MTV's hit show Total Request Live is being brought back to life... but Carson Daly will not be a part of the program

Published: 16:21 BST, 31 July 2017 | Updated: 17:36 BST, 31 July 2017

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MTV is set to revive its hit show Total Request Live (TRL) in October.

The original series was a staple for teens and young adults from 1998 to 2008, making host Carson Daly a household name.

But Daly will not be returning to the show, which had such guests as Tom Cruise and Christina Aguilera, according to The New York Times. The star is too busy with his work on the Today show.

In with the recycled: MTV is set to revive its hit show Total Request Live (TRL) on the struggling network in October, although popular host Carson Daly will not be returning to helm the revamp; here he is seen in 2001 with Tom Cruise

Airing from Times Square in New York City, the show will include rotation of different hosts, including rapper DC Young Fly and Chicago radio host Erik Zachary.

Additional hosts will be announced in the coming weeks and construction on the new studio is currently underway.

It will air from the revamped space in the Viacom building where MTV currently houses its east coast production.

The show, which during its initial run featured huge stars like Gwen Stefani, Beyonce and Britney Spears, is set to return in October.

Famous guests: Britney Spears was a frequent guest of the show and made several appearances, including this one with Carson in 2002

Live entertainment: Beyonce dropped by the NYC studios in 2006 and ate a birthday cake with her face on it as part of her appearance

Part of the reason the network has decided to bring back the show is because it's apparently what artist and performers want as a platform to showcase their music.

Chris McCarthy, MTV's hip 42-year-old president told the NYT of the revival: 'It's the right route. When you talk to artists and they say to you, unaware of what we're doing, can you bring back 'TRL'? We'd be crazy not to reinvent that.'

The network, which in recent years starting doing more news and long-form think pieces, got away from its original goal.

New hosts: DC Young Fly (left) and Chicago radio host Erik Zachary (right) are two of the new rotation of hosts slated for the revamp

McCarthy says he wants to bring back what made MTV so appealing in the first place.

'We put young people on the screen, and we let the world hear their voices. We shouldn't be writing 6,000-word articles on telling people how to feel.'

'MTV's reinvention,' he continued, 'is coming by harnessing its heritage.'

Carson Daly interviewed multiple musicians, including *NSYNC in 2000

Eminem was also a popular guest on the show that aired from 1998 to 2008 (seen here in 2000)

The new iteration of TRL will feature the same in-studio interviews and performance, with a young studio audience watching both veteran and up-and-coming performers right in the center of New York City.

McCarthy told the New York Times, it will initially run an hour a day as part of the afternoon broadcast, but might end up at two to three hours as the show develops and becomes more popular.