Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeLeslie Jones has been tapped to host next month’s return of the MTV Movie & TV Awards.
The former “Saturday Night Live” star, also currently host of ABC’s “Supermarket Sweep” game show, will emcee the live ceremony on Sunday, May 16.
Jones is also nominated at this year’s show, in the best comedic performance category, for her role in “Coming 2 America,” currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Her other recent credits include “Ghostbusters” and her one-hour Netflix comedy special “Time Machine.” Jones also hosted the BET Awards in 2017.Last year, MTV at first decided to move the Movie & TV Awards to December, in order to capitalize on the start of movie awards season.
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