MTV Movie Awards Get a New Name, Will Include TV Awards Now

The American institution known as the MTV Movie Awards, founded in 1992, will now be a new American institution called the MTV Movie & TV Awards. The change goes into effect on May 7, when the ceremony will return to a live format and broadcast from L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium. (Last year was the first pre-taped show in a decade.)

“We’re living in a golden age of content, and great storytelling and characters resonate regardless of whether you’re watching it in a theater or on TV,” says MTV president Chris McCarthy. “The new MTV Movie & TV Awards will celebrate even more of the brightest, bravest, funniest and most shared films and TV shows resonating across youth culture.”