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What is MTVs longest-running live program?
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Tags: total request live, trl, music, mtv, countdown
Total Request Live (commonly known as TRL) is the flagship television series on MTV that features popular music videos. TRL plays the top ten most requested videos of the day, as requested by viewers who vote online for their favorite video.
| | Shot in a studio on Times Square in New York |
| | Carson Daly was the first host from 1998 to 2003 |
| | Continues to be the longest-running live program that MTV has ever produced |
| | Music videos are subject to a "retirement" rule: they may only stay on the countdown for 40 days |
| | Has been parodied countless times on sketch comedy shows such as MADtv, Saturday Night Live, All That, and Chappelle's Show |
| | Was parodied on the MTV2 program Wonder Showzen |
| | Fictional episodes of TRL, shot at the actual TRL studio, were featured in the 2001 films Josie and the Pussycats, Joe Dirt, and On The Line, as well as a 2002 episode of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch |
| | Referenced in the song "White America" by Eminem: "I go to TRL, look how many hugs I get." |
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