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Jesse Collins Entertainment, the production company behind the Emmys and so many more live events, has been tapped to produce the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards. This year\u2019s event takes place at Los Angeles\u2019 Dolby Theater on Thursday, March 26, and will air live on Fox that evening at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n
The company\u2019s Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeanna\u00e9 Rouzan-Clay will executive produce for Jesse Collins Entertainment, while iHeartMedia\u2019s John Sykes, Tom Poleman and Bart Peters are also executive producers.<\/p>\n
More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cFor years Jesse Collins and his team have consistently reimaged how to connect audiences with live music events,\u201d said Sykes, who is the president, entertainment enterprises, at iHeartMedia. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to collaborate with JCE to create a night that connects our iHeartRadio listeners to the artists and songs they loved listening to all year long on the radio.\u201d<\/p>\n Collins recently served as a producer on the Super Bowl Halftime Show. The company has produced the last three Emmy awards, and has also been behind major events such as the BET Awards, American Music Awards, Beyonc\u00e9 Bowl (at the NFL 2024 Christmas Game), Snoop\u2019s Holiday Halftime Party, the 95th Major League Baseball All-Star Game Pre-Game Show and more.<\/p>\n Collins is the CEO and founder of Jesse Collins Entertainment; Harmon, also executive producer of all Jesse Collins Entertainment programming, is president of the shingle, while Rouzan-Clay is senior vice president of specials. Other recent productions have included Netflix\u2019s \u201cRhythm + Flow\u201d and \u201cStar Search,\u201d We TV\u2019s new reality show \u201cTia Mowry: My Next Act,\u201d the BET Hip Hop Awards and CBS\u2019 revival of \u201cHollywood Squares.\u201d<\/p>\n Other big events include Soul Train Awards, BET Hip Hop Awards, Black Girls Rock!, BET Honors, UNCF\u2019s An Evening of Stars and ABFF Honors. There\u2019s also celebrity.land\u2019s \u201cJuneteenth: A Global Celebration of Freedom,\u201d \u201cA Grammy Salute to the Sounds of Change,\u201d \u201cStand Up for Heroes,\u201d \u201cDear Mama,\u201d \u201cAmanda Seales: I Be Knowin\u2019,\u201d \u201cDef Comedy Jam 25\u201d; \u201cLeslie Jones: Time Machine,\u201d \u201cThe All-Star Nickmas Spectacular\u201d and \u201cRip the Runway.\u201d<\/p>\n As for the iHeartRadio Music Awards, the event is now in its 13th year and recognizes the most-played artists and songs on iHeartRadio stations and the iHeartRadio app throughout 2025. Past performers have included Bon Jovi, Maroon 5, Camila Cabello, Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, Jason Aldean, Beyonc\u00e9, Rihanna, Sam Smith, Megan Thee Stallion, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Blake Shelton, Pharrell, Pitbull, Justin Bieber and more.<\/p>\n JCE is repped by CAA and Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner & Gellman.<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jesse Collins Entertainment, the production company behind the Emmys and so many more live events, has been tapped to produce the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards. 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