Tonight’s CMT Music Awards show will endeavor to emphasize what’s currently flameworthy, to borrow a word that has long since been retired from the telecast’s original name. Prime performance slots have been given to country music figures who are still on the ascent, from still-fairly-freshly-minted superstars Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson to up-and-comers who really seem fresh out of the oven, like Megan Moroney and TikTok sensation Dasha.
To a less emphatic extent, “we also know that we have to pay homage to the artists that got us here,” says executive producer John Hamlin, which for the 2024 show means paying tribute to two icons of ’90s country. “So we’re thrilled to be honoring Trisha Yearwood this year, something that Margaret Comeaux and Leslie Fram [his fellow producer] spent a lot of time orchestrating to make happen for the show. So having Trisha and then having Brooks and Dunn do...
To a less emphatic extent, “we also know that we have to pay homage to the artists that got us here,” says executive producer John Hamlin, which for the 2024 show means paying tribute to two icons of ’90s country. “So we’re thrilled to be honoring Trisha Yearwood this year, something that Margaret Comeaux and Leslie Fram [his fellow producer] spent a lot of time orchestrating to make happen for the show. So having Trisha and then having Brooks and Dunn do...
- 4/7/2024
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
The CMT Music Awards have a five-way tie for the most nominations going into the 2024 telecast, with Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, Cody Johnson, Megan Moroney and the show’s host, Kelsea Ballerini, picking up three nods apiece.
The nominations arrived Wednesday, less than a month before the CMTs take place at Austin’s Moody Center on April 7.
As has been the custom with the CMT Awards of late, the lineup of nominees for the top prize, video of the year, is a particularly loaded one, with 16 candidates presented to fans for the initial round of voting, to be whittled down to six before the second round begins on April 1, finally knocked down to three top vote-getters as more voting ensues on show day.
Up for video of the year besides Jelly Roll, Wilson, Ballerini and Johnson are Ashley McBryde, Brandy Clark featuring Brandi Carlile, Brothers Osborne, Darius Rucker, Hardy, Jason Aldean,...
The nominations arrived Wednesday, less than a month before the CMTs take place at Austin’s Moody Center on April 7.
As has been the custom with the CMT Awards of late, the lineup of nominees for the top prize, video of the year, is a particularly loaded one, with 16 candidates presented to fans for the initial round of voting, to be whittled down to six before the second round begins on April 1, finally knocked down to three top vote-getters as more voting ensues on show day.
Up for video of the year besides Jelly Roll, Wilson, Ballerini and Johnson are Ashley McBryde, Brandy Clark featuring Brandi Carlile, Brothers Osborne, Darius Rucker, Hardy, Jason Aldean,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Kelsea Ballerini hosts the 2024 CMT Music Awards
Four-time Grammy nominee Kelsea Ballerini has agreed to handle hosting duties for the fourth consecutive year with the 2024 CMT Music Awards. Ballerini will go it solo, guiding the Country music-driven awards show on Sunday, April 7th live from Austin, Texas’ Moody Center. The awards show will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ at 8pm Et/Pt (tape-delayed on the West Coast).
Ballerini is also confirmed to perform during this year’s broadcast.
Ballerini began her CMT Music Awards hosting run in 2021 alongside Kane Brown. Ballerini followed that gig up in 2022 by remotely hosting the show during the Covid pandemic. She and Brown returned in 2023 to host the show live.
“I couldn’t be more excited to be back for my fourth year with my CMT family to host this year’s CMT Music Awards in Austin, Texas. Hosting an awards show that...
Four-time Grammy nominee Kelsea Ballerini has agreed to handle hosting duties for the fourth consecutive year with the 2024 CMT Music Awards. Ballerini will go it solo, guiding the Country music-driven awards show on Sunday, April 7th live from Austin, Texas’ Moody Center. The awards show will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ at 8pm Et/Pt (tape-delayed on the West Coast).
Ballerini is also confirmed to perform during this year’s broadcast.
Ballerini began her CMT Music Awards hosting run in 2021 alongside Kane Brown. Ballerini followed that gig up in 2022 by remotely hosting the show during the Covid pandemic. She and Brown returned in 2023 to host the show live.
“I couldn’t be more excited to be back for my fourth year with my CMT family to host this year’s CMT Music Awards in Austin, Texas. Hosting an awards show that...
- 2/27/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The CMT Music Awards have announced that they will return live in 2024 with a ceremony set to take place on Sunday, April 7, from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. It will air from 8:00-11:00pm Eastern Time (delayed on the west coast) on the CBS network, and will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+ with Showtime.
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CMT Awards executive producers Margaret Comeaux, John Hamlin and Leslie Fram said in a statement, “We couldn’t be more excited to bring the CMT Music Awards on CBS back to Austin in 2024! From the electrifying, sold-out Moody Center crowd to fans packing the streets for our outdoor Congress stage, and Bevo himself walking the red carpet, our Texas-sized welcome proved to be one of our biggest and most unforgettable shows yet. We’re thankful...
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CMT Awards executive producers Margaret Comeaux, John Hamlin and Leslie Fram said in a statement, “We couldn’t be more excited to bring the CMT Music Awards on CBS back to Austin in 2024! From the electrifying, sold-out Moody Center crowd to fans packing the streets for our outdoor Congress stage, and Bevo himself walking the red carpet, our Texas-sized welcome proved to be one of our biggest and most unforgettable shows yet. We’re thankful...
