Talk:Total Request Live

message: You missspealled Santos on the article of miTRL, and that was Ramerez, and he does not have a sister. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.22.227.206 (talk) 23:37, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: ...Is this him ? --Trevorrrj (talk) 10:17, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Misspelled Denise's last name!

message: Does anyone remember in the late 1990s, they had a contest on TRL where viewers could submit designs for a new TRL logo?  I recall that the winning logo was a rotational ambigram, meaning that the if you looked at it upside down, it still said "TRL", because of the design of the letters.  I can't seem to find a picture of this, but I wanted to add information on it to the article.  Does anyone remember this or know where to find this?  --DDG 21:09, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old TRL Logo 

message: Hi, I'm Ashley from Michigan, and I love LFO, they're awesome, WooooooOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!--Lindsay (talk) 04:50, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The scream

message: There's a statement in this section that says that MTV promotes a certain type of music (mainstream pop and urban) on the countdown. It implies that the voter's votes do not matter. Is there proof that the voters have no say in the video selection? I doubt that TRL  is biased. I think we should change this section. Do you all agree/disagree?
I can recall a website with a loyal group of followers who all voted for this one (not previous on TRL) video and got it on TRL for a day.  If TRL were biased, it would surely not have had that video on the countdown.  That's my interpretation.  Of course, the Tom Green ordeal mentioned in the article proves the opposite. -Oatmeal batman 20:37, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Criticism

message: The 'career benefit' section has a lot of stuff I feel isn't neutral. What does it mean that artists 'made their debuts' on this show? what sort of debut? Britney Spears had never appeared on TV before this show? Had never played her music before this show? What debut are we talking about? And secondly, Saying that the show catapulted these artists into fame is biased unless the article can cite itself. Muchmusic played all of these artists videos. And Canadians don't get TRL. Nor do most people outside North America. So saying that TRL was the cause of the popularity seems to be a fact not in evidence. TheHYPO 04:33, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Music videos making their debut on MTV is a big deal.  If MTV decides to debut the music videos during TRL, then the TRL debut = MTV debut.  I see your point but since MTV is "top dog" in the on-TV-music industry, the info in the article is valid. Oatmeal batman 20:42, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't say the info was invalid, I said it was uncited and unclear. Nowhere does it say that music videos making MTV debuts do so on this show, so that is not made clear in the article. So 'debut' in the Benefit section is completely un-contextualized. But my question is, before TRL debuted videos, was the debut of artists on MTV or on the previous countdown show not a factor in an artists' success? Is TRL of any impact on these artists' fame, or is it simply that MTV debuts their videos on this show? I mean. Can you see any correlation between the DAY it debuts and the success of the artists? I don't deny that having their video played on MTV is a big hit for an artist, but does their success have anything to do with the fact that they debuted on TRL, or the simple fact that their video was shown on TRL at all? or the simple fact that they were shown on MTV at all? Has VH1 or anywhere else had any less impact? All I'm saying is, without citation, it's one person's opinion that these artists "debuting" on TRL has directly lead to their success. I can guarantee you other artists have debuted on TRL and gone on to serve burgers, so I don't think you can prove a correlation that way in saying that debut = success in every case, so I don't think you can therefore backtrack that success = thanks to debut. TheHYPO 03:31, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: True.  If the article doesn't correctly cite correlating TRL debut and "success" (whatever that may mean), then the article should be changed.  Vagueries should be kept to a minimum on wiki.  -Oatmeal batman 17:29, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Debut? 

message: While cleaning up various other articles, I came upon this one and realized I couldn't fix it in a few minutes. There are many grammatical errors in this article, especially diction. I suggest that those of you who regularly contribute start a cleanup. The article is good; it just lacks a professional tone and proper english. --Iriseyes 18:37, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: case in point: "Younger Simpson had 3 videos in the # 1 and one close to retirement, Ashlee had a first # 1 video than her sister Jessica." -134.84.102.237 (talk) 04:17, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup Needed 

