The American Music Awards is taking yet one more 12 months off. CBS and Dick Clark Productions are set to announce Tuesday that the AMAs, which weren’t held in 2023 — the primary time the kudocast went dark since its 1974 launch — also won’t hand out awards in 2024.
As a substitute, the following ceremony (dubbed “the world’s largest fan-voted award show”) will happen in May 2025, the network and producer revealed — shifting the AMAs to the spring for the primary time.
Instead this October, CBS will air a two-hour event, the “American Music Awards fiftieth Anniversary Special,” set to run at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT (simulcast on each coasts) on Oct. 6. This marks the start of a brand new relationship for the AMAs and Dick Clark Prods. with CBS, which also has taken over airing DCP’s Golden Globe Awards.
The special goals to rejoice the fiftieth anniversary of the AMAs, promising latest performances, in addition to artist interviews, special guests and never-seen footage from the DCP archives.
Per CBS and DCP, “This system will feature themed highlights from AMAs’ expansive show archives, each culminating with an original performance or artist interview. Segments will look back on the evolution of specific artists and genres on the AMAs, in addition to award and performance milestones. The performances, created only for ‘American Music Awards fiftieth Anniversary Special,’ will include collaborations, debuts from today’s hottest stars and appearances from AMAs legends.”
The network and producer said that performers for the special shall be announced in the approaching weeks.
The AMAs were created by Dick Clark for ABC in 1974 after the Alphabet web lost its deal to broadcast the Grammys (to CBS) and was in search of a brand new musical event. For a time period within the Nineteen Eighties, the AMAs even edged out the Grammys when it comes to viewers. Lionel Richie famously hosted the 1985 telecast after which immediately helped bring music’s superstars to record “We Are the World” later that night.
The AMAs initially aired in January or Februrary from 1974 to 2003. That 12 months, ABC actually aired a second AMA telecast in November, because the kudocast was then moved to the top of the 12 months. The AMAs continued in November (or once in October) until 2022, when its deal ended with ABC.
Besides CBS, the AMA special shall be available to stream live and on-demand for Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the following day.