- 10/5/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Poster for the ‘2024 CMT Music Awards’
The 2024 CMT Music Awards will be held on Sunday, April 7, 2024, and will air live from Austin, Texas on CBS at 8pm Et/Pt (tape delayed on the West Coast). The awards show will also stream on Paramount+ with Showtime.
“We couldn’t be more excited to bring the CMT Music Awards on CBS back to Austin in 2024! From the electrifying, sold-out Moody Center crowd to fans packing the streets for our outdoor Congress stage, and Bevo himself walking the Red Carpet, our Texas-sized welcome proved to be one of our biggest and most unforgettable shows yet. We’re thankful to our incredible partners at Moody Center and with the City of Austin and are thrilled to bring CMT’s signature blend of world premieres, genre-blending surprises and once-in-a-lifetime collaborations back this April!” said executive producers Margaret Comeaux, John Hamlin, and Leslie Fram.
The 2023 broadcast drew in 6.18 million viewers,...
The 2024 CMT Music Awards will be held on Sunday, April 7, 2024, and will air live from Austin, Texas on CBS at 8pm Et/Pt (tape delayed on the West Coast). The awards show will also stream on Paramount+ with Showtime.
“We couldn’t be more excited to bring the CMT Music Awards on CBS back to Austin in 2024! From the electrifying, sold-out Moody Center crowd to fans packing the streets for our outdoor Congress stage, and Bevo himself walking the Red Carpet, our Texas-sized welcome proved to be one of our biggest and most unforgettable shows yet. We’re thankful to our incredible partners at Moody Center and with the City of Austin and are thrilled to bring CMT’s signature blend of world premieres, genre-blending surprises and once-in-a-lifetime collaborations back this April!” said executive producers Margaret Comeaux, John Hamlin, and Leslie Fram.
The 2023 broadcast drew in 6.18 million viewers,...
- 10/5/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The CMT Music Awards will return on Sunday, April 7, 2024, from the Moody Center arena at the University of Texas in Austin. It’s the fan-voted awards show’s second year in Austin after previously being held in Nashville.
The country music festivities will air live on CBS from 8 p.m.-11 p.m. Eastern and be available on Paramount+ with Showtime via livestream and on-demand. Subscribers will be able to watch live via the feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service.
Paramount+ Essential subscribers will not have the option to stream live, but will have access to on-demand the day after the show airs.
The upcoming ceremony marks the third consecutive year that the CMT Music Awards will air on CBS. Competing fan-voted show, the People’s Choice Country Awards, launched this year on NBC and Peacock.
The 2023 CMT Music Awards earlier this year marked CBS’s biggest audience ever,...
The country music festivities will air live on CBS from 8 p.m.-11 p.m. Eastern and be available on Paramount+ with Showtime via livestream and on-demand. Subscribers will be able to watch live via the feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service.
Paramount+ Essential subscribers will not have the option to stream live, but will have access to on-demand the day after the show airs.
The upcoming ceremony marks the third consecutive year that the CMT Music Awards will air on CBS. Competing fan-voted show, the People’s Choice Country Awards, launched this year on NBC and Peacock.
The 2023 CMT Music Awards earlier this year marked CBS’s biggest audience ever,...
- 10/5/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
In an ultimate show-must-go-on moment in country music history, Wynonna Judd was not about to let the legacy of the Judds slip quietly into the sunset, rather than go out as spectacularly as intended, after her mother, Naomi Judd, died by suicide in April 2022. And so the Judds farewell tour that had been scheduled for last fall did proceed, against all probabilities, with a bevy of top stars trading places as Naomi’s stand-in each night. The emotional end of that road was captured for not just one but two new specials premiering on different Paramount platforms — “Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah,” a feature-length documentary that debuted Wednesday on Paramount+, and “The Judds: Love Is Alive — The Final Concert,” a two-hour performance special bowing tonight on CMT at 8 p.m. Et/Pt.
With the on-air premieres of the doc and concert special being spaced a few days apart, Judds...
With the on-air premieres of the doc and concert special being spaced a few days apart, Judds...
- 4/29/2023
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Wynonna Judd is set to star in a feature-length documentary for Paramount+ that will follow the legendary singer as she navigates the next phase of her life and career following the untimely passing of of her mother Naomi Judd.
Beginning with the decision to honor her mother’s legacy by continuing on with “The Judds: The Final Tour,” “Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah” captures candid onstage and behind-the-scenes moments as part of the sold-out nationwide tour, along with personal anecdotes from Wynonna’s friends and fellow artists Ashley McBryde, Brandi Carlile, Faith Hill, Little Big Town, Kelsea Ballerini, Martina McBride and Trisha Yearwood. The film also includes moving and intimate footage of Wynonna spending quiet, reflective time on the farm with her beloved family and animals, as she continues to process her grief.
“It’s real and it’s raw. It’s celebration and sadness. It’s all of...
Beginning with the decision to honor her mother’s legacy by continuing on with “The Judds: The Final Tour,” “Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah” captures candid onstage and behind-the-scenes moments as part of the sold-out nationwide tour, along with personal anecdotes from Wynonna’s friends and fellow artists Ashley McBryde, Brandi Carlile, Faith Hill, Little Big Town, Kelsea Ballerini, Martina McBride and Trisha Yearwood. The film also includes moving and intimate footage of Wynonna spending quiet, reflective time on the farm with her beloved family and animals, as she continues to process her grief.
