{
  "id": 12391016,
  "title": "Carson Daly Returned to ‘TRL’ Times Square Studio For Reunion Special, But It Won’t Air on MTV",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/carson-daly-returned-to-trl-times-square-studio-for-reunion-special",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-06T13:25:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Billboard",
    "slug": "billboard",
    "url": "https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/carson-daly-returned-trl-studio-reunion-special-roku-1236354903/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Carson Daly, the Today Show anchor and voice behind The Voice, recently made a visit to the iconic Total Request Live studio in New York’s Times Square, returning to the set of TRL for a reunion special. According to the Entertainment Weekly (EW) report, this special is set to air on the digital streaming platform Roku next year, rather than on MTV, its original network. Daly, who co-hosted TRL from 1998 until his departure in 2005, collaborated with the show's original series creator, Tony DiSanto, on this project. Some of the show’s original stars, including JoJo, Mya, Ashanti, *NSYNC’s JC Chasez, and Nelly, were seen near the studio during Daly’s visit. TRL, which debuted in 1998, was once a must-see TV for millennials, featuring countdowns of fan-voted music videos, performances, interviews, and appearances by top stars of the day. However, by 2008, the show had become less popular and was eventually canceled. MTV had attempted to revive TRL multiple times, but with varying degrees of success. The last attempt, TRL Top 10, aired in 2019 under a new name and hosted by Sway.",
  "summary": "The reboot featuring the show's original host will reportedly roll out on Roku sometime next year.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}