CBS Holds ‘American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special’ Oct. 6

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Will celebrate half-century of fan awards before the annual event airs in spring 2025

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The American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special will be on CBS and Paramount Plus Sunday, October 6. The two-hour broadcast will “commemorate half a century of iconic moments, unforgettable performances and rich pop-culture history,” according to CBS. 

Performers will be announced in the coming weeks. CBS promises performances created for the special, artist interviews and unseen footage from event archives, “highlighting iconic moments that have defined the awards show and shaped pop culture.”

A host has not yet been named for the special. 

The 2023 event did not happen and ABC aired the 2022 AMAs.

Dick Clark Productions produces the event. Clark created the American Music Awards, which were first awarded in 1974. DCP events also include Academy of Country Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.

After the anniversary special, the annual American Music Awards will return in May 2025 on CBS.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.