“It’s real and it’s raw. It’s celebration and sadness. It’s all of...
- 4/18/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
The CMT Music Awards telecast has added some star power to this coming Sunday’s CBS telecast, with a couple of pairings that match famous female pop stars with women artists in the country world, plus a diversity-celebrating “Equal Play” honor for crossover queen Shania Twain.
On the collaborative front, Gwen Stefani will join recent No. 1 country hitmaker Carly Pearce for a duet of a yet-unannounced song.
And Alanis Morissette will be joined on her original signature number, “You Oughta Know,” by four of country’s most compelling young artists — Morgan Wade, Madeline Edwards and chart-toppers Lainey Wilson and Ingrid Andress (plus guitarist Jackie Venson) — as part of a salute to the 10th anniversary of CMT’s Next Women of Country initiative. All four of Morissette’s singing counterparts on this collab came up being featured as part of the annual Next Women lineups.
Twain will be receiving CMT’s Equal Play Award,...
On the collaborative front, Gwen Stefani will join recent No. 1 country hitmaker Carly Pearce for a duet of a yet-unannounced song.
And Alanis Morissette will be joined on her original signature number, “You Oughta Know,” by four of country’s most compelling young artists — Morgan Wade, Madeline Edwards and chart-toppers Lainey Wilson and Ingrid Andress (plus guitarist Jackie Venson) — as part of a salute to the 10th anniversary of CMT’s Next Women of Country initiative. All four of Morissette’s singing counterparts on this collab came up being featured as part of the annual Next Women lineups.
Twain will be receiving CMT’s Equal Play Award,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
CMT and CBS announced Wednesday night that “The CMT Music Awards” will be moving away from its traditional base in Nashville to Austin for 2023, with the broadcast taking place from that city’s Moody Center next April 2.
The news means that the CMA Awards telecast (which is about to air on ABC Nov. 9) is now the only one of the three major country music awards shows still taking place in Nashville — with the other two suddenly both earmarked for Texas. The third show in this triad, the ACM Awards, which aired from Nashville during the pandemic but otherwise have had the out-of-town novelty factor in airing from Las Vegas in recent years, recently announced a move to Dallas for 2023.
The CMT/CBS announcement was made at a Carrie Underwood concert at that new facility, where the star was joined on-stage — by Kelsea Ballerini, who will be returning for her third year as co-host.
The news means that the CMA Awards telecast (which is about to air on ABC Nov. 9) is now the only one of the three major country music awards shows still taking place in Nashville — with the other two suddenly both earmarked for Texas. The third show in this triad, the ACM Awards, which aired from Nashville during the pandemic but otherwise have had the out-of-town novelty factor in airing from Las Vegas in recent years, recently announced a move to Dallas for 2023.
The CMT/CBS announcement was made at a Carrie Underwood concert at that new facility, where the star was joined on-stage — by Kelsea Ballerini, who will be returning for her third year as co-host.
- 11/3/2022
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
CMT and CBS have set the date for the 2023 CMT Music Awards, airing Sunday, April 2, 2023 live from Austin, Texas’ Moody Center for the first time.
The fan-voted show and Paramount Global’s signature country music tentpole will again be on CBS and be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
Kelsea Ballerini will return as co-host for a third consecutive year. Her plans were revealed tonight during an onstage moment with Carrie Underwood as part of Underwood’s sold-out The Denim & Rhinestones Tour stop in at Moody Center.
Underwood, who holds the title as the winningest artist in CMT history with a total of 25 trophies, was revealed as first performer for the 2023 show.
Underwood, whose newest single and music video “Hate My Heart” are out now, is currently on her 43-city U.S. arena tour, which kicked off October 15 and continues through spring 2023, with upcoming stops including New York’s Madison Square Garden,...
The fan-voted show and Paramount Global’s signature country music tentpole will again be on CBS and be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
Kelsea Ballerini will return as co-host for a third consecutive year. Her plans were revealed tonight during an onstage moment with Carrie Underwood as part of Underwood’s sold-out The Denim & Rhinestones Tour stop in at Moody Center.
Underwood, who holds the title as the winningest artist in CMT history with a total of 25 trophies, was revealed as first performer for the 2023 show.
Underwood, whose newest single and music video “Hate My Heart” are out now, is currently on her 43-city U.S. arena tour, which kicked off October 15 and continues through spring 2023, with upcoming stops including New York’s Madison Square Garden,...
- 11/3/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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Wynonna Judd will re-create the last concert she preformed with her late mother, Naomi Judd, in a special show at Middle Tennessee State University on Nov. 3.
“This is a big fat hairy deal for me. 31 years ago, almost to the day, I did my last concert with my mom and we are recreating it,” Judd told a crowd of press on Wednesday morning at Fox & Locke restaurant in Leipers Fork, Tennessee.
The concert, which will take place at Mtsu’s Murphy Center, where the 1991 performance was set, will follow a sold-out show at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Judd announced on Monday that her final tour will be extended with 15 additional shows.
Judd is inviting the artists who performed during the 1991 show back for this event, as well as artists who have been with her on tour this year, including Ashley McBryde, Brandi Carlile,...
Wynonna Judd will re-create the last concert she preformed with her late mother, Naomi Judd, in a special show at Middle Tennessee State University on Nov. 3.
