The OG TRL host, Carson led the show from 1998 to 2002, making it MTV's most popular show at a time when the network was actually moving away from showing music videos in favor of more traditional TV content.
Carson's distinctive personal style on the show was a mix of frat bro and desperate trend chaser — his clothes were dull and ill-fitting over his soft and non-threatening dad-bod, but he also wore nail polish, because dudes in nail polish was a thing back then. He dated actress-turned-hot-mess Tara Reid and was supposedly best friends with Kid Rock, which gave him a certain amount of edginess by association. But then he started breaking out those dorky AF glasses to read the teleprompter and it was all over — he had gone from basic bro broing out with his bros to suburban dad trying to "kick it teen style." By 2002, watching Carson host TRL was like hanging out with a once beloved uncle in the midst of an increasingly awkward midlife crisis.
In 2002 Carson left TRL to focus on his late-night talk show, Last Call with Carson Daly, and in 2011 he became the host of NBC's The Voice. He still looks like a basic bro, but now that he's 43, the whole suburban dad thing kind of works for him. At least the nail polish is gone.
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