The ACM Red Carpet Is Back!

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Because of the pandemic, it's been almost a year since we've had a country music award show red carpet, but the ACM's will have one this week!

In partnership with People TV, the ACM's announced announced today that it will be producing and exclusively live-streaming PeopleTV Red Carpet Live: 55th ACM Awards, the official pre-show for the 55th Academy Of Country Music Awards on Wednesday, September 16 beginning at 7:00PM ET/6:00PM CT/4:00PM PT.

The pre-show, hosted by PeopleTV’s Jeremy Parsons in New York, will feature interviews with ACM Awards performers, presenters and nominees from Nashville and will be available exclusively on PEOPLE’s digital platforms, including PeopleTV, the streaming network from PEOPLE and Entertainment Weekly, PEOPLE.com, PEOPLE’s YouTube channel, and the Facebook and Twitter accounts for PEOPLE and PeopleTV.

The 55th ACM Awards, hosted by reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year Keith Urban, will be broadcast on Wednesday, September 16 (live 8:00-11:00 PM ET/delayed PT) on CBS.

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Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media GroupEditor

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.