“This is a big fat hairy deal for me. 31 years ago, almost to the day, I did my last concert with my mom and we are recreating it,” Judd told a crowd of press on Wednesday morning at Fox & Locke restaurant in Leipers Fork, Tennessee.
The concert, which will take place at Mtsu’s Murphy Center, where the 1991 performance was set, will follow a sold-out show at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Judd announced on Monday that her final tour will be extended with 15 additional shows.
Judd is inviting the artists who performed during the 1991 show back for this event, as well as artists who have been with her on tour this year, including Ashley McBryde, Brandi Carlile,...
- 10/26/2022
- by Ashley Cullins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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George Strait, Brandi Carlile, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Little Big Town and Wynonna are among the artists who will pay tribute to Loretta Lynn on Oct. 30 during Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Loretta Lynn.
The event, helmed by CMT and Sandbox Productions in partnership with the late legend’s family, will air live and commercial free on CMT at 7 p.m. Edt from Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry. Lynn, 90, died at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, on Oct. 4.
Hosted by NBC’s Today co-host and family friend Jenna Bush Hager, the evening will also include performances and appearances from Barbara Mandrell, Lynn’s sister Crystal Gayle, Darius Rucker, Emmy Russell and Lukas Nelson, Faith Hill, Margo Price, Martina McBride, Sheryl Crow, Tanya Tucker, The Highwomen (Carlile, Amanda Shires, Natalie Hemby and Brittney Spencer) and more artists to be announced later.
George Strait, Brandi Carlile, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Little Big Town and Wynonna are among the artists who will pay tribute to Loretta Lynn on Oct. 30 during Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Loretta Lynn.
The event, helmed by CMT and Sandbox Productions in partnership with the late legend’s family, will air live and commercial free on CMT at 7 p.m. Edt from Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry. Lynn, 90, died at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, on Oct. 4.
Hosted by NBC’s Today co-host and family friend Jenna Bush Hager, the evening will also include performances and appearances from Barbara Mandrell, Lynn’s sister Crystal Gayle, Darius Rucker, Emmy Russell and Lukas Nelson, Faith Hill, Margo Price, Martina McBride, Sheryl Crow, Tanya Tucker, The Highwomen (Carlile, Amanda Shires, Natalie Hemby and Brittney Spencer) and more artists to be announced later.
- 10/20/2022
- by Melinda Newman, Billboard
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The lineup of five honorees for CMT’s Artists of the Year special has been set, with Walker Hayes, Carly Pearce and Cody Johnson being celebrated on the annual show for the first time, joining previous honorees Luke Combs and Kane Brown.
Filmed, as always, at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center, the 90-minute “CMT Artists of the Year” will air on CMT Oct. 14 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt after being taped in the week.
The non-competitive show is a more intimate complement to the larger-scale, fan-voted CMT Awards, with honorees being selected by the network from among the artists deemed to have made the most collective impact during the preceding year.
The special is typically filled with guest artists for salutes and collaborations; those are yet to be announced.
“Carly, Cody, Kane, Luke and Walker all represent the vibrant future of the country music format, as they defy convention and blaze new trails,...
Filmed, as always, at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center, the 90-minute “CMT Artists of the Year” will air on CMT Oct. 14 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt after being taped in the week.
The non-competitive show is a more intimate complement to the larger-scale, fan-voted CMT Awards, with honorees being selected by the network from among the artists deemed to have made the most collective impact during the preceding year.
The special is typically filled with guest artists for salutes and collaborations; those are yet to be announced.
“Carly, Cody, Kane, Luke and Walker all represent the vibrant future of the country music format, as they defy convention and blaze new trails,...
- 9/21/2022
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
“Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration” was broadcast live on CMT Sunday night two weeks and one day after the country music legend died. But it hadn’t been half that long in the planning. The show’s gestation really came just a week prior to air date, on — appropriately enough — Mother’s Day. That was when executive producer Jason Owen considered a wish that Naomi had put into her will several years back: that a memorial be held at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The only date the storied venue had open on which cameras and crowds could come in was just seven days ago. So Owen and his producing partners at CMT did what Naomi would have done: They hustled.
The expedience with which the show was produced worked in its favor, as there was still plenty of raw emotion to go around to lend the show its share of raw emotion.
The expedience with which the show was produced worked in its favor, as there was still plenty of raw emotion to go around to lend the show its share of raw emotion.
- 5/17/2022
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
The country music community gathered today at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville to remember one of their own. As it might be expected, the best way to honor and memorialize one of the genre’s greatest hitmakers was found in song.
Naomi Judd: A River of Time was carried live and commercial-free on CMT.
“It’s so weird, yet so natural, to be in front of (the fans), our chosen family for 38 years,” Wynonna Judd said near the end of the memorial. “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine,” she said, quoting a gospel hymn,
Then, Wynonna said that she would be going on the 11-date national tour that she and her mother had previously announced.
“The show must go on, as hard as it may be,” she said.
Naomi Judd never met a stranger, according to her husband, Larry Strickland. He spoke while flanked by Ashley and Wynonna Judd,...
Naomi Judd: A River of Time was carried live and commercial-free on CMT.
“It’s so weird, yet so natural, to be in front of (the fans), our chosen family for 38 years,” Wynonna Judd said near the end of the memorial. “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine,” she said, quoting a gospel hymn,
Then, Wynonna said that she would be going on the 11-date national tour that she and her mother had previously announced.
“The show must go on, as hard as it may be,” she said.
