The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards will take place tonight (September 11) at the UBS Arena in Long Island. The main ceremony is broadcast live on MTV, beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (5 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time). Performers include Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Eminem, Glorilla, Video Vanguard winner Katy Perry, host Megan Thee Stallion and more.
Taylor Swift has received the most nominations at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. She will compete for Video of the Year against Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Doja Cat, Eminem and SZA. Other contenders across the field include Chappell Roan, Bad Bunny, Jack Harlow and Olivia Rodrigo.
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How to watch the VMAs Pre-Show
The MTV VMA pre-show starts at 6:30 p.m. eastern daylight time and will feature 90 minutes of performances and celebrity interviews. The pre-show will air on MTV, MTV2, CMT and Logo.
Nessa, Dometi Pongo and Kevan Kenney host the pre-show and it will include a performance by K-pop group Le Sserafim.
How to watch the main VMAs ceremony
The MTV Video Music Awards officially begin at 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The awards show is available to watch on MTV, BET, BET Her, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV2, Nick at Nite, Paramount Network, Pop, TV Land, VH1 and Univision.
The VMAs will not be broadcast live on MTV.com or Paramount+.
However, if you miss the show the first time, the encore airs on Comedy Central (following The daily show) and UniMás (following the local news), starting around 11:30 PM EST.
Megan Thee Stallion hosts the 2024 VMAs and Katy Perry receives the Video Vanguard Award. Both artists perform, as do Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Glorilla, Eminem, Anitta, Camila Cabello, Halsey, Lenny Kravitz, Lisa of Blackpink and more.
