TRL

5.1

1998•1h

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.

Seasons

47 Episodes • Premiered 1998

1. 9/14/98

2. 9/15/98

3. 8/16/98

4. 9/17/98

5. 9/18/98

6. 9/21/98

7. 9/22/98

8. 9/23/98

9. 9/24/98

10. 9/25/98

11. 9/28/98

12. 9/29/98

13. 9/30/98

14. 9/31/98

15. 10/1/98

16. 10/4/98

17. 10/5/98

18. 10/6/98

19. 10/7/98

20. 10/8/98

21. 10/11/98

22. 10/12/98

23. 10/13/98

24. 10/14/98

25. 10/15/98

26. 10/18/98

27. 10/19/98

28. 10/20/98

29. 10/21/98

30. 10/22/98

31. 10/25/98

32. 10/26/98

33. 10/27/98

34. 10/28/98

35. 11/2/1998

. 'N Sync ""Tearin' Up My Heart"" 2. Backstreet Boys ""I'll Never Break Your Heart"" 3. Korn ""Got The Life"" 4. Hole ""Celebrity Skin"" 5. Marilyn Manson ""The Dope Show"" 6. Aaliyah ""Are You That Somebody"" 7. Everclear ""Father of Mine"" 8. Jermaine Dupri & Mariah Carey ""Sweetheart"" 9. The Goo Goo Dolls ""Slide"" 10. Jay-Z ""Can I get A...""

36. 11/4/98

1. Backstreet Boys ""I'll Never Break Your Heart"" 2. 'N Sync ""Tearin' Up My Heart"" 3. Korn ""Got The Life"" 4. 98 Degrees ""Because Of You"" 5. Everclear ""Father of Mine"" 6. Marilyn Manson ""The Dope Show"" 7. Aaliyah ""Are You That Somebody"" 8. Hole ""Celebrity Skin"" 9. Jay-z ""Can I get A..."" 10. The Offspring ""Pretty Fly (For A White Guy

37. 11/5/98

1. Backstreet Boys ""I'll Never Break Your Heart"" 2. 'N Sync ""Tearin' Up My Heart"" 3. Korn ""Got The Life"" 4. Third Eye Blind ""Jumper"" 5. Everclear ""Father of Mine"" 6. Marilyn Manson ""The Dope Show"" 7. Aaliyah ""Are You That Somebody"" 8. The Offspring ""Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"" 9. Hole ""Celebrity Skin"" 10. 98 Degrees ""Because Of You""

38. 11/6/98

1. Backstreet Boys ""I'll Never Break Your Heart"" 2. 'N Sync ""Tearin' Up My Heart"" 3. Korn ""Got The Life"" 4. The Offspring ""Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"" 5. Everclear ""Father of Mine"" 6. Marilyn Manson ""The Dope Show"" 7. 98 Degrees ""Because Of You"" 8. Matchbox 20 ""Back 2 Good"" 9. Aaliyah ""Are You That Somebody"" 10. Hole ""Celebrity Skin""

39. 11/9/98

1. Backstreet Boys ""I'll Never Break Your Heart"" 2. 'N Sync ""Tearin' Up My Heart"" 3. Korn ""Got The Life"" 4. Marilyn Manson ""The Dope Show"" 5. Aaliyah ""Are You That Somebody"" 6. Everclear ""Father of Mine"" 7. The Offspring ""Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"" 8. 98 Degrees ""Because Of You"" 9. Hole ""Celebrity Skin"" 10. Third Eye Blind ""Jumper""

40. 11/10/98

1. Backstreet Boys ""I'll Never Break Your Heart"" 2. 'N Sync ""Tearin' Up My Heart"" 3. Korn ""Got The Life"" 4. The Offspring ""Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"" 5. 98 Degrees ""Because Of You"" 6. Third Eye Blind ""Jumper"" 7. Marilyn Manson ""The Dope Show"" 8. Barenaked Ladies ""One Week"" 9. Everclear ""Father of Mine"" 10. Brandy ""Have Your Ever..?""

41. 11/11/98

1. 'N Sync ""Tearin' Up My Heart"" 2. Backstreet Boys ""I'll Never Break Your Heart"" 3. Korn ""Got The Life"" 4. The Offspring ""Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"" 5. 98 Degrees ""Because Of You"" 6. Marilyn Manson ""The Dope Show"" 7. Third Eye Blind ""Jumper"" 8. Everclear ""Father of Mine"" 9. Aaliyah ""Are You That Somebody"" 10. Hole ""Celebrity Skin""

42. 11/12/98

1. 'N Sync ""Tearin' Up My Heart"" 2. Backstreet Boys ""I'll Never Break Your Heart"" 3. Korn ""Got The Life"" 4. The Offspring ""Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"" 5. 98 Degrees ""Because Of You"" 6. Marilyn Manson ""The Dope Show"" 7. Third Eye Blind ""Jumper"" 8. Everclear ""Father of Mine"" 9. Hole ""Celebrity Skin"" 10. Limp Bizkit ""Faith"" / debut

43. 11/13/98

1. Backstreet Boys ""I'll Never Break Your Heart"" 2. 'N Sync ""Tearin' Up My Heart"" 3. Korn ""Got The Life"" 4. The Offspring ""Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"" 5. 98 Degrees ""Because Of You"" 6. Marilyn Manson ""The Dope Show"" 7. Brandy ""Have You Ever..?"" 8. Limp Bizkit ""Faith"" 9. Hole ""Celebrity Skin"" 10. Matchbox 20 ""Back 2 Good""

44. 11/16/98

1. 'N Sync ""Tearin' Up My Heart"" 2. Backstreet Boys ""I'll Never Break Your Heart"" 3. Korn ""Got The Life"" 4. The Offspring ""Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"" 5. Marilyn Manson ""The Dope Show"" 6. Limp Bizkit ""Faith"" 7. 98 Degrees ""Because Of You"" 8. The Goo Goo Dolls ""Slide"" 9. Everclear ""Father of Mine"" 10. Brandy ""Have You Ever?""

45. 11/17/98

1. 'N Sync ""Tearin' Up My Heart"" 2. Backstreet Boys ""All I Have To Give"" / debut 3. Korn ""Got The Life"" 4. The Offspring ""Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"" 5. 98 Degrees ""Because Of You"" 6. Brandy ""Have You Ever?"" 7. Limp Bizkit ""Faith"" 8. Alanis Morissette ""Thank U"" 9. Third Eye Blind ""Jumper"" 10. Marilyn Manson ""The Dope Show""

46. 11/18/98

1. Backstreet Boys ""All I Have To Give"" 2. 'N Sync ""Tearin' Up My Heart"" 3. Korn ""Got The Life"" 4. The Offspring ""Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"" 5. 98 Degrees ""Because Of You"" 6. Limp Bizkit ""Faith"" 7. Will Smith ""Miami"" 8. Jewel ""Hands"" 9. Brandy ""Have You Ever?"" 10. Marilyn Manson ""The Dope Show""

47. 11/19/98

1. Backstreet Boys ""All I Have To Give"" 2. 'N Sync ""Tearin' Up My Heart"" 3. Korn ""Got The Life"" 4. The Offspring ""Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"" 5. Limp Bizkit ""Faith"" 6. 98 Degrees ""Because Of You"" 7. Brandy ""Have You Ever?"" 8. Marilyn Manson ""The Dope Show"" 9. Jewel ""Hands"" 10. Third Eye Blind ""Jumper""