2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards

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2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards
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DateMay 16, 2021 (2021-05-16)
May 17, 2021 (2021-05-17)
Location Hollywood Palladium,
Los Angeles, California
CountryUnited States
Hosted by Leslie Jones (May 16, Scripted)
Nikki Glaser (May 17, Unscripted)
Most awards WandaVision (4)
Most nominationsWandaVision (6)
Television/radio coverage
Network MTV
Produced by Bruce Gillmer
Den of Thieves
Directed byRyan Polito
  2019
(2020 skipped) ·
MTV Movie & TV Awards ·  2022  

The 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards were an awards presentation held on May 16 and 17, 2021 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. [1] It was the 29th edition of the MTV Movie & TV Awards, and the fourth to jointly honor movies and television.

Contents

The presentation was held as a two-night event; comedian and actress Leslie Jones hosted the first night, which were dedicated to awards for film and scripted television. [2] Comedian Nikki Glaser hosted the second night, MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted, which were devoted to awards for reality television. [3]

Winners and nominees

The full list of nominees was announced on April 19, 2021. [4] Best Music Documentary nominees were announced on May 10, 2021, followed by Best Musical Moment on May 11, 2021. [5] All winners are listed first, in bold.

Scripted Awards

Best Movie Best Show
Best Performance in a Movie Best Performance in a Show
Best Comedic Performance Best Hero
Best Villain Best Kiss
Most Frightened Performance Best Fight
Best Breakthrough Performance Best Duo
Best Musical Moment

Unscripted Awards

Best Music DocumentaryBest Docu-Reality Show
Best Dating ShowBest Reality Cast
Best Competition SeriesBest Lifestyle Show
Best New Unscripted SeriesBest Talk/Topical Show
Best Comedy/Game ShowBest Host
Breakthrough Social StarBest Real-Life Mystery or Crime Series
Best FightBest International Reality Series

Comedic Genius Award

MTV Generation Award

MTV Reality Royalty Lifetime Achievement

Multiple nominations

Film

The following movies received multiple nominations:

Television

The following television series received multiple nominations:

Appearances and Presenters

Scripted

Unscripted

Ceremony information

MTV did not announce or hold a 2020 edition of the ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] MTV announced on March 11, 2021, that the ceremony would be scheduled for May 16 and 17, 2021, with the first night to focus on films and scripted television, and the second (titled MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted) to focus on unscripted and reality television. [10]

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