‘CMA Country Christmas’ Re-Air Date Moved

Chris Young

The encore broadcast of the CMA Country Christmas TV special has been moved to Thursday, Dec. 21 at 8 p.m. CT on ABC.

The eighth annual holiday special returns with first-time host Reba McEntire and includes two hours of festive performances from the Grand Ole Opry House by Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Bryan, CB30, Dan + Shay, Brett Eldredge, Alan Jackson, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch, Reba, CeCe Winans, Trisha Yearwood and Chris Young.

CMA Country Christmas was executive produced by Robert Deaton, directed by Paul Miller, and written by Jon Macks.

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Lorie Hollabaugh

Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.

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