Millennials, rejoice: MTV is bringing back TRL -- for one day only
LOS ANGELES -- In an effort to get Millennials into voting, MTV is bringing back its popular '90s show Total Request Live.
Only this time it's called Total Registration Live and it's one day only.
Also, Carson Daly won't be there.
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However, tons of other celebrities and media personalities will be.
The special will include Grammy-nominated R&B superstar and Respect My Vote! Ambassador, Ty Dolla $ign, model and Rock The Vote spokesperson Kendall Jenner, director-producer-writer Joss Whedon, Fifth Harmony’s Camila Cabello, rapper Vic Mensa, actress Natalia Dyer, actor and singer Mack Wilds and others.
MTV’s Nessa will host. Also on-hand will be MTV News’ Senior Political Correspondent Ana Marie Cox and Senior National Correspondent Jamil Smith.
The one-hour live show will feature guests speaking out on the issues at the center of the 2016 election. The goal is to encourage viewers to vote via MTV’s long-standing partner Rock The Vote at ElectThis.com, or by texting VOTEMTV to 384387 via a partnership with HelloVote, the first chatbot that allows voters to register over text message or Facebook Messenger in under a minute.
The classic “TRL” Top Ten Music Video Countdown will be "replaced with powerful profiles that will spotlight what is at stake in the upcoming election through the eyes of three Millennials taking individual action to change their communities," MTV said in its release.
That includes 24-year old rape survivor and legislative advocate Amanda Nguyen, Yale freshman and undocumented immigrant Larissa Martinez and 22-year old founder of the Georgia Muslim Voter Project Aisha Yaqoob.
The show will be broadcast from the home of TRL on Sept. 27 on MTV, MTV.com, the MTV App, MTV’s Facebook and YouTube pages, and ElectThis.com.
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Saba was a Los Angeles-based reporter who covers all things digital entertainment, including YouTube, streaming services and digital influencers. Prior to that, she spent two years at the Los Angeles Times covering entertainment for the Calendar and Company Town sections. Saba grew up in Santa Monica and graduated from Boston University with a B.S. in journalism and B.A. in political science. When not reporting, she is usually binge watching shows online or looking for new coffee shops to frequent.
