CMA Awards 2019: Hosts, Performers, Presenters, Channel And Time

It’s once again time to celebrate all that country music has to offer.

The 2019 Country Music Association Awards airs Wednesday night on ABC and superstar Carrie Underwood is back to host the show, although Brad Paisley will not be joining her as co-host this year.

Instead, Underwood will get a little CMA Awards hosting help from a couple of her other country music friends.

Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton will be the broadcast’s special guest hosts for the evening, with the two even joining the “Cry Pretty” singer for a huge, decades-spanning medley performance to open the show. It will also feature Terri Clark, Sara Evans, Crystal Gayle, The Highwomen (made up of Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires), Martina McBride, Jennifer Nettles, Tanya Tucker and Gretchen Wilson.

The 53rd Annual CMA Awards will also see artists Kelsea Ballerini, Lindsay Ell, Little Big Town, Maddie & Tae, Ashley McBryde, Carly Pearce and Runaway June team up for an all-star performance of a recent CMA Single of the Year and CMA Song of the Year.

Airing live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville tonight, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST, the 2019 CMA Awards has so much more in store for viewers.

Other performers hitting the stage include Dierks Bentley with Chris Janson, John Osborne and Sheryl Crow, Brooks & Dunn with Brothers Osborne, Garth Brooks with Blake Shelton, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Lady Antebellum and Halsey, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves with Willie Nelson, Old Dominion, Parton with for KING & COUNTRY and Zach Williams, P!NK and Chris Stapleton, Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban and more.

The presenters at this year’s show are Bobby Bones, Blanco Brown, Hannah Brown, Deana Carter, Kristin Chenoweth, Janie Fricke, Jim Gaffigan, Kathy Mattea, Martina McBride, Craig Morgan, Jennifer Nettles, Madelaine Petsch, Midland, J.B. Smoove, Pam Tillis, Morgan Wallen and Trisha Yearwood.

Catch all of the country music performances, winners and more when the 2019 CMA Awards airs on ABC on Wednesday at 8 p.m. EST.