Charles Esten News

The Academy of Country Music® presented the 11th Annual ACM Honors, an evening dedicated to recognizing the special honorees and off-camera category winners from the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards.

Stars of the hit CMT series Nashville will embark on a fourth U.S. concert tour this summer, playing 11 shows in July and August, which includes a stop at Ruth Eckerd Hall today, July 25 at 8 pm.  Tickets go on sale Friday, May 5 at noon. The U.S. tour comes on the heels of a highly successful 10-show international tour that has already sold out multiple concerts in the UK and Ireland.  For a complete list of tour dates visit http://www.opry.com/nashvilletour.

Country music's hottest night of the year turned it up a notch as host Charles Esten (“Nashville”) led an all-star party featuring first-time musical mash-ups, record-breaking wins and an all-star tribute to the late Gregg Allman.

With just a few hours until show time, CMT today revealed the finalists for the highly-coveted 'Video of the Year' award at the 2017 CMT MUSIC AWARDS the loudest night in country music.

With country music's loudest night just one day away, CMT today announced the presenter list for the 2017 CMT MUSIC AWARDS.

CMT today announced it will honor Gregg Allman and celebrate his everlasting impact on American music during the 2017 CMT MUSIC AWARDS with a musical tributes from country superstars Jason Aldean, Darius Rucker and Lady Antebellum'sCharles Kelley live from Nashville on Wednesday, June 7th at 8:00pm ET/PT. Additional artists to be announced soon.

CMT today announced it will honor Gregg Allman and celebrate his everlasting impact on American music during the 2017 CMT MUSIC AWARDS with a musical tributes from country superstars Jason Aldean, Darius Rucker and Lady Antebellum'sCharles Kelley live from Nashville on Wednesday, June 7th at 8:00pm ET/PT.

Breakout stars Kelsea Ballerini and Thomas Rhett will face off against country music heavyweight Keith Urban at the fan-voted 2017 CMT MUSIC AWARDS,hosted by Nashville's Charles Esten, premiering LIVE from Nashville on Wednesday, June 7th at 8pm ET/PT.

CMT today unveiled its forthcoming summer programming slate that includes a mix of hit originals and music specials.

Stars of the hit CMT series Nashville will embark on a fourth U.S. concert tour this summer, playing 11 shows in July and August, which includes a stop at Ruth Eckerd Hall on Tuesday, July 25 at 8 pm.  Tickets go on sale Friday, May 5 at noon. The U.S. tour comes on the heels of a highly successful 10-show international tour that has already sold out multiple concerts in the UK and Ireland.  For a complete list of tour dates visit http://www.opry.com/nashvilletour.

Deacon Claybourne is taking the reins of the loudest night in country music as CMT today announced that "Nashville" star Charles Esten will host the fan-voted 2017 CMT MUSIC AWARDS, live from Nashville on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 8:00 pm ET/PT.

CMT today announced “Nashville” will return for a new season with 16 episodes premiering early next year. In addition, the network revealed a midseason premiere date of Thursday, June 1 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.  Charles Esten (Deacon) first announced the renewal on Facebook Live on behalf of the entire cast. In the coming weeks, CMT will announce its complete 2017-2018 slate.

CMT today announced Rachel Bilson (“The OC,” “Hart of Dixie”) and Kaitlin Doubleday (“Empire”) will join the cast of NASHVILLE.

The second annual Pepsi SpringJam, set for April 28 & 29, 2017 at Aaron Bessant Park in beautiful Panama City Beach, promises two days of some of the hottest names in music, and organizers have released the exciting full lineup for the event

Following two weeks of consecutive growth, NASHVILLE ratings on CMT continue to rise and shatter network records. The newest episode aptly entitled “Leap of Faith” attracted more than 2 million viewers pulling a .95 A 18-49, notching an 18% rise in ratings since the season premiere on January 5.

On the heels of last week's record-breaking premiere on CMT, the newest episode of NASHVILLE surpassed its CMT debut to steal the title as the network's most watched original series telecast ever

The critically acclaimed season premiere of NASHVILLE was the most watched original cable program of the night, generating record-breaking numbers and now ranks as the most-watched original telecast in CMT history

CMT today announced “NASHCHAT” the first-ever social interactive fan hangout and conversation companion to the hit series “Nashville,” across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat

Nashies set your DVRs now! As an early holiday gift for the fans, CMT today announced plans to sneak the first hour of the two-hour season premiere of NASHVILLE today, December 15 at 9pm ET/PT.