The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards are right around the corner, and the performers and honorees have just been announced. There are going to be some firsts for the award show this year.
MTV‘s VMAs have been the event of the year for the cable network for four decades, but this year, for the first time ever, the awards show will alter where it airs. Instead of running exclusively live on MTV, the 2025 VMAS will air on network television as well as streaming.
Here is what we know so far about the 2025 VMAs so far.
When are the 2025 VMAs?
The VMAs will air live on Sunday, September 7, at 8/7c, from the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York.
Where will the 2025 VMAs air?
The VMAs will air on CBS for the first time in history. So, if you don’t have cable, you will be able to watch it on a broadcast channel instead of MTV. However, the three-hour broadcast will also simulcast on MTV for old times’ sake.
The one-hour live pre-show will air across Paramount Media Networks.
Will the VMAs be streaming?
Yes! The awards will stream on Paramount+ at the same time.
Who is hosting the 2025 VMAs?
LL Cool J will host. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Hip-Hop trailblazer was announced on August 14. He will take the VMAs reins solo for the first time, after previously serving as co-emcee in 2022 with Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow. He took home his first Moon Person in 1991 for Best Rap and was the first rapper to receive the Video Vanguard Award in 1997. Other milestone moments on the VMAs stage include a show-stopping celebration for Def Jam Recording’s 40th anniversary with surprise guest Public Enemy in 2024 and celebrating Hip-Hop turning 50 with an all-star tribute in 2023. This year, his single “Murdergram Deaux” (ft. Eminem) is nominated for Best Hip-Hop. The song was off his 2024 critically acclaimed album The Force.
In 2024, Megan Thee Stallion hosted the VMAs.
Who is nominated for the 2025 VMAs?
2025 MTV Video Music Awards, Sunday, September 7, CBS and Paramount+, 8/7c
