MTV is not going to be celebrating one of the best of popular culture this 12 months — as we have discovered their well-known Movie & TV Awards present has been nixed … nevertheless it ain’t gone for good.
Sources near manufacturing inform TMZ … the annual occasion has been placed on pause in 2024, with the community selecting to skip out on this 12 months’s festivities. However, we’re instructed the awards present is NOT canceled … because it’s set to return in 2025 with an up to date format.
Unclear why MTV is passing on placing on the MTV Movie & TV Awards this 12 months … however there are a selection of the reason why the community is likely to be placing this on ice for a bit.
Of course, there’s final 12 months’s SAG-AFTRA and writers’ strikes that severely delayed shoots for a number of totally different motion pictures and TV reveals … and there simply might not be sufficient content material due to it.
A way more latest matter, nevertheless, that involves thoughts … the warfare in Israel-Gaza — which has been entrance of thoughts for a lot of … and which continues to dominate the information cycle, particularly with seemingly unending protests everywhere in the nation amongst younger individuals.
Point is … there’s quite a lot of potentialities for why MTV is punting this 12 months — however in any case … we all know they’re gonna run it again. Also, take into accout … final 12 months’s present was a bit uneven itself — particularly after MTV determined to ditch reside audiences altogether.
That got here on the heels of Drew Barrymore bailing as host of the present to assist the writers — so yeah, issues there have been a bit tumultuous — particularly with layoffs, and so on.
The MTV Movie & TV Awards have been going robust since 1992 — however hey, the instances are a-changin’, it appears … guess we’ll simply have to attend ’til the subsequent go-around. 🤷🏽♂️