Naomi Judd never met a stranger, according to her husband, Larry Strickland. He spoke while flanked by Ashley and Wynonna Judd,...
- 5/16/2022
- by Bruce Haring and Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated, 5:33 p.m.: Brad Paisley, Carly Pearce, and Jamey Johnson have signed up to perform at the memorial service for five-time Grammy winner Naomi Judd, with Bette Midler, Reba McEntire and Reese Witherspoon being enlisted to deliver special messages, and Judd’s husband Larry Strickland being added to the list of speakers.
Good Morning America‘s Robin Roberts is hosting the event, titled Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration, which will take place at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. CMT will exclusively televise the memorial as a commercial-free special tomorrow at 6 p.m. Pt / 5 p.m. Ct.
Previously announced musicians set to perform include Ashley McBride, Brandi Carlile, the duo of Emmylou Harris & Allison Russell, Gaither Vocal Band and Little Big Town. Bono, Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey and Salma Hayek will also deliver special messages, with additional speakers to include Naomi’s daughters Ashley and Wynonna Judd, and singer-songwriter Martina McBride.
Good Morning America‘s Robin Roberts is hosting the event, titled Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration, which will take place at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. CMT will exclusively televise the memorial as a commercial-free special tomorrow at 6 p.m. Pt / 5 p.m. Ct.
Previously announced musicians set to perform include Ashley McBride, Brandi Carlile, the duo of Emmylou Harris & Allison Russell, Gaither Vocal Band and Little Big Town. Bono, Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey and Salma Hayek will also deliver special messages, with additional speakers to include Naomi’s daughters Ashley and Wynonna Judd, and singer-songwriter Martina McBride.
- 5/15/2022
- by Tom Tapp and Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated: Performers and a host have been announced for Sunday’s celebration of life for Naomi Judd, with Robin Roberts presiding over the proceedings and Brandi Carlile, Ashley McBryde, Little Big Town, the Gaithers and Emmylou Harris and Allison Russell singing in honor of Judd.
The memorial will air live and commercial-free on CMT Sunday at 6 p.m. Et/5 Ct with an encore presentation at 10 p.m. Et/9 Ct. On the west coast, it will be shown tape-delayed at 6 and 10.
Bono, Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey, Martina McBride and Salma Hayek will offer tributes, and Judd’s daughters Wynonna and Ashley Judd will appear. Carly Pearce and Cody Alan will host the CMT telecast. .
The program is being co-produced by CMT and Sandbox Live. The show’s executive producers are Margaret Comeaux and Leslie Fram of CMT, Jason Owen of Sandbox Live and Patrizia Dimaria of Ladypants Productions.
Said the CMT producers in a joint statement,...
The memorial will air live and commercial-free on CMT Sunday at 6 p.m. Et/5 Ct with an encore presentation at 10 p.m. Et/9 Ct. On the west coast, it will be shown tape-delayed at 6 and 10.
Bono, Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey, Martina McBride and Salma Hayek will offer tributes, and Judd’s daughters Wynonna and Ashley Judd will appear. Carly Pearce and Cody Alan will host the CMT telecast. .
The program is being co-produced by CMT and Sandbox Live. The show’s executive producers are Margaret Comeaux and Leslie Fram of CMT, Jason Owen of Sandbox Live and Patrizia Dimaria of Ladypants Productions.
Said the CMT producers in a joint statement,...
- 5/13/2022
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The 2022 CMT Music Awards have added more performers to its inaugural broadcast on CBS.
Jason Aldean will perform with Bryan Adams, while Jimmie Allen and Monica will join up with the previously announced Little Big Town. Walker Hayes and Thomas Rhett will also croon alongside Riley Green from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium on April 11.
Previously announced performers for the telecast include Mickey Guyton and Black Pumas, Kelsea Ballerini, Kane Brown, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd, Carly Pearce, Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson and Keith Urban. Kacey Musgraves will introduce the first televised performance of The Judds in 20 years, and Carrie Underwood will deliver an all-new performance from the Resorts World Theatre, home of her ongoing show Reflection: The Las Vegas Residency.
Hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and Anthony Mackie, The CMT Music Awards are the only fan-voted country music awards show. The show previously aired on...
Jason Aldean will perform with Bryan Adams, while Jimmie Allen and Monica will join up with the previously announced Little Big Town. Walker Hayes and Thomas Rhett will also croon alongside Riley Green from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium on April 11.
Previously announced performers for the telecast include Mickey Guyton and Black Pumas, Kelsea Ballerini, Kane Brown, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd, Carly Pearce, Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson and Keith Urban. Kacey Musgraves will introduce the first televised performance of The Judds in 20 years, and Carrie Underwood will deliver an all-new performance from the Resorts World Theatre, home of her ongoing show Reflection: The Las Vegas Residency.
Hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and Anthony Mackie, The CMT Music Awards are the only fan-voted country music awards show. The show previously aired on...
- 4/7/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
In the formerly cable-only show’s first year premiering as a prime-time broadcast TV tentpole, the CMT Music Awards will have country star Kelsea Ballerini returning as co-host, joined this year by actor Anthony Mackie, CBS announced Thursday.
Ballerini is taking on hosting duties for a second straight year. In 2021, she co-hosted with fellow country star Kane Brown, who was then in his second year in the role.
Mackie, best known for his roles in Marvel’s “Avengers” franchise, most recently as the co-lead in the Disney Plus limited series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” is a surprise choice to host a country awards show, although he did present an award on last year’s telecast.
