MTV Video Music Awards is Returning to L.A. in 2017

 MTV Movie Awards, it announced Thursday that the 2017 MTV VMAs will return to L.A. after New York City hosted it in 2016.

"MTV, at 35 years old, has been around almost long as the Forum. Together, we are 85 and enjoy lifetimes of music history," Shelli Azoff, Managing Partner for the Forum, said. "This year is sure to be another epic show with many amazing memories for MTV, the award winners, and most especially the fans. The entire Forum family is happy to welcome back the VMAs!" Mayor James Butts also issued a statement telling our team, "The City welcomes the return of the MTV VMAs to the No. 1 concert venue in  California, the Forum. Once again, Madison Square Garden set the standard for both West and East Coasts.

In 2016 MTV Video Music Awards drew 6.5 million viewers, down 34 percent from 9.8 million for 2015's L.A.-based show. It was simultaneously casted on 11 cable networks owned by MTV's mother company Viacom, including CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV2, Spike, TV Land and Vh1.

Jesse Ignjatovic came as this year's executive producer. The event will be aired on Aug. 27 at 8 p.m. ET. L.A. and New York are not the only cities to host the annual show; Miami had the honors in 2005.

Nominees for this year's VMAs will be announced at a later date.