How to Watch the 2021 MTV MVAs Live in the U.S.

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The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards will be held on Sunday, September 12. The show will be broadcast live from 8 p.m. ET/PT at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn in New York City.

The annual awards features performances and appearances from some of the biggest names in the music industry.

Among this year's multi-award-nominated artists are Doja Cat (who is also hosting the 2021 VMAs) as well as Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, Lil Nas X, Olivia Rodrigo and several others.

This year's show will mark the return of the first in-person VMAs following the onset of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

In a statement in June, MTV said: "The health and safety of artists, fans, staff and partners remain the No. 1 priority, and MTV and Barclays Center are working closely with state and local officials to implement best practices in order to safely bring together music fans from around the globe," Us Weekly reported on September 1.

How to Watch the 2021 MTV VMAs Live

The show will be broadcast on the MTV television channel as well as other networks owned by ViacomCBS, including CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV2, Nickelodeon, the Paramount Network, Pop, TV Land, VH1 and CW.

Viewers can also stream the show at the MTV website or via the MTV app, which can be downloaded for free on your Apple, Amazon, Roku or Android device.

Those who get the MTV channel through their television provider, can use the account credentials for their television provider to access all MTV programs on supported devices, according to the MTV website.

To livestream the VMAs via the app, users can look under the "See What's On Now" section and tap "Watch Live." On the website, choose "Watch Live TV" on the menu, the MTV website advises.

Users can then either choose their television provider's logo or tap "View All Providers" to search for the name of their provider and sign in at the provider's login page using their credentials.

The website explains: "The TV provider account must have the channel to unlock all content."

Users cannot sign in if they can't find their television provider in the list, do not have the channel subscription or "have an internet-only or cellular-only account."

Without signing in, users cannot watch live television but can still access the unlocked episodes and videos.

"If you have the channel but see an error message that you do not have access to it, reset the app or browser, then sign in while connected to cellular data. You may return the device to Wi-Fi once correctly signed in," the MTV website advises.

Those who subscribe to Paramount+, the new streaming service of ViacomCBS, can also watch MTV programming through the streaming service.

Those who don't have a Paramount+ subscription can try it for free. See the Paramount+ website for more information.

The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards.
An MTV logo seen on stage at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, California. This year's show will be broadcast live from New York City. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
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Soo Kim is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. She covers various lifestyle stories, specializing in travel, health, home/interior design and property/real estate. Soo covered the COVID-19 pandemic extensively from 2020 to 2022, including several interviews with the chief medical advisor to the president, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Soo has reported on various major news events, including the Black Lives Matter movement, the U.S. Capitol riots, the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. and Canadian elections, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Soo is also a South Korea expert, covering the latest K-dramas—including the breakout hit Squid Game, which she has covered extensively, including from Seoul, the South Korean capital—as well as Korean films, such as the Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated Past Lives, and K-pop news, to interviews with the biggest Korean actors, such as Lee Jung-jae from Squid Game and Star Wars, and Korean directors, such as Golden Globe and Oscar nominee Celine Song. Soo is the author of the book How to Live Korean, which is available in 11 languages, and co-author of the book Hello, South Korea: Meet the Country Behind Hallyu. Before Newsweek, Soo was a travel reporter and commissioning editor for the award-winning travel section of The Daily Telegraph (a leading U.K. national newspaper) for nearly a decade from 2010, reporting on the latest in the travel industry, from travel news, consumer travel and aviation issues to major new openings and emerging destinations. Soo is a graduate of Binghamton University in New York and the journalism school of City University in London, where she earned a Masters in international journalism. You can get in touch with Soo by emailing s.kim@newsweek.com . Follow her on Instagram at @miss.soo.kim or X, formerly Twitter, at @MissSooKim .Languages spoken: English and Korean

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