CBS and the American Music Awards will stay together for a longer term.

Dick Clark Productions, which produces the awards, and CBS have signed a five-year deal to continue airing the AMAs on the broadcast network, with a simultaneous stream on Paramount+ . The deal comes after the 2025 awards , which aired in late May, averaged 4.86 million viewers — the highest total for the awards since 2019. The audience was up about 38 percent from its last telecast on ABC in 2022. Replays on other Paramount channels and delayed viewing brought the audience to more than 10 million.

CBS and Dick Clark Productions first collaborated on the AMAs in 2024 for a special celebrating 50 years of the awards (though no awards were given out) that drew some 6 million viewers. The new deal will kick in

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