The ACM Awards will return to Prime Video for the next two years, with the 59th edition of the awards set for May 2024 at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The new deal will take the show through its milestone 60th anniversary in 2025.
This year’s 58th awards show, which was hosted by global superstars Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, was one of the most-watched awards shows of the year, bringing in more than 7.7 million viewers on Prime Video plus additional viewership across other Amazon channels. The 2022 ACM Awards became the first major awards show to exclusively stream live for a global audience.
“When Prime Video first streamed the ACM Awards in 2022, we were overwhelmed with the response from our global audience,” says Vernon Sanders, Head of Television, Amazon MGM Studios. “After seeing last year’s show grow to more than 7.7 million viewers, we could not be more thrilled to continue our relationship with the Academy of Country Music and Dick Clark Productions for the next two years, and especially through the show’s milestone 60th anniversary in 2025. We look forward to continuing the success and bringing even more star-studded and captivating shows to fans around the world.”
“The Academy is proud to extend our relationship with Amazon for the next two years, through the historic milestone of the 60th ACM Awards, and continue to bring Country Music’s Party of the Year live to a global audience on Prime Video,” says Damon Whiteside, Academy of Country Music CEO. “Thanks to the biggest host pairing of all time, Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, the comprehensive, cross-platform program with our partners at Prime Video and Amazon Music and the dedicated fans in Texas and around the world, the May 2023 show was a groundbreaking success and illustrates that our pioneering and innovative move to streaming was absolutely the right one at the right time! We’re eager to see everyone back in Texas once again at the home of the Dallas Cowboys next May for another groundbreaking ACM Awards show!”
Additional details about the 2024 ACM Awards, including award submissions and voting timeline, hosts, nominees, performers and ticket on-sale details, will be confirmed in the months ahead.
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By: LB Cantrell
Title: BREAKING: ACM Awards Inks Multi-Year Deal With Prime Video
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Published Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2023 17:00:48 +0000
