The MTV Movie & TV Awards (formerly the MTV Movie Awards)
is a film and television awards show presented annually on
MTV. The
first MTV Movie Awards were presented in 1992. The ceremony was renamed the MTV Movie & TV Awards for
its 26th edition in 2017 to also honor work in television as well as film.
The awards have traditionally been tied to the start of the
summer blockbuster season for the
film industry
The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, p ...
, and with the launch of the television awards, the opening of that industry's awards season. The nominees are decided by producers and executives at MTV. The winners are then decided by the general public. Presently, voting is done only through an official MTV Movie & TV Awards voting website. Winners are presented with the "golden popcorn" statue made by New-York-firm
Society Awards
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History
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Production process
For much of its history, the ceremony was recorded for later broadcast, unlike the
MTV Video Music Award
The MTV Video Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as the VMAs) is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honour the best in the music video medium. Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video categor ...
s, which are usually live, but not live-to-tape, where the ceremony occurred in chronological order with appropriate edits. This meant that the ceremony was recorded out of order with the host segments recorded all at the start, followed by the musical performances and then award presentations, where those artists and actors nominated could choose to stay only for their award category and then depart after, with a
seat filler
A seat filler is a person who fills in an empty seat during an event. There are two types of seat fillers:
# A person who subscribes to a seat-filling theatre club. Members of these clubs help fill in unsold seats for theatre, music, film, sport ...
filling their seat before or afterwards. After 2006, when ''
Survivor'' producer
Mark Burnett
Mark Burnett (born 17 July 1960) is a television producer who is the former Chairman of MGM Worldwide Television Group. He is best known for creating and producing the reality shows ''The Apprentice'', '' Survivor'', ''The Voice'', and ''Sh ...
(who took over duties from Joel Gallen for the 2007 awards) took over production duties, it began to be broadcast live most years, though since 2017, it has been recorded to air on a one or two-day delay, but broadcast live-to-tape.
Since 2007, polls for several awards have been voted on through MTV's web and social media presences.
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, there was no word about the 2020 awards, either regarding the nominations or a date for the ceremony. Internally, the network had discussed a permanent move of the ceremony to December, which would place it in the early portion of
awards season Film awards season is an annual time period between November and February every year, in the United States, where a majority of significant film award events take place. In October ballots are sent out to voters, to collect nominations for the first ...
before the
Golden Globe Awards.
On December 6, 2020, MTV aired a one-off special hosted by
Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa Anne Hudgens (; born December 14, 1988) is an American actress and singer. After making her feature film debut in '' Thirteen'' (2003), Hudgens rose to fame portraying Gabriella Montez in the ''High School Musical'' film series (2006 ...
, ''MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest of All Time'', which highlighted the greatest moments of film and television since the 1980s, as well as moments from past editions of the ceremony. The network stated a goal for a larger, weekend-long ceremony in 2021. MTV announced on March 11, 2021 that the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards would be held on May 16 and 17, 2021; the second night of the ceremony will be entitled ''MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted'' (hosted by
Nikki Glaser
Nicole Rene Glaser (born June 1, 1984) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, podcaster, radio host, and television host. She was the host of the television series '' Not Safe with Nikki Glaser'', which premiered on Comedy Central and Much ...
) and focus exclusively on
reality television
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.
Award categories
Retired awards
Special awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
Silver Bucket of Excellence
Generation Award
Trailblazer Award
Comedic Genius Award
Years
Film parodies
Since 1993, scenes are spoofed, mostly from that year's most popular films, although television shows and older movies have also been chosen. This may include sound and video
montages, replacing some of the original cast with other actors (commonly, the hosts of each year's show) generally mocking the scenes of that film. The diversity of the spoofs can vary greatly, from one dialogue (such as in 2005) to several long scenes, including fighting and action sequences (2003).
See also
*
List of American television awards
This list of American television awards is an index to articles about notable awards that are or were given by several organizations for contributions in various fields of television in the United States.
General
Emmy awards
An Emmy Award ...
Notes
References
* Steve Hochman, "Awards as American as 'Pie' and Other Silliness"; Television, L.A. Times, June 7, 2000, Calendar page 3;
External links
2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards Official Site2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards Official Site2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards Official Site2016 MTV Movie Awards Official Site2015 MTV Movie Awards Official Site2014 MTV Movie Awards Official Site2013 MTV Movie Awards Official Site2012 MTV Movie Awards Official Site2011 MTV Movie Awards Official Site2010 MTV Movie Awards Official Site2009 MTV Movie Awards Official Site2008 MTV Movie Awards Official SiteMTV Movie Awards Official ArchiveMTV Movie website*
Best Spoofs from the MTV Movie Awards2007 MTV Movie Awards Spoof site
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