The MTV Video Music Awards will retain its namesake, but the annual awards ceremony will no longer be presented on MTV. After 40 years on the network, the VMAs have found a new broadcast home at CBS. On Sept. 7, CBS will present the show for the first time live from UBS Arena in New York. The show will still be telecast on MTV as it airs and streaming on Paramount+. CBS acquiring the VMAs comes as the network approaches the end of its partnership with the Grammy Awards. In...

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The MTV Video Music Awards, long seen on MTV and its sister cable outlets without a live broadcast component, will air on CBS for the first time in 2024, the network announced Thursday. The show will air on CBS — and be “simulcast” on MTV, as the announcement puts it — from the UBS Arena on Sept. 7 at 8-11 p.m. ET/5-8 p.m. PT, live across time zones. The special will also be available for live viewing on Paramount+. The shift is in line with other moves made by the...

The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards will make its debut on CBS, announced on Thursday. The awards show, which celebrates the best music videos of the year, will air on CBS for the first time. The three-hour broadcast will also simulcast on MTV and stream on Paramout+. The 2025 VMAs will air live from the UBS Arena, on Sunday Sept. 7 at 8:00-11:00 PM ET/5:00-8:00 PM PT. Bruce Gillmer and Den of Thieves co-founder Jesse Ignjatovic will executive produce the 2025 show. Barb Bialkowski will co-exec produce. Alicia Portugal and...