How To Watch The 2024 CMT Awards Online: Channel, Time

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Quick Answer: Fans can watch the 2024 CMT Awards online for free with trials to DirecTV Stream, fuboTV, or Paramount+ with Showtime.

Some of country music’s biggest stars will head to Austin, Texas, tonight for the 2024 CMT Music Awards. After hosting three previous shows, country superstar Kelsea Ballerini will return to host the ceremony solo for the first time, and even hit the stage to perform. Ballerini, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, and more are up for some of the top prizes of the night, but who will fans award Video of the Year? Here’s where to stream the CMT Awards online (plus how you can tune in for free) to find out.

How to Watch the CMT Awards Online Without Cable

Cut your cable? These streaming services let you watch the CMT Music Awards on CBS online:

Stream CMT Awards on DirecTV Stream

One of the best ways to watch the CMT Awards for free without cable tonight is with DirecTV Stream, the live TV streamer that comes with a five-day free trial. Country fans will get access to local broadcasts, from CBS to ABC, with any of its plans, which start at $79.99 a month following the free trial.

Stream CMT Awards on fuboTV

Used up your DirecTV Stream free trial already? You can watch the CMT Awards online with fuboTV, which currently offers a seven-day free trial for new subscribers. Viewers can watch local channels like CBS with a fuboTV Pro plan, which costs $79.99 a month after the trial expires.

Stream CMT Awards on Paramount+ With Showtime

Paramount+ will simulcast the CMT Music Awards when they air live on CBS, but fans will need the service’s Paramount+ with Showtime plan to watch tonight on April 7. The plan comes with a seven-day free trial, then costs $11.99 a month to continue your subscription.

Stream CMT Awards on Hulu + Live TV

Another way to catch the 2024 CMT Music Awards without cable is through a Hulu + