2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards

The 28th edition of the MTV Movie & TV Awards

Date

June 17, 2019 (2019-06-17) (airing) June 15, 2019 (2019-06-15) (taping)

Location

Barker Hangar,
Santa Monica, California

Country

United States

Hosted by

Zachary Levi

Most awards

Avengers: Endgame (3)

Most nominations

Avengers: Endgame (4)
RBG (4)
Game of Thrones (4)

Television/radio coverage

Network

MTV, MTV2, VH1, CMT, BET, MTV Classic, TV Land, Comedy Central, Nick at Nite, Paramount Network and Logo

Produced by

Tenth Planet

Directed by

Joel Gallen

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The 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards ceremony took place June 15, 2019 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, with host Zachary Levi, and was broadcast two days later on June 17, 2019.^[1]^[2] It was the 28th edition of the awards and the third to jointly honor movies and television.

Performers

MTV announced Lizzo's performance on May 16, 2019, alongside a performance by Martin Garrix with Macklemore and Patrick Stump of Summer Days, but on June 10, it was announced that they would no longer perform and Bazzi would perform instead.^[3]^[4]

Lizzo – "Juice"
Bazzi – "Paradise"^[5]

Presenters

Gal Gadot – presented Most Frightened Performance
Zachary Levi – presented Generation Award
Shameik Moore – presented Best Host
Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elisabeth Moss – introduced Lizzo performance
B. Simone – presented Most Meme-able Moment (red carpet)
Nick Kroll and Trixie Mattel – presented Reality Royalty
Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista – presented Best Fight
Tiffany Haddish – presented Trailblazer Award
Daniel Levy and Annie Murphy – presented Best Performance in a Movie
Kiernan Shipka, Ross Lynch, and Gavin Leatherwood – presented Best Kiss
Anna Graves – announced Best Hero (commercial reveal)
Jameela Jamil and MJ Rodriguez – presented Best Documentary
Josh Horowitz – presented Best Show (red carpet)
Cast of Euphoria – introduced Bazzi performance
(Storm Reid, Maude Apatow, Algee Smith, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Hunter Schafer, and Barbie Ferreira)
Haley Lu Richardson – presented Best Performance in a Show
Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, and Noah Schnapp – presented Best Breakthrough Performance
Aubrey Plaza and David Spade – presented Best Comedic Performance
Tessa Thompson – presented Best Movie

Winners and nominees

The full list of nominees was announced on May 14, 2019.^[6] Winners are listed first, in bold.

