{"id":20273,"date":"2021-04-29T16:53:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T21:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=20273"},"modified":"2021-04-29T16:53:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T21:53:47","slug":"2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;2021 CMT Music Awards&#8221; to Air on Wednesday, June 9th @ 8PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20274\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;<strong><em>2021 CMT Music Awards<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; &#8211; country music&#8217;s only entirely fan-voted award show &#8211; will celebrate music&#8217;s hottest stars, delivering two-and-a-half hours of nonstop performances and one-of-a-kind collaborations in and around Music City. The event will air Wednesday, June 9 @ 8PM, more details to be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1833242\/save-the-date-2021-cmt-music-awards-set-for-june-9\/\">CMT.com<\/a>, to see highlights from last year&#8217;s CMT Awards, and follow @CMT on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, use hashtag #CMTawards and &#8216;like&#8217; the CMT Music Awards on Facebook.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3963275280\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;2021 CMT Music Awards&#8221; &#8211; country music&#8217;s only entirely fan-voted award show &#8211; will celebrate music&#8217;s hottest stars, delivering two-and-a-half hours of nonstop performances and one-of-a-kind collaborations in and around Music City. The event will air Wednesday, June 9 @ 8PM, more details to be announced in the coming weeks. Visit CMT.com, to see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":""},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[846,847,235,848],"class_list":["post-20273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv_news","tag-cmt-awards","tag-country","tag-music","tag-nashville"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;2021 CMT Music Awards&quot; to Air on Wednesday, June 9th @ 8PM - Morty&#039;s TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;2021 CMT Music Awards&quot; to Air on Wednesday, June 9th @ 8PM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The &#8220;2021 CMT Music Awards&#8221; &#8211; country music&#8217;s only entirely fan-voted award show &#8211; will celebrate music&#8217;s hottest stars, delivering two-and-a-half hours of nonstop performances and one-of-a-kind collaborations in and around Music City. The event will air Wednesday, June 9 @ 8PM, more details to be announced in the coming weeks. Visit CMT.com, to see [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Morty&#039;s TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-29T21:53:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"372\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"morty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mortystv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"morty\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"morty\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55\"},\"headline\":\"&#8220;2021 CMT Music Awards&#8221; to Air on Wednesday, June 9th @ 8PM\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-29T21:53:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/\"},\"wordCount\":92,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"cmt awards\",\"country\",\"music\",\"nashville\"],\"articleSection\":[\"TV News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"2021 CMT Music Awards\\\" to Air on Wednesday, June 9th @ 8PM - Morty&#039;s TV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-29T21:53:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg\",\"width\":650,\"height\":372},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8220;2021 CMT Music Awards&#8221; to Air on Wednesday, June 9th @ 8PM\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Morty's TV\",\"description\":\"TV  News, Big Brother Fan Pages with Daily Updates, and Obits\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Morty's TV\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg\",\"width\":1226,\"height\":375,\"caption\":\"Morty's TV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/mortystv\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mortystv\/\",\"https:\/\/mortystv.bsky.social\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55\",\"name\":\"morty\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9771bc18cd2dc9f943285b8991604b9daa4e9c946c102fe5588c3c25ac52295?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9771bc18cd2dc9f943285b8991604b9daa4e9c946c102fe5588c3c25ac52295?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"morty\"},\"description\":\"TV historian and Big Brother fan. Former contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer TV section.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/author\/morty\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\"2021 CMT Music Awards\" to Air on Wednesday, June 9th @ 8PM - Morty&#039;s TV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\"2021 CMT Music Awards\" to Air on Wednesday, June 9th @ 8PM","og_description":"The &#8220;2021 CMT Music Awards&#8221; &#8211; country music&#8217;s only entirely fan-voted award show &#8211; will celebrate music&#8217;s hottest stars, delivering two-and-a-half hours of nonstop performances and one-of-a-kind collaborations in and around Music City. The event will air Wednesday, June 9 @ 8PM, more details to be announced in the coming weeks. Visit CMT.com, to see [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/","og_site_name":"Morty&#039;s TV","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","article_published_time":"2021-04-29T21:53:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":372,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"morty","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv","twitter_site":"@mortystv","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"morty","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/"},"author":{"name":"morty","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55"},"headline":"&#8220;2021 CMT Music Awards&#8221; to Air on Wednesday, June 9th @ 8PM","datePublished":"2021-04-29T21:53:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/"},"wordCount":92,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg","keywords":["cmt awards","country","music","nashville"],"articleSection":["TV News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/","name":"\"2021 CMT Music Awards\" to Air on Wednesday, June 9th @ 8PM - Morty&#039;s TV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg","datePublished":"2021-04-29T21:53:47+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg","width":650,"height":372},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/2021-cmt-music-awards-to-air-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8220;2021 CMT Music Awards&#8221; to Air on Wednesday, June 9th @ 8PM"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/","name":"Morty's TV","description":"TV  News, Big Brother Fan Pages with Daily Updates, and Obits","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Morty's TV","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg","width":1226,"height":375,"caption":"Morty's TV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","https:\/\/x.com\/mortystv","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mortystv\/","https:\/\/mortystv.bsky.social\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55","name":"morty","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9771bc18cd2dc9f943285b8991604b9daa4e9c946c102fe5588c3c25ac52295?