2017 MTV Video Music Awards

2017 MTV Video Music Awards
2017 MTV Video Music Awards
Date	Sunday, August 27, 2017
Venue	The Forum (Inglewood, California)
Country	United States
Hosted by	Katy Perry
Most awards	Kendrick Lamar (6)
Most nominations	Kendrick Lamar (8)
Website	www.mtv.com/vma/
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV; MTV2; VH1; MTV Classic; BET; CMT; Comedy Central; Logo TV; Spike; TV Land;
Runtime	185 minutes
Produced by	Bruce Gillmer; Garrett English; Jesse Ignjatovic
Directed by	Alex Rudzinski

The 2017 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 27, 2017 at The Forum in Inglewood, California,^[1] honoring music videos released between June 25, 2016 and June 23, 2017. It was hosted by Katy Perry.^[2]^[3] The 34th annual award show aired live from the venue for the second time in its history. The music video for Taylor Swift's song "Look What You Made Me Do" premiered during the broadcast. Lil Yachty co-hosted the pre-show with Terrence J, Charlamagne Tha God, and MTV News' Gaby Wilson, while Gabbie Hanna hosted backstage for the show.^[4] It was broadcast across various Viacom networks and their related apps.

Compared to the previous year, viewership was down from 6.5 million to 5.68 million viewers, making it the lowest viewed show since 1994. A combination of having to compete with the season finale of HBO's Game of Thrones, which drew over 12.07 million viewers, and the ability to now stream the award show online is said to account for the drop in viewership.^[5]^[6]

^ Geffen, Sasha (April 20, 2017). "Here's When You Can Watch The 2017 VMAs This Summer". MTV News. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
^ Fekadu, Mesfin (July 25, 2017). "Kendrick Lamar is leader of MTV VMAs with 8 nominations". Associated Press. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
^ "Katy Perry Is Ready To Be Your 'Moonwoman' As Host Of The 2017 VMAs". MTV News. July 27, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
^ "Everything You Need to Know About the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards". MTV.
^ "Viewership down for MTV's Video Music Awards". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
^ "The 2017 VMAs Drew Lowest Ratings in MTV History". Complex. Retrieved 2017-08-31.

[1] Geffen, Sasha (April 20, 2017). "Here's When You Can Watch The 2017 VMAs This Summer". MTV News. Retrieved April 21, 2017.

[2] Fekadu, Mesfin (July 25, 2017). "Kendrick Lamar is leader of MTV VMAs with 8 nominations". Associated Press. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

[3] "Katy Perry Is Ready To Be Your 'Moonwoman' As Host Of The 2017 VMAs". MTV News. July 27, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017.

[4] "Everything You Need to Know About the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards". MTV.

[5] "Viewership down for MTV's Video Music Awards". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2017-08-31.

[6] "The 2017 VMAs Drew Lowest Ratings in MTV History". Complex. Retrieved 2017-08-31.

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