Editing Total Request Live (section)

==== Carson Daly era ====
In September 1998, MTV producers merged the real-time aspect of ''MTV Live'' with the fan-controlled countdown aspect of ''Total Request'' into ''Total Request Live''. The program made its debut from MTV Studios on September 14. The show then grew to become MTV's unofficial [[Flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] program.

The original host of ''TRL'', Carson Daly, brought popularity to the show. The abbreviation ''TRL'' was adopted as the official title of the show in February 1999, after Daly and [[Dave Holmes (actor)|Dave Holmes]] began using it on air regularly. In the years following, the program was rarely referred to by its original title. The show began successfully, receiving hundreds of votes for popular artists such as [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]], [[Aaliyah]], [[Blaque]], [[TLC (group)|TLC]], [[Eminem]], [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Britney Spears]], [[Korn]], [[Limp Bizkit]], [[Kid Rock]], [[Janet Jackson]], [[*NSYNC]], and [[Backstreet Boys]].<ref>{{cite web |date=August 8, 2017 |title=MTV's Total Request Live (TRL): The Real Story & Memorable Moments |url=http://www.idolator.com/7667301/mtvs-total-request-live-trl-the-real-story-memorable-moments }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

''TRL'' spent its first year developing a cult-type following.<ref>{{cite web |title=Inside Total Request Live - Merchants Of Cool - Frontline |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/etc/trl.html |website=[[PBS]]}}</ref> In late 1999, a [[live studio audience]] was added. By early 2000, the show reached its peak, becoming a very recognizable pop culture icon in its first two years of existence. A weekend edition of the show known as ''TRL Weekend'', with a countdown of the week's top 10 videos, aired for a short time in 2000.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

In 2000, MTV gradually began introducing new [[Video jockey|VJ]]s on ''TRL''. After winning a viewer contest to interview celebrities at the [[2000 MTV Video Music Awards]], [[Hilarie Burton]] was hired as a full-time VJ.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vena |first1=Jocelyn |title=Hilarie Burton Says She Owes Career, From 'TRL' To 'One Tree Hill,' To 'Fairy Godfather' Carson Daly |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/kky72o/hilarie-burton-says-she-owes-career-from-trl-to-one-tree-hill-to-fairy-godfather-carson-daly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731052443/https://www.mtv.com/news/kky72o/hilarie-burton-says-she-owes-career-from-trl-to-one-tree-hill-to-fairy-godfather-carson-daly |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |website=MTV News |date=November 17, 2008}}</ref> Quddus Philippe began hosting duties in May 2001 as part of MTV's ''Summer in the Keys''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lofaro |first=Tony |title=VJ lands gig at MTV |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/national-post/124825393/ |work=[[National Post]] |date=May 21, 2001 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> The following year, both [[Damien Fahey]] and [[La La Vasquez]] began hosting duties.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jicha|first=Megan|date=2006-04-05|title=Former student returns on 'Request' to Blackman|url=https://huntnewsnu.com/4500/campus/former-student-returns-on-request-to-blackman/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-20|website=The Huntington News|publisher=Northeastern University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120231746/https://huntnewsnu.com/4500/campus/former-student-returns-on-request-to-blackman/ |archive-date=2021-11-20 }}</ref> These VJs often co-hosted with Daly or substituted in his absence.

In July 2001, MTV sponsored the [[Total Request Live Tour]], which played over 30 dates in North America and featured acts like [[Destiny's Child]], [[3LW]], [[Jessica Simpson]], [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]], and [[Nelly]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2001-07-21 |title=TRL Tour |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DxUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=113 |issue=29 |page=9}} Retrieved September 3, 2021.</ref>

On October 23, 2002, ''TRL'' celebrated its 1,000th episode. The number-one video on that day was "[[Dirrty]]" by Christina Aguilera. Also throughout 2002, original host Daly was gradually seen less often, as he had begun his own late-night talk show ''[[Last Call with Carson Daly]]'' on [[NBC]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-01-30|title=How MTV's TRL Met Its Slow, But Inevitable Demise|url=https://ledgernote.com/blog/interesting/mtv-trl-slow-demise/|access-date=2021-07-29|website=LedgerNote|language=en}}</ref> The show had near-daily segments from [[MTV News]] correspondents reporting on the latest in national or entertainment and music news from inside the studio.