CMA and ABC Celebrate Country Music’s Biggest Night™ with special programming leading up to “The 56th Annual CMA Awards”

CMA AND ABC CELEBRATE COUNTRY MUSIC’S BIGGEST NIGHT™ WITH SPECIAL PROGRAMMING LEADING IN “The 56s^thANNUAL CMA AWARDS”

Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning host The 56^th CMA Annual Awards” Live from Nashville, Wednesday, November 9 at 8:00 PM on ABC

Country music’s biggest night is less than a week away™The Country Music Association and ABC will celebrate with a variety of special programming leading up to “The 56^th Annual CMA Awards,” broadcast Wednesday, November 9 (8:00-11:00 p.m./EST), on ABC. Country music fans will have a front row seat to the lives of country stars around the world.

“ON THE RED CARPET: COUNTDOWN TO THE CMA AWARDS” – SATURDAY, NOV. 5 AND SUNDAY, NOV. 6 (check local listings)

On Saturday, November 5and Sunday, November 6entertainment reporter at ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles George Penacchio hosts On the Red Carpet: Countdown to the CMA Awards, a 30-minute special from Nashville featuring exclusive interviews with CMA Award nominees Miranda Lambert, LOCASH, Maddie & Tae and Laney Wilson.

“ESPN COLLEGE GAMEDAY” – SATURDAY, NOV. 5 (9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EDT, ESPN)

Host of the CMA Awards Luke Bryan joins ESPN’s “College GameDay” as a selection of celebrity guests Saturday, November 5. “College GameDay” visits Athens, Georgia for the Tennessee vs. Georgia game.

“MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL WITH PEYTON AND ELI” – MONDAY, NOV. 7 (8:15 PM/EST)

On Monday, November 7ESPN2 and ESPN+ present “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” as Peyton Manning welcomed his CMA Awards co-host Luke Bryan as a special guest.

ON THE ROAD TO THE CMA AWARDS – MONDAY, NOV. 7 (10:00am-11:00pm/EST)

On Monday, November 7, ABC News’ annual special is hosted by country music superstar Luke Bryan. ABC News crews travel around the world to three different continents – Australia, Europe and North America – to get a behind-the-scenes look at some of country music’s top stars today. “On the Road to the CMA Awards” explores the highs and lows of life on tour, including the more personal moments offstage, while meeting artists’ most passionate and loyal fans. Featured artists include Kane Brown, Russell Dickerson, Winona Judd, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Carly Pearce and Laney Wilson.

“JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!” – TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 AND WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9 (11:35 PM/EST)

Don’t miss country music acts joining “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” for very special performances. CMA Award Nominated BRELAND attends the show of Tuesday, November 8, to perform. And this year, the most nominated artist at the CMA Awards with six nominations, Lainey Wilson, takes the stage to perform at Wednesday, November 9.

GOOD MORNING AMERICA – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 & THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 (7:00-9:00 AM/EST)

“Good Morning America” ​​returns to Nashville for special coverage of the CMA Awards Will Reeve On Wednesday, November 9 and with Lara Spencer On Thursday, November 10. Reeve will be with the country music superstar and 13-time CMA Award winner Keith Urban as he takes the Bridgestone Plaza stage bright and early Wednesday, November 9. Plus, CMA Awards hosts Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning will share a behind-the-scenes look at rehearsals ahead of Country Music’s Biggest Night. Fans can also see the early reveal of the CMA Awards winners for Music Event of the Year and Music Video of the Year during the GMA broadcast. The next morning, join Lara Spencer for backstage interviews with the night’s CMA Awards honorees.

“ON THE CMA AWARDS LIVE RED CARPET” – WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9 (6:30-8:00 p.m./EST – streaming on Hulu/check local listings)

On Wednesday, November 9, “On the Red Carpet” will feature a live pre-show broadcast of this year’s CMA Awards outside Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Streaming on TheRedCarpet.com, beginning at 6:30 p.m./ET, ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles George Penaccio and Roshumba Williams red carpet coverage, giving viewers a behind-the-scenes look at this year’s awards—just moments before the show—as well as interviews with many of this year’s CMA nominees and hottest stars. The first hour of the show will air on OnTheRedCarpet.com and ABC Owned Television Stations’ 32 affiliated TV apps on Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV and Roku streaming platforms; followed by a 7:30-8:00 p.m./ET simulcast of “On the Red Carpet” linearly on ABC-owned television stations: ABC7/WABC-TV New York, ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles, ABC7/ WLS- TV Chicago, 6ABC/WPVI-TV Philadelphia, ABC7/KGO-TV San Francisco, ABC13/KTRK-TV Houston, ABC11/WTVD-TV Raleigh-Durham, ABC30/KFSN-TV Fresno and ABC affiliates (check local listings ).

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About the CMA Awards

The first “CMA Awards Banquet and Show” was held in 1967. The following year, the CMA Awards aired for the first time – making it the longest-running annual music awards program on network television. The CMA Awards have been broadcast on ABC since 2006. ABC is the network home of the CMA Awards and the other two CMA television properties, “CMA Fest” and “CMA Country Christmas.”