Country Music’s Biggest Night featured across ABC
With less than a week until Country Music’s Biggest Night, the Country Music Association and ABC will celebrate with a variety of special programming leading into The 56th Annual CMA Awards, airing Wednesday, November 9th from 8-11 pm ET/delayed PT on ABC. Country Music fans will have a front-row seat to the lives of country stars around the world.
On Saturday, November 5th and Sunday, November 6th, ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles’ entertainment reporter George Pennacchio hosts On The Red Carpet: Countdown to the CMA Awards, a 30-minute special from Nashville featuring exclusive interviews with CMA Awards nominees Miranda Lambert, Locash, Maddie & Tae and Lainey Wilson.
CMA Awards host Luke Bryan joins ESPN’s College GameDay as Celebrity Guest Picker on Saturday, November 5th. College GameDay visits Athens, GA, for the Tennessee vs. Georgia game.
On Monday, November 7th, ESPN2 and ESPN+ present Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli as Peyton Manning welcomes his CMA Awards co-host Luke Bryan as a special guest.
On Monday, November 7th, ABC News’ annual special is hosted by Luke Bryan. ABC News teams travel across the globe to three different continents — Australia, Europe and North America — for a behind-the-scenes look at some of today’s top country stars. On the Road to the CMA Awards explores the highs and lows of life on tour, including the more private offstage moments, while meeting artists’ most passionate and loyal fans. Featured artists include Kane Brown, Russell Dickerson, Wynonna Judd, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Carly Pearce and Lainey Wilson.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! will host Breland on Tuesday, November 8th and Lainey Wilson on Wednesday, November 9th. Check local listings.
Good Morning America returns to Nashville for special CMA Awards coverage with Will Reeve on Wednesday, November 9th and with Lara Spencer on Thursday, November 10th. Reeve will be with 13x CMA Awards winner Keith Urban as he takes the Bridgestone Plaza stage bright and early on Wednesday, November 9th. 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 catch an early reveal of the CMA Awards winners for Musical Event of the Year and Music Video of the Year during GMA’s broadcast. The next morning, join Lara Spencer for behind-the-scenes interviews with the night’s CMA Award winners.
On Wednesday, November 9th, On The Red Carpet will feature live pre-show coverage of this year’s CMA Awards outside of Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Streaming on OnTheRedCarpet.com, beginning at 6:30 pm ET, ABC7/KABC-TV Los Angeles’ George Pennacchio and Roshumba Williams report from the red carpet giving viewers a behind-the-scenes look at this year’s awards – just moments before showtime – as well as interviews with many of this year’s CMA Awards nominees and hottest stars. The first hour of coverage will stream on OnTheRedCarpet.com and ABC Owned Television Stations’ 32 connected TV apps across streaming platforms Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Android TV and Roku; followed by a simulcast from 7:30-8 pm ET of On The Red Carpet on linear across 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.
