Jack Black to Receive King of Comedy Award at 2025 Kids’ Choice Awards

Jack Black is set to receive the King of Comedy Award during the 2025 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, live from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., on Saturday, June 21, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.  Black will accept his Silver Blimp from the KCA stage, before getting doused by Nickelodeon’s iconic slime.

Additionally, Alex Warren, whose “Ordinary” has topped the Billboard Hot 100 the last two weeks, has joined the list of talent scheduled to appear on the show, along with Auliʻi Cravalho, Benny Blanco, Ice Spice, Victoria Monét, Jack Griffo, Jacob Rodriguez, Katelyn West, Kel Mitchell, Kira Kosarin, Maia Kealoha, Renee Montgomery, SeanDoesMagic, Samantha Lorraine and Tony Hawk.

Previously announced show participants include KATSEYE, who will perform their Hot 100 single, “Gnarly.”

Hosted by Tyla, the show will simulcast across Nickelodeon, TeenNick, Nicktoons, the Nick Jr. channel, MTV2 and CMT, and also air on Nickelodeon channels around the world.

Black is no stranger to Nickelodeon, having hosted the annual awards show in 2006, 2008 and 2011. Last year, he won a KCA orange blimp for his voiceover work as Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. He also won favorite voice from an animated movie for his work in Kung Fu Panda in 2009.

Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2025 is produced by Nickelodeon Productions and overseen by: Ashley Kaplan, executive vp, Nickelodeon & Awesomeness Unscripted & Digital Franchise Studio; Paul J Medford, vp, unscripted current series; Luke Wahl, vp, unscripted creative; and Jennifer Bernstein, vp, talent. Guy Carrington & Kevin Hermanson of Done and Dusted serve as executive producers, with Rob Paine serving as co-executive producer. The show is directed by James Merryman.