Idolator

That show is so frozen in 1999 for me, I sorta can't believe it's still on the air.

Do the kids announcing the next video still say some rambly shit followed by "WHOO!"? As in, "NumbaEightIsFallOutBoyGoinOutToMyGirlCuzIdFallOutFuhYou--WHOO!"

Mercifully they stopped that shit years ago.

All instances of the phrase "final countdown" make me think of this.

I blame Mitch Hurwitz.

I don't think anybody will miss TRL (the ratings certainly support this theory).

I used to watch bits and pieces of it because it was just about the only thing on after school when I was in high school (this would be 98, 99). It was trashy then, but what really blew my mind was when they stopped playing the whole video. I could never figure out what the point of having a countdown that only plays 30 seconds of the songs was.

TRL has always sucked.

Vanessa Minillo looks like a Tootsie Roll Pop. She's twaterexic. Bleah.

maybe if they played whole videos the ratings wouldn't suck.

By the way, what's up with the free music channel you can get with high-definition TV's? My brother just got one and it's awesome. They show actual music videos, and live stuff too! It's almost enough to make me start saving my pennies.

TRL has probably stayed around too long. Today, Viacom uses it more to promote non-music entertainment entities (video games, movies, anyone else who buys ad time) than to promote CDs. I don't think it is ending, but you never know.

Dear lord, Fall Out Boy was TERRIBLE. Must have been a sound glitch, 'cause out here on the west coast, I could hear "heart" in "Thriller" just fine.

Well, there goes Brooke Hogan's career. Likely, Avenged Sevenfold's as well.

Pity.

Music really took a downturn when this show debuted. TRL is one of the main reasons why we had to deal with years of boy bands and teeny bopper vixens. Good riddance.