Latest Articles About CMA Country Christmas on ABC![]() by Kaitlin Milligan - February 25, 2020 Four time GRAMMY® Award winning duo and Curb | Word Entertainment recording artist for KING & COUNTRY is taking its unparalleled live show on the road this summer, and will take some friends along for the ride. The first ever for KING & COUNTRY with Company | Summer Nights Tour will see the groundbr... ![]() by Michael Major - October 25, 2022 Offering a mix of first-time nominees, along with reigning CMA Awards winners, artists taking the stage for performances this year include Jimmie Allen, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Bryan, Kelly Clarkson, HARDY, Marcus King, Miranda Lambert, Carly Pearce, Carrie Underwood, Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson, an... ![]() by BWW News Desk - December 22, 2018 “CMA Country Christmas,” the two-hour primetime annual holiday special, will air a special encore presentation Today, Dec. 22 at 8:00 PM/ET (7:00 PM/CT) on the ABC Television Network. Hosted by and featuring performances from iconic entertainer Reba McEntire, “CMA Country Christmas” also includes Ch... ![]() by Tori Hartshorn - December 12, 2018 “CMA Country Christmas,” the two-hour primetime annual holiday special, will air a special encore presentation Saturday, Dec. 22 at 8:00 PM/ET (7:00 PM/CT) on the ABC Television Network. Hosted by and featuring performances from iconic entertainer Reba McEntire, “CMA Country Christmas” also includes... ![]() by Michael Major - November 22, 2021 Performers for the broadcast will include Gabby Barrett, Carly Pearce, Jimmie Allen, BRELAND, Brett Eldredge, Lady A, Pistol Annies, Carrie Underwood, and Lainey Wilson. The show blends holiday classics with several original songs performed in an intimate at-home setting that invites viewers to cele... ![]() by Tori Hartshorn - December 18, 2018 NBC's “Sunday Night Football” coverage of the Philadelphia Eagles-Los Angeles Rams NFL game has scored as the #1 primetime telecast of the ratings week of Dec. 10-16 in adults 18-49 and total viewers, leading NBC to a tie for #1 for the week in the key 18-49 demo, according to “live plus same day” v... ![]() by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 18, 2019 ABC Audio will provide three specials to affiliates to kick off the holiday season over Thanksgiving weekend: “Every Girl At Christmas,” “Rock & Reelz” and “America's Bounty.”... ![]() by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 01, 2019 As previously announced, country superstar Trisha Yearwood will host and perform on the 10th annual 'CMA Country Christmas,' airing TUESDAY, DEC. 3 (9:00-11:00 p.m. EST), on ABC. 'CMA Country Christmas' features Christmas classics and festive one-of-a-kind collaborations by artists including Kristin... ![]() by Tori Hartshorn - November 29, 2018 "CMA Country Christmas" is set to air Monday, Dec. 10 at 8:00 PM/ET (7:00 PM/CT) on the ABC Television Network. Reba McEntire returns as both host and performer during the holiday music special. In addition to Reba, legendary acts and Country favorites in the all-star lineup include Tony Bennett, Da... ![]() by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 25, 2019 Platinum-selling artist and multi-instrumentalist entertainer Chris Janson's new single “Done,” a song that MusicRow hails as “True Country Excellence,” is the most-added single at country radio this week with 48 first week adds. The track is the second single from Janson's highly anticipated new al... ![]() by Tori Hartshorn - February 28, 2019 The Country Music Association awarded Kacey Musgraves with the 2019 CMA International Artist Achievement Award last night, Feb. 27, surprising her backstage prior to her performance at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium. The award recognizes outstanding achievement by a United States-based artist... ![]() by Kaitlin Milligan - February 06, 2019 The Country Music Association's new international artist-focused touring series, Introducing Nashville, will join the C2C lineup in Berlin and Amsterdam. Lindsay Ell, Lauren Jenkins and Logan Mize will open the first C2C Berlin at the Verti Arena Berlin with a mainstage performance