CBS has signed a new five-year deal with Dick Clark Productions for the American Music Awards to be broadcast on CBS and stream live on Paramount+ starting with the 2026 ceremony, which will once again be held on Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas.

The pact comes at an opportune time for DCP as CBS is looking for a broad, tentpole music awards show to replace the Grammys which are set to leave the network after the 2026 edition for Disney/ABC. (CBS also has the country-focused CMT Music Awards.) The deal builds on CBS and DCP’s existing relationship over the Golden Globes and comes on the heels of solid ratings performance for the 2025 AMAs.

The AMAs are following a similar path to the one CBS and DCP took with the Golden Globes where a one-off deal for the 2024 ceremony also led to a

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