MTV Live was a U.S. television series that aired from 1997 to 1998 on MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

, featuring interviews with celebrity guests, live musical performances, news coverage, and music video premieres.

Series run

The show began its run in September 1997 in the then-newly acquired Times Square

One Astor Plaza

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 Studio on Broadway in New York. Toby Amies

Toby Amies

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, Carson Daly

Carson Daly

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 and Ananda Lewis

Ananda Lewis

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 served as resident hosts to the daily hour-long live broadcast until its eventual morph into Total Request

Total Request

Total Request was a music video request show on MTV in the United States.-Background:The show was created in 1997, at a time with MTV was being heavily criticized for showing fewer music videos than it had in the past...

on September 14, 1998, forming what is now known as Total Request Live

Total Request Live

Total Request Live is a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continues to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests...

.

New series

A separate show with the same title began airing on MTV in 2007. The current MTV Live is a recurring special event that features a condensed version of concerts made for television.