How to watch the MTV Movie & TV Awards 2022

How to watch the MTV Movie & TV Awards 2022

Ready for the MTV Movie & TV Awards? 2022 is a celebration of all-things Euphoria, Bravo and Spider-Man, to name just a few. 

If you can’t resist TV shows about gossip and love stocking up on Tom Holland merch, you’ve come to the right place. MTV will honor the best in film, TV and reality TV, so you’ll want to find a comfy spot on the couch. 

Fingers crossed your favorites take home the golden popcorn. 

How to Watch the MTV Movie & TV Awards 2022

The 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards and the Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED will both air live from the Barker Hangar in L.A. on Sunday, June 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. 

Who’s Hosting?

Vanessa Hudgens will do the honors, but when it comes to all-things reality TV, the UNSCRIPTED hosting duties will be rewarded to Tayshia Adams

What’s more fitting than having a reality TV queen lead us through the best of the genre? The Bachelorette is ready. 

Performances + Awards

Expect DJ D-Nice to take the stage and Snoop Dogg (a.k.a. DJ Snoopadelic) to DJ. 

As for some of the big awards, Awkwafina will present the comedic genius award to Jack Black and J.Lo will receive this year’s Generation Award.

Scripted Categories

Best Movie

tom holland as spider-man

Best Show

  • Euphoria
  • Inventing Anna
  • Loki
  • Squid Game
  • Ted Lasso
  • Yellowstone

Speaking of Yellowstone, here’s everything you need to know to get started watching

Best Performance in a Movie

Best Performance in a Show

Zendaya as Rue Bennett in Euphoria season 2

Best Hero

Best Villain

Best Kiss

  • Hunter Schafer & Dominic Fike: Euphoria
  • Lily Collins & Lucien Laviscount: Emily in Paris
  • Poopies & the snake: Jackass Forever
  • Robert Pattinson & Zoë Kravitz: The Batman
  • Tom Holland & Zendaya: Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Comedic Performance

  • Brett Goldstein: Ted Lasso
  • John Cena: Peacemaker
  • Johnny Knoxville: Jackass Forever
  • Megan Stalter: Hacks
  • Ryan Reynolds: Free Guy

Breakthrough Performance

  • Alana Haim: Licorice Pizza
  • Ariana DeBose: West Side Story
  • Hannah Einbinder: Hacks
  • Jung Ho-yeon: Squid Game
  • Sophia Di Martino: Loki

Best Fight

  • Black Widow vs. Widows: Black Widow
  • Cassie vs. Maddy: Euphoria
  • Guy vs. Dude: Free Guy
  • Shang-Chi bus fight: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
  • Spider-Men end battle: Spider-Man: No Way Home

maddy from euphoria in the girls' room in season 2

Most Frightened Performance

  • Jenna Ortega: Scream
  • Kyle Richards: Halloween Kills
  • Mia Goth: X
  • Millicent Simmonds: A Quiet Place Part II
  • Sadie Sink: Fear Street: Part Two 1978

Best Team

  • Loki: Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino, Owen Wilson
  • Only Murders in the Building: Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Martin Short
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home: Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, Tobey Maguire
  • The Adam Project: Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell
  • The Lost City: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Brad Pitt

Here for the Hookup

  • Euphoria
  • Never Have I Ever
  • Pam & Tommy
  • Sex/Life
  • Sex Lives of College Girls

Netflix Have I Ever season 3

Best Song

  • “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home),” Jennifer Hudson / Respect
  • “Just Look Up,” Ariana Grande & Kid Cudi / Don’t Look Up
  • “Little Star,” Dominic Fike / Euphoria
  • “On My Way (Marry Me),” Jennifer Lopez / Marry Me
  • “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” Encanto cast / Encanto

Unscripted Categories

Don’t miss this year’s newbies: Best Song and Here for the Hookup. 

Best Docu-reality Series

Need to find your latest obsession? Our June watch guide will get your set up right

Selling Sunset. (L to R) Mary Fitzgerald, Chelsea Lazkani, Christine Quinn in season 5 of Selling Sunset.

Best Competition Series

  • American Idol
  • Dancing with the Stars
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race
  • The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies
  • The Masked Singer

Best Lifestyle Show

  • Bar Rescue
  • Dr. Pimple Popper
  • Making It
  • Selena + Chef
  • Queer Eye

Best New Unscripted Series

  • Hart to Heart
  • Teen Mom: Family Reunion
  • The D’Amelio Show
  • The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip
  • Queen of the Universe

Margaret Joseph, Dorinda Medley, Teresa Guidice and Melissa Gorja pose at the Long Hall Tarven before the World Pride Parade on June 30, 2019 in New York City

Best Reality Star

  • Chris “CT” Tamburello: The Challenge
  • Chrishell Stause: Selling Sunset
  • Lindsay Hubbard: Summer House
  • Teresa Giudice: The Real Housewives of New Jersey
  • Willow Pill: RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 14

Best Reality Romance

  • Joe Amabile & Serena Pitt: Bachelor in Paradise
  • Loren & Alexei Brovarnik: Loren & Alexei: After the 90 Days
  • Nany Gonzalez & Kaycee Clark: The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies
  • Tom Sandoval & Ariana Madix: Vanderpump Rules
  • Yandy & Mendeecees: Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta

Best Talk/Topical Show

  • The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
  • The Drew Barrymore Show
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Trevor Noah speaks onstage during the Grammys 2022 at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Best Host

  • Charlamagne Tha God: Tha God’s Honest Truth
  • Gordon Ramsay: MasterChef
  • Kelly Clarkson: The Kelly Clarkson Show
  • Rob Dyrdek: Ridiculousness
  • RuPaul: RuPaul’s Drag Race

Breakthrough Social Star

  • Bella Poarch: @bellapoarch on TikTok
  • Benito Skinner: @bennydrama7 on Instagram
  • Caleb Hearon: @calebsaysthings on Twitter
  • Khaby Lame: @khabylame on TikTok
  • Megan Stalter: @megstalter on Instagram

Best Fight

  • Bosco vs. Lady Camden: RuPaul’s Drag Race
  • Candiace Dillard Bassett vs. Mia Thornton – Salad toss fight: The Real Housewives of Potomac
  • Christine Quinn vs. Chrishell Stause: Selling Sunset
  • Danielle Olivera vs. Ciara Miller vs. Lindsay Hubbard: Summer House
  • Margaret Josephs vs. Teresa Giudice: The Real Housewives of New Jersey 

Christine Quinn poses as she arrives for the 47th ceremony of the People's Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, U.S., December 7, 2021

Best Reality Return

  • Bethenny Frankel: The Big Shot with Bethenny
  • Kylie Sonique Love: RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars
  • Paris Hilton: Cooking with Paris & Paris in Love
  • Sher: Ex on the Beach
  • Tami Roman: The Real World Homecoming: Los Angeles

paris hilton cooking show, cooking with paris

Best Music Documentary

  • JANET JACKSON.
  • jeen-yuhs: AKanye Trilogy
  • Oasis Knebworth 1996
  • Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)
  • The Beatles: Get Back

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