show will really return after it's "break"? — Gina DiNunno
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He may have been on TRL to promote his new album, but instead, Usher utilized his air-time to go on a bitter tirade calling out all his haters. It all started when the artist addressed a rumor that he and his wife split, so he set the record straight that it wasn't true. But then things began to snowball from that point, and Usher got so fired up that kept cutting off the host to speak his piece. Someone should have gotten that man a soapbox!
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Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition arrives on DVD on Oct. 30 — including the original and European versions of the pilot. (Shop Amazon.com.) Damn good cup of coffee not included.... Prison Break: Season 1 comes out on Blu-Ray Nov. 13.... In the vein of Fashion Rocks, CBS presents Movies Rock, a new entertainment special featuring appearances by (of course) Beyoncé, Carrie Underwood, Fergie and many others, on Dec. 7.... MTV Australia VJ Lyndsey Rodrigues is Damien Fahey's TRL cohost starting Dec. 1.... Country star Porter Wagoner succumbed to lung cancer on Sunday. He was 80.
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