The CMT Awards have primarily been hosted by country music figures in recent years, but the show does have a long history of bringing in actors to share the duties. Sarah Hyland co-hosted...
Ballerini is taking on hosting duties for a second straight year. In 2021, she co-hosted with fellow country star Kane Brown, who was then in his second year in the role.
Mackie, best known for his roles in Marvel’s “Avengers” franchise, most recently as the co-lead in the Disney Plus limited series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” is a surprise choice to host a country awards show, although he did present an award on last year’s telecast.
The CMT Awards have primarily been hosted by country music figures in recent years, but the show does have a long history of bringing in actors to share the duties. Sarah Hyland co-hosted...
- 3/10/2022
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
CBS and CMT have set a new April airdate and venue for the 2022 CMT Music Awards. CBS’ inaugural broadcast of country music’s entirely fan-voted awards show will now take place live Monday, April 11 from 8-11 p.m. live Et/delayed Pt from Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium and various locations in and around the city. The show will also be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
It’s been a bit of musical chairs for dates for the CMT Music Awards and Grammys on CBS. The CMT Music Awards, originally set for April 3, were displaced by the Grammy Awards, which shifted to April 3 after Covid forced a postponement of that ceremony’s original date in January.
It will be the first time the CMT Music Awards will air on CBS after ViacomCBS announced it was moving the annual country music awards show from cabler CMT to its broadcast sister.
It’s been a bit of musical chairs for dates for the CMT Music Awards and Grammys on CBS. The CMT Music Awards, originally set for April 3, were displaced by the Grammy Awards, which shifted to April 3 after Covid forced a postponement of that ceremony’s original date in January.
It will be the first time the CMT Music Awards will air on CBS after ViacomCBS announced it was moving the annual country music awards show from cabler CMT to its broadcast sister.
- 2/1/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The CMT Music Awards, which agreed to move their date and venue when the 2022 Grammy Awards announced their relocation to Las Vegas, have unveiled the new date and venue for their inaugural broadcast on CBS: The show will now broadcast live from Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium on Monday, April 11, from 8 p.m – 11 p.m. Et; the West Coast broadcast will be delayed, although the show will also be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
“The biggest and best moments in music are coming to CBS this April,” said Jack Sussman, executive vice president, specials, music, live events & alternative programming for CBS. “The CMT brand is preeminent in the world of country music, and we are thrilled that their team was able to coordinate a new date to bring this marquee event for television to CBS, and maximize the power of the ViacomCBS universe behind it.”
“It...
“The biggest and best moments in music are coming to CBS this April,” said Jack Sussman, executive vice president, specials, music, live events & alternative programming for CBS. “The CMT brand is preeminent in the world of country music, and we are thrilled that their team was able to coordinate a new date to bring this marquee event for television to CBS, and maximize the power of the ViacomCBS universe behind it.”
“It...
- 2/1/2022
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
After taking a break last year from the show’s usual artist-honoring format to put a pre-recorded spotlight on pandemic heroes, “CMT Artists of the Year” will return to both a live broadcast and music celebrities being celebrated in its 2021 incarnation, set for Oct. 13.
The five stars selected by the country music network for 2021 honors are Chris Stapleton, Gabby Barrett, Kane Brown, Kelsea Ballerini and Luke Combs.
Of this year’s class, two — Combs and Brown — are holdovers from 2019, when CMT last presented its “Artists of the Year” in the traditional manner. Ballerini was last feted in 2018, when the entire lineup was devoted to women artists. Stapleton had been part of the bill the year before that. That leaves Barrett, who’s currently up for best new artist at the CMA Awards, as the newcomer of the otherwise young-but-veteran bunch.
As in other years prior to 2020, “Artists of the Year...
The five stars selected by the country music network for 2021 honors are Chris Stapleton, Gabby Barrett, Kane Brown, Kelsea Ballerini and Luke Combs.
Of this year’s class, two — Combs and Brown — are holdovers from 2019, when CMT last presented its “Artists of the Year” in the traditional manner. Ballerini was last feted in 2018, when the entire lineup was devoted to women artists. Stapleton had been part of the bill the year before that. That leaves Barrett, who’s currently up for best new artist at the CMA Awards, as the newcomer of the otherwise young-but-veteran bunch.
As in other years prior to 2020, “Artists of the Year...
- 9/16/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Pioneering Black country superstar Charley Pride will be the subject of a 90-minute CMT special set for August, the network is announcing today, with stars like Luke Combs, Garth Brooks, Mickey Guyton and Darius Rucker participating in the commemoration.
Titled “CMT Giants: Charley Pride,” the special will be arriving when Pride-pride is still at a peak level, with his name constantly brought up in the current conversations about race and country music, and how his ascent to the top of the genre in the 1970s represented both an enormous breakthrough as well as an opportunity to keep the door open that was lost.
The special will premiere August 25 at 9 p.m. Et on the cable network.
“I am delighted to have so many ‘giants’ in the business celebrate the legacy of Pride,” said Rozene Pride, who was married to the singer for 54 years. “He would have been so happy to...
Titled “CMT Giants: Charley Pride,” the special will be arriving when Pride-pride is still at a peak level, with his name constantly brought up in the current conversations about race and country music, and how his ascent to the top of the genre in the 1970s represented both an enormous breakthrough as well as an opportunity to keep the door open that was lost.
