The
1987 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 11, 1987, honoring the best
music videos from May 2, 1986, to May 1, 1987. The show was hosted by
MTV VJs
Downtown Julie Brown, Carolyne Heldman,
Kevin Seal, Michael Tomioka, and
Dweezil Zappa, and it took place at the
Universal Amphitheatre in
Los Angeles.
[1] This year featured the debut of the award for Best Video from a Film, which recognized the most outstanding video of a song taken from a movie soundtrack. Concurrently, 1987 also saw the elimination of the Special Recognition award that had been given out every year since 1984. Unlike Video Vanguard, which could go a few years without being handed out and then return, the Special Recognition award was never again given out at the VMAs.