--- description: Coco proud to host the network's "second-most prestigious awards show" title: Conan O'Brien To Host the 2014 MTV Movie Awards image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb15a0661efa0c395/698683eae53abaf65f4d14c9/conan_0305.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [awards](/tag/awards/) ## awards Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Conan O’Brien to Host MTV Movie Awards by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 5, 2014 8:20 AM CUT  Comedian Conan O'Brien smashes a gavel as he speaks during the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington April 27, 2013 Comedian Conan O'Brien smashes a gavel as he speaks during the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington April 27, 2013Kevin Lamarque / Reuters by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 5, 2014 8:20 AM CUT Iconic late-night television host Conan O’Brien has signed on to present the 2014 MTV Movie Awards at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on April 13, according to [E!](http://www.eonline.com/news/517638/conan-o-brien-will-host-the-2014-mtv-movie-awards?cmpid=eonline-twitter&utm%5Fsource=eonline&utm%5Fmedium=twitterfeed&utm%5Fcampaign=twitterfeed%5Ftopstories&dlvrit=48939 "undefined") “After eight years of intense negotiations, I am honored to announce I am hosting MTV’s second-most prestigious awards show,” quipped O’Brien. With categories like best kiss and fight scene, the MTV gongs have long been considered as an edgy alternative to the more traditional Academy Awards. \[[E!](http://www.eonline.com/news/517638/conan-o-brien-will-host-the-2014-mtv-movie-awards?cmpid=eonline-twitter&utm%5Fsource=eonline&utm%5Fmedium=twitterfeed&utm%5Fcampaign=twitterfeed%5Ftopstories&dlvrit=48939 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/12615/conan-obrien-to-host-mtv-movie-awards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/12615/conan-obrien-to-host-mtv-movie-awards/"},"headline":"Conan O’Brien to Host MTV Movie Awards","datePublished":"2014-03-05T08:20:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:34:51.397Z","description":"Coco proud to host the network's \"second-most prestigious awards show\"","url":"https://time.com/12615/conan-obrien-to-host-mtv-movie-awards/","keywords":["awards","celebrities","Hollywood","los angeles","Conan O'brien"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb15a0661efa0c395/698683eae53abaf65f4d14c9/conan_0305.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb15a0661efa0c395/698683eae53abaf65f4d14c9/conan_0305.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Comedian O'Brien smashes a gavel as he speaks during the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington","caption":"Comedian O'Brien smashes a gavel as he speaks during the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington","creditText":"Kevin Lamarque / Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/awards/","name":"awards"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/12615/conan-obrien-to-host-mtv-movie-awards/","name":"Conan O’Brien to Host MTV Movie Awards"}}]}] ```