On June 25, 2014, MTV announced that they would bring back Total Request Live for one day on July 2. The program was 30 minutes long and was presented by MTV personality Sway and featuring recording artist Ariana Grande, who performed her single "Problem" and premiered her song "Break Free", as well as had her hip hop knowledge tested in a "Hip Hop Mix Up" game. The special was titled Total Ariana Live and was broadcast from MTV's Times Square studio in front of a live audience. Grande called it "a huge honor" to bring back TRL.[14] The episode drew an average of 456,000 viewers.[15]
On September 27, 2016, as part of MTV's Elect This campaign, the network revived the program for a one-hour live special called Total Registration Live.[16] It was simulcast on MTV's website, app, Facebook and YouTube pages, and ElectThis.com. It was hosted by Nessa and featured performances by Ty Dolla $ign from his politically motivated mixtape Campaign. Kendall Jenner appeared in Times Square on behalf of Rock the Vote, and Ana Marie Cox and Jamil Smith from MTV News appeared on-air for segments. There were other appearances by Joss Whedon, Camila Cabello, Vic Mensa, Natalia Dyer, and Mack Wilds. Stories of millennials who have been activists were spotlighted.
On April 18, 2017, MTV announced that they would bring TRL back as MTV Live but on July 30, 2017, it was announced that the show will return as a revived TRL. Original host Carson Daly will not be returning (as he hosts NBC's The Voice) and will instead feature five new rotating hosts; rapper/comedian DC Young Fly, Chicago radio host Erik Zachary, Amy Pham, Tamara Dhia, and Lawrence Jackson. According to network president Chris McCarthy, a brand new Times Square studio is being built to use as the show's new home. McCarthy hopes that with show coming back it will "rekindle the kind of attention for the network that "TRL" generated nearly a decade ago."[3][17] On August 23, 2017 MTV announced that the show will also feature rotating correspondents with popular social media followings: Eva Gutowski, Gabbie Hanna, Liza Koshy, Gigi Gorgeous, and The Dolan Twins.[18] TRL returned on October 2, 2017.
As of January 22, 2018, TRL was halved from a full hour to only a half-hour per day. The program then went on a hiatus until April 23, 2018.[19] Jackson left the show in 2018.
In February 2018, a half-hour late-night edition of TRL, Total Request LateNight was launched. The show airs Monday and Tuesday at 11 PM. MTV announced plans to expand the show to three nights in the summer and four nights by the end of the year, but this never materialized.[20]
On April 23, 2018, MTV launched a pre-recorded, hourlong daily morning edition of TRL titled Total Request A.M.. The show airs 8am-9am and is hosted by Sway. Vinny from Jersey Shore was brought on as host for the week and the first guests were boy band PrettyMuch. The program featured the return of a top ten countdown focusing on a specific playlist (Monday Motivation being the first countdown).[20]
Also, on April 23, 2018, it was announced that TRL had been renamed to Total Request List. The name change is due to the fact that TRL is now pre-taped and is no longer live. The final episode of TRL AM premiered on November 30, 2018. By mid-December, TRL-branded episodes were no longer airing on MTV channels nor available on demand and TRL social media accounts no longer listed TRL AM as a daily show. As of December 2018 TRL no longer airs on MTV and is a social channel only. Late night after shows have lost the TRL branding as of January 2019.