CBS to Air ‘Academy of Country Music Awards’ Apr. 15

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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The 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards broadcasts live from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, Apr. 15 on CBS. The telecast offers “the biggest names and emerging talent in country music, will feature exciting performances, unprecedented collaborations and surprising moments, with more announcements to follow in the coming months,” according to CBS.

The show is produced for television by Dick Clark Productions. Allen Shapiro, Mike Mahan, R.A. Clark, Barry Adelman and Mark Bracco are executive producers. Pete Fisher is executive producer for the Academy of Country Music.

Last year’s telecast did a 2.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.