on Saturday, Marc... ![]() by Kaitlin Milligan - December 20, 2018 "CMA Country Christmas," the two-hour primetime annual holiday special, will air a special encore presentation Saturday, Dec. 22 at 8:00 PM/ET (7:00 PM/CT) on the ABC Television Network. Hosted by and featuring performances from iconic entertainer Reba McEntire, "CMA Country Christmas" also includes... ![]() by Kaitlin Milligan - December 20, 2018 "CMA Country Christmas," the two-hour primetime annual holiday special, will air a special encore presentation Saturday, Dec. 22 at 8:00 PM/ET (7:00 PM/CT) on the ABC Television Network. Hosted by and featuring performances from iconic entertainer Reba McEntire, "CMA Country Christmas" also includes... ![]() by Tori Hartshorn - February 20, 2019 The Country Music Association honored the songwriters behind Country Music's biggest hits at the 10th annual CMA Triple Play Awards Tuesday, Feb. 19 during an intimate, industry luncheon at Marathon Music Works in Nashville. CMA Triple Play Awards recipients were honored for having penned three No. ... ![]() by Tori Hartshorn - December 03, 2018 'CMA Country Christmas' airs Monday, Dec. 10 at 8:00 PM/ET (7:00 PM/CT) on the ABC Television Network. Reba McEntire hosts and performs for the second year during the ninth broadcast of the holiday music special. Other legendary acts and Country favorites taking the stage include Tony Bennett, Dan +... ![]() by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 16, 2020 With Christmas just around the corner, the Country Music Association has revealed performers for its annual holiday special, “CMA Country Christmas.” Kelsea Ballerini, Gabby Barrett, Dan + Shay, Florida Georgia Line, Lady A, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, Thomas Rhett, and Darius Rucker with Lindsey S... ![]() by Kaitlin Milligan - September 09, 2019 The Country Music Association is continuing to further the expansion of Country Music abroad by securing the television broadcast of the CMA Awards on German television. “The CMA Awards” will be broadcast by RTL's free-to-air Vox channel in Germany, Switzerland and Austria this November. In additio... ![]() by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 11, 2020 The Country Music Association has revealed the final performer for tonight's CMA Awards. Country superstar Kelsea Ballerini will take the stage to perform her hit single 'hole in the bottle.'... ![]() by A.A. Cristi - November 15, 2019 Mark O'Connor's 'An Appalachian Christmas,' an evening of holiday favorites performed by Grammy Award-winning bluegrass and American roots musicians, comes to Musco Center for the Arts on Tuesday, December 17 at 7:30pm. The O'Connor family and their band invigorate familiar holiday classics for a de... ![]() by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 17, 2021 The network will remain the home of “The CMA Awards” - Country Music’s Biggest Night™, as well as CMA broadcast specials “CMA Fest” and “CMA Country Christmas,” through 2026.... ![]() by Michael Major - October 24, 2022 Two dazzling specials featuring some of the biggest names in music will bring melodies in December: “A Very Backstreet Christmas” celebrates the holidays with The Backstreet Boys, and “Finding Harmony” is an uplifting story featuring EGOT winner John Legend and David Brown, founder of the Columbus-b... ![]() by Kaitlin Milligan - March 28, 2019 The Country Music Association has announced the promotion of Catharine McNelly to Senior Director of Communications, overseeing the organization's media and communications efforts, while Stephanie Shank joins CMA's Communications team as Manager of Production & Talent Relations. ... ![]() by Kaitlin Milligan - May 06, 2019 The Country Music Association hosted music industry partners and colleagues during the Music Business Association's annual conference – Music Biz 2019, held this week in Nashville. CMA sponsored the event's kickoff festivities today, which included a welcome breakfast and CMA Songwriters Series perf... ![]() by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 23, 2020 Here are the highlights of the 11 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night (12/22/20).... |