message: "On 2 November 2006 it was announced that TRL will debut what is being billed as the first ever Hip-Hop public service announcement on global warming. The three-minute piece is titled "Trees" and is accompanied with a new track by Dr. Octagon aka Kool Keith. It warns about deforestation and the dangers of global warming and was created by New York-based production company Click 3X with director George Gerville. Gerville hopes that the piece will engage a broad audience on the subject of global warming, and serve as a positive call to action - a reminder that you can still make a difference. Producer One Watt Sun crafted the music, which blends live action with illustration and high tech CG animation. Lead animators on the project were Mark Szumski, Rob Cambell, Anthony Filipakis and illustrator Gabriel Tick and Steve Tozzi. They were inspired by the works popular director/animator Tim Burton and artist Kara Walker. The piece is unique because it "was in a constant state of evolution from the start" to convey a truly important message. "Trees" will debut during on MTV's TRL on 2 November 2006 at 4 pm EST." 
-Okay, now does this really belong in the history, my feeling is the history should be pretty general and it is for half of it but the other half is this which either needs to be put somewhere else or get it's own page. Somebody needs to get some dirt on this show too because record companies have to be paying these guys to put their stuff on. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.233.167.166 (talk) 16:07, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trees? 

message: The article is kind of misleading because it leads one to believe that they play the Top 10 most requested  videos, but they actually only play about half of the videos that were requested and they just mention the others, then they don't play entire music videos anyway.  Any video they play is only played for maybe 1 minute, 1 and a half at best.  Also there needs to be mention of the general format with the hosts and guests and the fans talking during videos to tell why they requested it.--DavidFuzznut 10:24, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Music Videos/Format 

message: I removed some information about Eminem in the others section because of inaccuracy. True, "My Name Is" was Eminem's mainstream debut, but it didn't spend a long time at #1. In fact, it never reached #1; its peak was at #3, and it retired at #6. "The Real Slim Shady" was the first rap video to reach #1 on TRL. Anthony Rupert 15:37, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Eminem

message: Someone keeps persistently adding the phrase, "There is no plans to cancel TRL as its MTV's most popular watched afternoon show and still brings in the ratings. MTV will not be cancelling TRL anytime soon." 
What's up with that? They never provide any citation or source. --Samvscat 23:18, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cancellation rumors 

message: As previously discussed, this is an encyclopedia. As such, the goal here is to provide information that does not constantly change. If this were, say, an entire wiki site based on TRL, posting the daily top ten would make sense. But it's not.
Please see "What Wikipedia is not" for more information. If you want to see the latest daily top ten countdown, there is an external link in the article that points to the Popfusion website, which hosts all of the top ten lists. Samvscat 05:09, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Daily top ten list -- once again 

message: All this stuff about YouRL has little backing behind it and it seems like we're jumping to conclusions. Anyone else feel the same way? --Char645 23:06, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Jumping to Conclusions with [[YouRL]]?

message: is he still hosting or not?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.28.93.134 (talk) 16:43, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where Damien Fahey? 

message: The chart with the artists in it needs to be fixed.  It has Britney Spears as second, even though it shows her with the most retired videos (14).  The artist in 1st place, Limp Bizkit, only has 5.  Something's wrong here...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.141.90.64 (talk) 20:26, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fix the Hall of Fame chart 

message: Can we get some text at the beginning of this section explaining its purpose and relevance to the article? Also I notice that the entire section is without citation. Dansiman (talk|Contribs) 18:00, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: As the above request has sat unanswered for over 10 months, I'll assume no one is willing to step up and improve this section.  As its meaning is totally obscure by virtue of the lack of text, I'll simply remove it.  If anyone can provide some context for this information, please feel free to restore the information (with the proper context). WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:46, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retirement Home 

message: I feel as if the band No Doubt should be included in the article as they were definately part of the TRL universe. Anyone who watched the show throughout the 90's and early noughties, you would know what I mean. They were the first artist to perform in the new millennium. I want them to be included somewhere in the article, but I don't know where :S  --Trevorrrj (talk) 10:28, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  No Doubt should be included? 

message: Wasn't there a dance type song at the beginning of each episode? What was it? It should be added to the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattdruid (talk • contribs) 03:31, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening Theme Song