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EXCLUSIVE: Coming off its highest-rated season in franchise history, CMT has renewed Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team for a 15th season, premiering later this fall. The series, which launched in 2006, continues to be a huge ratings driver for CMT. Last summer’s Season 14 was up 23% in the P18-49 demo…

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. The tribute will feature…

CMT passed something like its own ERA today, pledging to evenly split the video airtime on its country music channels between female and male artists. The previous split was 40/60, favoring the men. "Time is really up in 2020,” said Leslie Fram, SVP of Music & Talent, CMT, in a statement. “All the talk around what can…

CMT, which came under the leadership of Chris McCarthy last November, put up strong results with its broadcast of the CMT Music Awards on Wednesday that McCarthy says offer proof the strategic shift is off to a good start. Simulcast across CMT, Paramount, TVLand, MTV, MTV2, Logo and MTV Classic, the Nashville awards…

The 2019 CMT Music Awards nominations are out, and many of the biggest acts in country music will vie for the hardware. Brothers Osborne, Maren Morris, Miranda Lambert and Zac Brown Band lead the field with three noms each, and such top acts as Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, EFlorida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, Jason…

With CMT being integrated into the Music Group (MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo), the Viacom network is eliminating several positions in the Nashville operations of CMT. Deadline has learned that the effort to streamline departments such as scheduling, communications and marketing is resulting in a number of positions being…

CMT is continuing their growth and gearing up for 2019 with a slate of new and returning shows for their Thursday night line-up which includes the new unscripted series show Racing Wives as well as the second season of Music City, both premiering on January 3. The network has also announced the return of Wife…

UPDATED: MeTV will pay tribute to the life and legacy of actor and star Burt Reynolds with a special week of his memorable role in the Western drama television series Gunsmoke. Six tribute episodes starring Reynolds will air Monday, September 10, through Saturday, September 15, from 1 PM –2  PM ET/PT. It will begin…

CMT is ramping up its programming slate with an eight-episode order of Racing Wives, a female-driven hour-long unscripted series from Jenny Daly’s T Group Productions, and has renewed hit docuseries Music City for a 10-episode second season. Both shows will premiere early next year. Set in Lake Norman, North Carolina,…

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the series finale of Nashville.  Nashville tonight wrapped its six-season run — four on ABC and two on CMT —  with an eventful finale that featured the return (in a flashback) of the beloved Rayna James (Connie Britton), a happy ending for virtually every character but…

CMT has released a first look at the upcoming final episode of country music drama Nashville. In the clip, Zach (Cameron Scroggins) presents an ultimatum to Brad (Jeffrey Nordling), Nashville's Next is about to name its star and Avery (Jonathan Jackson) and Juliette (Hayden Panettiere) are ready to face their future…

Communications veteran Kurt Patat has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Communications for Paramount Network and CMT. In the dual role, Patat will lead corporate communications, media relations, internal communications, and oversee publicity teams in New York, Los Angeles and Nashville for both Viacom brands…