It’s easy to forget that TRL was more than a show where tweens would make their parents drag them to Times Square on a pilgrimage to run their vocals ragged, screaming for their favorite stars. TRL was a defining show for MTV, popular music and kids of a certain generation. It’s also easy to forget the caliber of celebrities that appeared on the show, which ran from 1998-2008. Madonna, Tom Cruise, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, hell, even Angelina Jolie, they all appeared on the show often. In honor of the new VH1 Rock Doc The TRL Decade, which airs January 29, we’d like to take a look back at the VJ’s who made the show what it was, and the celebrities that came down to 1515 Broadway to hang with them. (We invite you to take a closer look at the photo on the upper left in our gallery — yes, that is indeed Destiny’s Child, Eve, 3LW, and Dream hanging with Carson Daly.) And of course, check out the documentary when it airs on Sunday January 29 at 9:30 pm ET/PT.

VH1 welcomes the return of the Emmy-winning series Rock Docs and the 2011-2012 lineup that the show has in store, starting with the network premiere of Michael Jackson: This Is It on November 7, 2011. In addition, a variety of original, feature-length documentaries will air starting in December, 2011 with The TRL Decade, an in-depth look at the MTV video countdown show that aired from 1998-2008 which will feature interviews with VJ’s like Carson Daly, Vanessa Minnillo, and of course, VH1′s own La La Vasquez. For the full lineup of upcoming Rock Docs, read on.
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