The special will premiere August 25 at 9 p.m. Et on the cable network.
“I am delighted to have so many ‘giants’ in the business celebrate the legacy of Pride,” said Rozene Pride, who was married to the singer for 54 years. “He would have been so happy to...
- 7/15/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown have been announced as hosts of the 2021 CMT Music Awards, set to air June 9. Ballerini is new to the role; Brown returns for a second consecutive year.
The show will air not just on CMT but on four other MTV Entertainment Group outlets — MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network and TV Land.
Little has been revealed about the show to date — still Mia: performers, presenters, a location and the presence or non-presence of an audience — but nominations for the awards are being promised for Thursday morning.
For anyone feeling a sense of deja vu, the 2020 CMT Awards were held just last October, as one of many kudocasts that delayed a spring or summer berth to the fall as a result of the pandemic. Brown co-hosted last fall’s show with fellow country artist Ashley McBryde and actor Sarah Hyland.
Fan voting will start after the...
The show will air not just on CMT but on four other MTV Entertainment Group outlets — MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network and TV Land.
Little has been revealed about the show to date — still Mia: performers, presenters, a location and the presence or non-presence of an audience — but nominations for the awards are being promised for Thursday morning.
For anyone feeling a sense of deja vu, the 2020 CMT Awards were held just last October, as one of many kudocasts that delayed a spring or summer berth to the fall as a result of the pandemic. Brown co-hosted last fall’s show with fellow country artist Ashley McBryde and actor Sarah Hyland.
Fan voting will start after the...
- 5/12/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
CMT announced Wednesday that it has acquired exclusive broadcast rights for “Skyville Live,” an all-star concert series bringing together artists from the rock and pop worlds as well as the country and America that are the cable channel’s bread-and-butter.
The Viacom network will premiere the series with the Jan. 19 broadcast of “Skyville Live: Kris Kristofferson & Friends,” which has the venerable singer-actor joined by Jason Isbell, Brandy Clark, Lady A and Raul Malo of the Mavericks. Second up on the agenda Feb. 17 will be “Midnight Train to Georgia: Gladys Knight & Guests,” with the R&b-pop legend bringing in Martina McBride and Estelle.
Among the hour-long specials coming up down the pike as part of the series is a salute to Gregg Allman, including the late frontman of the Allman Brothers Band himself. Allman died in May 2017, so that is a bit of a tipoff to the vintage of the shows,...
The Viacom network will premiere the series with the Jan. 19 broadcast of “Skyville Live: Kris Kristofferson & Friends,” which has the venerable singer-actor joined by Jason Isbell, Brandy Clark, Lady A and Raul Malo of the Mavericks. Second up on the agenda Feb. 17 will be “Midnight Train to Georgia: Gladys Knight & Guests,” with the R&b-pop legend bringing in Martina McBride and Estelle.
Among the hour-long specials coming up down the pike as part of the series is a salute to Gregg Allman, including the late frontman of the Allman Brothers Band himself. Allman died in May 2017, so that is a bit of a tipoff to the vintage of the shows,...
- 1/13/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Heads up, country music fans: the nominations for the 2020 Cmt Music Awards are out.
Ashley McBryde, Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs, Sam Hunt, and Thomas Rhett are all tied for the most nominations this year with three each.
The awards ceremony will air on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 8/7c on Cmt and will also be simulcast across MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network, Pop TV and TV Land.
In case you didn’t know, the Cmt Music Awards have no academy calling the shots — these awards are entirely fan-voted. Voting is now open at vote.cmt.com.
This year, for the first time, certain “2020 Cmt Music Awards” nominations were revealed via Instagram Reels. You can see the announcement for the “Video of the Year,” “Female Video of the Year,” “Male Video of the Year,” and “Breakthrough Video of the Year” categories on Cmt’s Instagram page.
The group of 14 Video of...
Ashley McBryde, Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs, Sam Hunt, and Thomas Rhett are all tied for the most nominations this year with three each.
The awards ceremony will air on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 8/7c on Cmt and will also be simulcast across MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network, Pop TV and TV Land.
In case you didn’t know, the Cmt Music Awards have no academy calling the shots — these awards are entirely fan-voted. Voting is now open at vote.cmt.com.
This year, for the first time, certain “2020 Cmt Music Awards” nominations were revealed via Instagram Reels. You can see the announcement for the “Video of the Year,” “Female Video of the Year,” “Male Video of the Year,” and “Breakthrough Video of the Year” categories on Cmt’s Instagram page.
The group of 14 Video of...
- 9/23/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
In today’s TV News Roundup, Hulu released a trailer for upcoming documentary “We Are Freestyle Love Supreme,” and Cmt added new celebrities to the line-up for its upcoming special celebrating those continuing to work amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Casting
CBS has announced the 12 challengers competing on its upcoming reality series “Tough as Nails,” which aims to celebrate Americans with tough jobs that help keep the country running. The competitors include Linnett Key, a welder from Lecanto, Fla.; Danny Moody, a drywaller from Spokane, Wash.; Melissa Burns, a farmer from Milford Center, Ohio; Lee Marshall, a roofer from St. Louis, Mo.; Kelly “Murph” Murphy, a Marine Corps veteran from Paragon, Ind.; Linda Goodridge, a deputy sheriff from Marion, N.Y.; Luis Yuli, a scaffolder from the Bronx, N.Y.; Michelle S. Kiddy, a gate agent from Alexandria, Ky.; Callie Cattell, a fisherman from Bend, Ore.; Young An, a firefighter from Alexandria,...
