CMA Music Festival Special Pulls In 5.54 Million Viewers

The Wednesday night (Aug. 3) airing of CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night To Rock on ABC garnered a 1.1/4 Live+Same Day rating, pulling in a viewership of 5.54 million, up from 2015’s average of 5.19 million viewers, according to zap2it.com.

In 2015, CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night To Rock averaged a 1.2/4 rating among adult viewers age 18-49.

The three-hour show featured hosts Thomas Rhett and Brett Eldredge, and included performances from Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Brett Eldredge, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Rascal Flatts, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton, Cole Swindell, Steven Tyler, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and Chris Young with Cassadee Pope.

CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock was executive-produced by Robert Deaton.

Filmed during CMA Music Festival June 9-12, the special featured performances from four-day celebration, which this year was highlighted by meet-and-greets in Fan Fair X, live music on 11 stages, more than 600 artists and celebrities, and a guest list of 88,500 fans.

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Jessica Nicholson

Jessica Nicholson serves as the Managing Editor for MusicRow magazine. Her previous music journalism experience includes work with Country Weekly magazine and Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) magazine. She holds a BBA degree in Music Business and Marketing from Belmont University. She welcomes your feedback at jnicholson@musicrow.com.

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