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9771bc18cd2dc9f943285b8991604b9daa4e9c946c102fe5588c3c25ac52295?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"morty"},"description":"TV historian and Big Brother fan. Former contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer TV section.","sameAs":["http:\/\/mortystv.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","https:\/\/x.com\/http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv"],"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/author\/morty\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20888,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/12\/kelsea-ballerini-and-kane-brown-to-host-2021-cmt-music-awards-on-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/","url_meta":{"origin":20273,"position":0},"title":"Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown to Host &#8220;2021 CMT Music Awards&#8221; on Wednesday, June 9th @ 8PM","author":"morty","date":"May 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"CMT today announced country superstars Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown will take the stage as hosts of the \"2021 CMT Music Awards,\" country music's only entirely fan-voted award show, airing Wednesday, June 9th @ 8PM on CMT. The show will also air as a five-network simulcast across the following MTV\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cma-awards-2021.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cma-awards-2021.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cma-awards-2021.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21324,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/19\/first-round-of-star-studded-performers-revealed-for-2021-cmt-music-awards-airing-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/","url_meta":{"origin":20273,"position":1},"title":"First Round of Star-Studded Performers Revealed for 2021 &#8220;CMT Music Awards&#8221; Airing Wednesday, June 9th @ 8PM","author":"morty","date":"May 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"CMT today revealed the first round of powerhouse performers set to take the stage at the 2021 \"CMT Music Awards\" - country music's only fan-voted award show - airing Wednesday, June 9th at 8:00PM ET\/7:00PM CT on CMT, MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network and TV Land. Known for delivering unforgettable,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20929,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/13\/cmt-unveils-nominations-for-2021-cmt-music-awards-airing-wednesday-june-9th-8pm\/","url_meta":{"origin":20273,"position":2},"title":"CMT Unveils Nominations for &#8220;2021 CMT Music Awards&#8221; Airing Wednesday, June 9th @ 8PM","author":"morty","date":"May 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"CMT today unveiled the highly-anticipated nominations for the \"2021 CMT Music Awards,\" country music's only entirely fan-voted award show. Hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown, the show airs Wednesday, June 9th @ 8:00PM ET\/7:00PM CT on CMT, with a five-channel simulcast across MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network, and TV\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51768,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/17\/cmt-reveals-star-studded-programming-slate-for-second-annual-cmt-music-awards-week-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":20273,"position":3},"title":"CMT Reveals Star-Studded Programming Slate for Second-Annual &#8220;CMT Music Awards Week&#8221; [VIDEO]","author":"morty","date":"March 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"CMT today announced a slew of star-studded specials slated for the second-annual CMT MUSIC AWARDS WEEK, taking place Monday, March 27th - Sunday, April 2nd. The stacked week of original programming includes the debut of a brand-new series \"CMT Defining,\" in celebration of the 10th anniversary of \"CMT Next Women\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cmt-week-2022.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cmt-week-2022.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cmt-week-2022.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34391,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/10\/country-music-star-kelsea-ballerini-and-actor-anthony-mackie-to-host-the-2022-cmt-music-awards-monday-april-11-on-cbs\/","url_meta":{"origin":20273,"position":4},"title":"Country Music Star Kelsea Ballerini and Actor Anthony Mackie to Host the &#8220;2022 CMT Music Awards,&#8221; Monday, April 11 on CBS","author":"morty","date":"March 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\"CMT Music Awards Extended Cut\" to Air Friday, April 15 with All-New Performances and Bonus Content on CMT CBS and CMT announced today that country music star Kelsea Ballerini and actor Anthony Mackie will take the stage as co-hosts of the 2022 CMT MUSIC AWARDS, country music's only entirely fan-voted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cmt-awards.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35179,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/31\/cmt-kicks-off-first-ever-cmt-music-awards-week-with-live-original-programming-all-new-performances-and-multiple-awards-themed-specials\/","url_meta":{"origin":20273,"position":5},"title":"CMT Kicks Off First-Ever &#8220;CMT Music Awards Week&#8221; with Live Original Programming, All-New Performances and Multiple Awards-Themed Specials","author":"morty","date":"March 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"CMT today announced a slew of star-studded specials slated for the first-ever CMT MUSIC AWARDS WEEK, taking place Saturday, April 9th - Friday, April 15th. The week kicks off with \"Hot 20 Countdown LIVE,\" the series' first-ever LIVE special, followed by the official \"CMT Music Awards Nominee Special\" and the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cmt-week-2022.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cmt-week-2022.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/cmt-week-2022.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}