Best Movie	Best Show
Avengers: Endgame BlacKkKlansman Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse To All the Boys I've Loved Before Us	Game of Thrones Big Mouth The Haunting of Hill House Riverdale Schitt's Creek
Best Performance in a Movie	Best Performance in a Show
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born Sandra Bullock – Bird Box Lupita Nyong'o – Us Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give	Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid's Tale Emilia Clarke – Game of Thrones Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin Kiernan Shipka – Chilling Adventures of Sabrina †~~Jason Mitchell~~ – ~~The Chi~~
Best Comedic Performance	Best Hero
Dan Levy – Schitt's Creek Awkwafina – Crazy Rich Asians John Mulaney – Big Mouth Marsai Martin – Little Zachary Levi – Shazam!	Robert Downey Jr. – Avengers: Endgame Brie Larson – Captain Marvel John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman Maisie Williams – Game of Thrones Zachary Levi – Shazam!
Best Villain	Best Kiss
Josh Brolin – Avengers: Endgame Penn Badgley – You Jodie Comer – Killing Eve Joseph Fiennes – The Handmaid's Tale Lupita Nyong'o – Us	Noah Centineo and Lana Condor – To All the Boys I've Loved Before Jason Momoa and Amber Heard – Aquaman Charles Melton and Camila Mendes – Riverdale Ncuti Gatwa and Connor Swindells – Sex Education Tom Hardy and Michelle Williams – Venom
Most Frightened Performance	Best Reality Royalty
Sandra Bullock – Bird Box Linda Cardellini – The Curse of La Llorona Rhian Rees – Halloween Victoria Pedretti – The Haunting of Hill House Alex Wolff – Hereditary	Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Jersey Shore: Family Vacation The Bachelor The Challenge Vanderpump Rules
Best Documentary	Best Fight
Surviving R. Kelly At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal McQueen Minding the Gap RBG	Brie Larson vs. Gemma Chan – Captain Marvel Josh Brolin vs. Chris Evans – Avengers: Endgame Maisie Williams vs. White Walkers – Game of Thrones Ruth Bader Ginsburg vs. Inequality – RBG Becky Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair – WrestleMania 35
Best Host	Best Breakthrough Performance
Nick Cannon – Wild N Out Gayle King – CBS This Morning Trevor Noah – The Daily Show Nick Cannon – The Masked Singer RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race	Noah Centineo – To All the Boys I've Loved Before Awkwafina – Crazy Rich Asians Ncuti Gatwa – Sex Education Haley Lu Richardson – Five Feet Apart MJ Rodriguez – Pose
Best Real Life Hero	Most Meme-able Moment
Ruth Bader Ginsburg – RBG Alex Honnold – Free Solo Hannah Gadsby – Nanette Roman Reigns – WWE SmackDown Serena Williams – Being Serena	The Bachelor – Colton Underwood jumps the fence Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club – The Lilo Dance Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood – Ray J's Hat RBG – The Notorious RBG RuPaul's Drag Race – Asia O'Hara's butterfly finale fail
Best Musical Moment^[7]
"Shallow" – A Star Is Born Live Aid – Bohemian Rhapsody "Just a Girl" – Captain Marvel "Masquerade" – Chilling Adventures of Sabrina "Look at That Butt" – On My Block "Seventeen" – Riverdale "Sunflower" – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse "I Think We're Alone Now" – The Umbrella Academy

Note: † Jason Mitchell's nomination was rescinded on May 29, 2019 due to personal conduct issues.^[8]

MTV Generation Award

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson^[9]

MTV Trailblazer Award

Jada Pinkett Smith^[10]

Multiple nominations

Film

The following movies received multiple nominations:

Four – Avengers: Endgame, RBG
Three – Captain Marvel, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Us
Two – Bird Box, BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Crazy Rich Asians, Shazam!, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, A Star Is Born

Television

The following television series received multiple nominations:

Four – Game of Thrones
Three – Riverdale
Two – The Bachelor, Big Mouth, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Handmaid's Tale, The Haunting of Hill House, RuPaul's Drag Race, Schitt's Creek, Sex Education

References

^ Pedersen, Erik (2019-04-23). "MTV Movie & TV Awards Has Its Host – Just Say Shazam!". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
^ Bell, Crystal (2019-04-23). "Zachary Levi Is Hosting The 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards". MTV. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
^ Aniftos, Rania. "Lizzo set to Perform at 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards". Billboard. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
^ Hosken, Patrick. "Lizzo set to Perform at 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards [UPDATED]". MTV News. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
^ Tilchen, Jordyn. "Bazzi Set To Bring A Sliver Of 'Paradise' To The MTV Movie & TV Awards Stage". MTV News. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
^ Yang, Rachel (May 14, 2019). "Avengers, Game of Thrones & RBG Lead MTV Movie & TV Awards Nominations". Variety. Archived from the original on May 15, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
^ Tilchen, Jordyn (June 12, 2019). "From Riverdale To Captain Marvel, Here's How To Vote For Best Musical Moment Of 2019". MTV. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
^ Schnieder, Michael (29 May 2019). "MTV Removes Jason Mitchell's Movie & TV Awards Nomination in Light of Alleged Misconduct". Variety. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ Thorne, Will (13 June 2019). "Dwayne Johnson to Receive 'Generation' Award at 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards". Variety. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ Thorne, Will (11 June 2019). "Jada Pinkett Smith to Receive 'Trailblazer' Honor at 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 13 June 2019.