MTV to 'rest' flagship TRL show

MTV is to drop its flagship US show Total Request Live in November after 10 years on the air.

Executive producer Dave Sirulnick said he wanted to "rest" the show, which comes live from New York's Times Square, after a two-hour special.

"We want to close this era of TRL in a celebratory way, and 10 is a great number," he said.

Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, N'Sync and Eminem have all featured on the daily programme.

Mr Sirulnick added the show was not ending for good - "let's let it have a little bit of a rest for a minute" - but said it had lost some of its freshness as time went by.

"It becomes more of a mainstay and more of an institution than - pardon the pun - the new kid on the block," he said.

"I'm going to miss TRL... where else will I be able to start feuds, defend my honour vigorously and act like an angry teenager on national TV?," Eminem said in a statement.

"Oh wait... the VMAs!," he added, referring to MTV's Video Music Awards.

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