After 10 years, MTV is pulling the plug on its popular music video countdown show, “Total Request Live.”

The show will end with a two-hour special on a Saturday afternoon in November, said executive producer Dave Sirulnick on Monday. Sirulnick said the show wasn’t ending forever, but said now was the right time to give the show a “break.”

“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!”

“TRL” started in 1998 and served as a springboard for acts like The Spice Girls, The Backstreet Boys and many more.

According to some reports, MTV will replace “TRL” with “FNMTV” a Los Angeles-taped show hosted by Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz. The show features a mix of music from Slipknot to the Jonas Brothers.

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

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  1. CAROLINA

    I LOVE TRL! I LOVE THAT ITS IN NY AND I’M MISSING IT ALREADY, I’M NOT A BIG FAN OF FNMTV BECAUSE IT DOESN’T HAVE THE ENERGY TRL HAS , AND BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS IN CALIFORNIA TRL WAS THE ONE THING (other than the vmas- which is now in california as well )THAT WAS FILMEDIN NY AND I LOVED THAT ABOUT IT…. 🙁

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