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If you thought the '90s/'00s revival was anywhere close to wrapping up, no chance: MTV is bringing back its iconic show Total Request Live, introducing a whole new generation to the magic of the TRL countdown.MTV president Chris McCarthy dropped the news in the New York Times, sharing:"When you came into Times Square, you would say, 'Let’s go to MTV' ... If we’re going to come back and reinvent MTV, the studio is a given. It is the centerpiece."If you're scratching your head trying to remember how TRL went, or simply don't remember the show at all (as it ended in November 2008), a reminder: the variety show featured loads of music videos, as well as regular hosts and guests that cycled in and out of the studio setting. The pivot back to the days of TRL is in line with the network's other big moves, including a larger focus on video across all mediums. The NYT profile basically confirms that TRL is coming back as part of that push, which also includes a Laguna Beach-like show named Siesta Key.Though the iconic TRL host, Carson Daly, isn't slated to return, five new co-hosts are now helming the program — "relatively unknown including DC Young Fly, a rapper and comedian, and Erik Zachary, a Chicago radio host."Buried in the news is also a word about the famous MTV Video Music Awards "Moonmen," which are being rebranded as "Moon Person." This comes a year after the show phased out gendered acting categories, and McCarthy is hoping to keep that de-gendering going:"Why should it be a man? It could be a man, it could be a woman, it could be transgender, it could be nonconformist."This information is immediately followed with the news that MTV is, naturally, developing a reality TV show about gender-nonconforming youth called We Are They.Read the whole NYT story here.Follow Lilian on Twitter.