RIP TRL

After 10 years on air, MTV’s Total Request Live is shutting down.

Isn’t TRL basically the only time now a’days that MTV actually plays videos?…

The show, which launched in 1998 and helped jump start the careers of Britney Spears, N’Sync and Eminem, is to end with the final show expected to be broadcast in November in a two-hour special on a Saturday afternoon Dave Sirulnick, executive producer of “TRL,” said Monday. He stressed that the show wasn’t ending for good, but felt now was the right time to give it a break after an unprecedented run on the cable music channel.

“We want to close this era of `TRL’ in a big celebratory way, and 10 is a great number,” Sirulnick said. “And 10 is the number that `TRL’ counted down every single day for 10 years, and we hit this 10th (anniversary) and we thought, `You know what? This feels like the right time and let’s celebrate it and let’s reward it. And let’s let it have a little bit of a rest for a minute.’ Let it catch its breath! Been working hard - for 10 years!”

For the big finale, Sirulnick said he hopes to celebrate with many of the “folks who helped make `TRL’ what it is - whether that’s Justin (Timberlake) and his guys in N’Sync, the Backstreet Boys, Britney, Eminem - I think we would love to see all of them here.” That includes former host Carson Daly and Vanessa Minnillo.

In a statement Eminem said:

“I’m going to miss TRL. Where else will I be able to start feuds, defend my honour vigorously and act like an angry teenager on national TV? Oh wait … The VMAs!”