Arts & Entertainment
Long Valley Natives Join MTV's TRL
The Dolan twins will be correspondents on MTV's reboot of Total Request Live.
LONG VALLEY, NJ — Long Valley natives and YouTube sensations the Dolan twins will be appearing as correspondents on MTV's TRL beginning next week, MTV announced.
Ethan and Grayson Dolan, 17, will join the music video countdown show when it begins airing again next week. The pair "will be bringing their comedic chops to the small screen," MTV announced.
Before their television gig, the Dolans won multiple Teen Choice Awards for the Vine and YouTube videos.
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ETHAN AND I ARE GONNA BE ON TV! @MTV is bringing back @TRL and me and E are gonna be working with them! IM SO FREAKING EXCITED GUYS
— Grayson Dolan (@GraysonDolan) September 22, 2017
GRAY AND I ARE GONNA BE ON TV ON MTV @TRL !!!!! So excited to be working with MTV on this AHHH. Stay tuned u guys are gonna like this
— Ethan Dolan (@EthanDolan) September 22, 2017
TRL first ran on MTV from 1998 to 2008, and will premier again on Oct. 2 at 3:30 p.m. The show counts down popular music videos, and features celebrity interviews.
YO! the big announcement is here. WE ARE GOING TO BE ON TV ON MTV. TRL is back and we are on it:) very happy to be working with mtv AHHHHHHH SO EXCITED.. I think you guys are gonna like this
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Grayson Dolan, left, and Ethan Dolan, of the Dolan Twins, accept the award for choice web star: male at the Teen Choice Awards at the Forum on Sunday, July 31, 2016, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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