Overview
- The 16th annual hour-long broadcast begins at 9/8c on ABC, with next-day streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.
- Confirmed performers include Lauren Daigle, Jordan Davis, Riley Green, Lady A, Little Big Town, Parker McCollum, Megan Moroney, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, and BeBe Winans.
- Featured collaborations include Daigle with Preservation Hall Jazz Band on a medley of “Jingle Bells,” “What Child Is This,” and “Winter Wonderland,” Davis with Little Big Town on “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” and Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, and BeBe Winans on “Children, Go Where I Send Thee.”
- Additional performances include Lady A’s “Angels (Glory to God)” and “Wouldn’t Be Christmas,” Riley Green’s “Christmas to Me,” Parker McCollum’s “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” Megan Moroney’s “All I Want for Christmas Is a Cowboy,” Little Big Town’s “If We Make It Through December,” and BeBe Winans’ “We Are the Reason.”
- The CMA-produced special was filmed earlier this year before a live audience in Nashville, with Robert Deaton as executive producer, Milton Sneed directing, and Jon Macks writing.