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MTV KOs Aging TRL

10-year-old countdown show ends in November

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(AP) – Start the countdown clock on MTV's countdown era: Total Request Live will shut down after 10 years on the air, the AP reports. The music video show will conclude with a 2-hour special in November, the executive producer said yesterday. Ten "is the number that RL 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," he explained.

Talk show host Carson Daly was the original host of
Talk show host Carson Daly was the original host of "Total Request Live"   (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian,file)
Singers Andre Benjamin and John Legend talk about their new video
Singers Andre Benjamin and John Legend talk about their new video "Green Light" with MTV VJ Lyndsey Rodrigues on MTV's "Total Request Live" on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
In this Aug. 11, 2008 file photo, The Jonas Brothers, from left, Nick, Joe and Kevin pose backstage after co-hosting MTV's
In this Aug. 11, 2008 file photo, The Jonas Brothers, from left, Nick, Joe and Kevin pose backstage after co-hosting MTV's "Total Request Live" in New York.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)
Actor Joshua Jackson talks with MTV VJ Lyndsey Rodrigues on MTV's
Actor Joshua Jackson talks with MTV VJ Lyndsey Rodrigues on MTV's "Total Request Live" show in New York on Monday, Sept. , 2008.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
In this Feb. 5, 2008 file photo, VJ's Damien Fahey and Lyndsey Rodrigues working on set during MTV's
In this Feb. 5, 2008 file photo, VJ's Damien Fahey and Lyndsey Rodrigues working on set during MTV's "Total Request Live" at MTV Studios in New York.   (Evan Agostini)
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