Casting
CBS has announced the 12 challengers competing on its upcoming reality series “Tough as Nails,” which aims to celebrate Americans with tough jobs that help keep the country running. The competitors include Linnett Key, a welder from Lecanto, Fla.; Danny Moody, a drywaller from Spokane, Wash.; Melissa Burns, a farmer from Milford Center, Ohio; Lee Marshall, a roofer from St. Louis, Mo.; Kelly “Murph” Murphy, a Marine Corps veteran from Paragon, Ind.; Linda Goodridge, a deputy sheriff from Marion, N.Y.; Luis Yuli, a scaffolder from the Bronx, N.Y.; Michelle S. Kiddy, a gate agent from Alexandria, Ky.; Callie Cattell, a fisherman from Bend, Ore.; Young An, a firefighter from Alexandria,...
- 5/28/2020
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Sean Penn, Scarlett Johansson, Olivia Munn, Blake Shelton, Gary Sinise and Reba McEntire are among the big names set for Cmt Celebrates Our Heroes, a tribute special set to air June 3 on Paramount Network, TV Land and Pop TV.
The two-hour virtual tribute will recognize heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic including those in healthcare, education, business, the food industry, infrastructure, along with first responders, the U.S. military and more.
Country stars Jason Aldean, Zac Brown, Keith Urban, Jake Owen and Lee Brice also have joined Cmt Celebrates Our Heroes, as have American Idol mentor Bobby Bones and Cmt host Cody Alan.
They all will appear alongside previously announced guests Brandi Carlile, Brothers Osborne, Darius Rucker, Florida Georgia Line, Kane Brown, Kelsea Ballerini, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Sam Hunt, Tim McGraw and Thomas Rhett. Carrie Underwood, Kristen Bell and Lauren Daigle are set to make cameos.
The two-hour virtual tribute will recognize heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic including those in healthcare, education, business, the food industry, infrastructure, along with first responders, the U.S. military and more.
Country stars Jason Aldean, Zac Brown, Keith Urban, Jake Owen and Lee Brice also have joined Cmt Celebrates Our Heroes, as have American Idol mentor Bobby Bones and Cmt host Cody Alan.
They all will appear alongside previously announced guests Brandi Carlile, Brothers Osborne, Darius Rucker, Florida Georgia Line, Kane Brown, Kelsea Ballerini, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Sam Hunt, Tim McGraw and Thomas Rhett. Carrie Underwood, Kristen Bell and Lauren Daigle are set to make cameos.
- 5/28/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
A special celebrating the hit-filled work of country and pop music giant Kenny Rogers, who died in late March, will air on CMT.
The show bows on Wednesday, April 8 at 8 Pm Et/Pt on Cmt and will encore on MTV Live at 8:00 Pm Et/Pt on April 10 and again on Cmt at 12:00 Pm Et/Pt on April 11.
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The tribute will feature virtual performances and interviews from Rogers’ friends and collaborators, including Dolly Parton, Gavin DeGraw, Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires, Jennifer Nettles, Lady Antebellum, Lionel Richie, Michael McDonald, Randy Houser, Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill and more. All will be filmed directly from their homes and blended alongside rare archival photos, interviews and performances, with clips and commentary from Rogers himself.
The show bows on Wednesday, April 8 at 8 Pm Et/Pt on Cmt and will encore on MTV Live at 8:00 Pm Et/Pt on April 10 and again on Cmt at 12:00 Pm Et/Pt on April 11.
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The tribute will feature virtual performances and interviews from Rogers’ friends and collaborators, including Dolly Parton, Gavin DeGraw, Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires, Jennifer Nettles, Lady Antebellum, Lionel Richie, Michael McDonald, Randy Houser, Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill and more. All will be filmed directly from their homes and blended alongside rare archival photos, interviews and performances, with clips and commentary from Rogers himself.
- 4/2/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Cmt has slated a tribute to the late Kenny Rogers that will feature at-home performances and interviews with friends and celebrants including longtime duet partner Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires, Lady Antebellum, Vince Gill and others, to air April 8 as a benefit for the MusiCares organization’s Covid-19 relief fund.
Others participating in “Cmt Giants Kenny Rogers: A Benefit for MusiCares” will inclue Michael McDonald, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles, the soon-to-split Rascal Flatts, Randy Houser and more.
The special will premiere April 8 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt on Cmt, with a repeat showing April 11 at noon. It will also show again on MTV Live April 10 at 8.
The appearances by Rogers’ friends and acolytes will be filmed at home, as has become the custom in these shelter-in-place weeks. The new performances and interviews will be supplemented by archival clips.
“Kenny Rogers transcended genres and generations with his musical versatility,...
Others participating in “Cmt Giants Kenny Rogers: A Benefit for MusiCares” will inclue Michael McDonald, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles, the soon-to-split Rascal Flatts, Randy Houser and more.
The special will premiere April 8 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt on Cmt, with a repeat showing April 11 at noon. It will also show again on MTV Live April 10 at 8.
The appearances by Rogers’ friends and acolytes will be filmed at home, as has become the custom in these shelter-in-place weeks. The new performances and interviews will be supplemented by archival clips.
“Kenny Rogers transcended genres and generations with his musical versatility,...
- 4/2/2020
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
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