VMAs Move Over a Night to Get Out of Way of Harris/Trump Debate

[Mark Jeffries]

Some could say that the target audience for the former aren't interested in the latter, but the MTV Video Music Awards, the last remnant of 80s MTV, have been moved one night over to Sept. 11 to get out of the way of the presidential debate, although it may also be a way for CBS to join the roadblock of Paramount cable channels carrying the event (and, of course, Paramount+ and maybe Pluto TV)--the VMAs have been on The CW in recent years, but Paramount and Warners are not controlling owners of that network anymore:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2024-mtv-vmas-move-dates-sept-11-debate-1235972403/#recipient_hashed=04cc8432e89af1614e2b95d666f830a827568c45d7e9abbbd46ed84bf99ddfc7&recipient_salt=f8f1afe78c2d990c75c3121d1fa116315cbb1eda09b65c89df333468970da653&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Live%20Feed%20Alerts&utm_content=543191_08-12-2024&utm_term=9393619

[Kevin M.]

Moving an award show to 9/11 is… troubling. 

Kevin M. (RPCV)

On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 2:53 PM Mark Jeffries <spotl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Some could say that the target audience for the former aren't interested in the latter, but the MTV Video Music Awards, the last remnant of 80s MTV, have been moved one night over to Sept. 11 to get out of the way of the presidential debate, although it may also be a way for CBS to join the roadblock of Paramount cable channels carrying the event (and, of course, Paramount+ and maybe Pluto TV)--the VMAs have been on The CW in recent years, but Paramount and Warners are not controlling owners of that network anymore:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2024-mtv-vmas-move-dates-sept-11-debate-1235972403/#recipient_hashed=04cc8432e89af1614e2b95d666f830a827568c45d7e9abbbd46ed84bf99ddfc7&recipient_salt=f8f1afe78c2d990c75c3121d1fa116315cbb1eda09b65c89df333468970da653&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Live%20Feed%20Alerts&utm_content=543191_08-12-2024&utm_term=9393619

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[Joe Hass]

Why?

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[M-D November]

Well, for one thing, the VMAs have traditionally been given out in New York; granted, this year's show is on Long Island at the Nassau Col^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H UBS Arena, but still...even if observances aren't as common as they might have been 2 decades ago, that date doesn't exactly equal party time in the Tri-State area.

[Joe Hass]

While I respect the Tri-State angle, I would argue that the target demo is only aware of it because us "olds" keep bringing it up. It has been 23 years since the attack occurred.

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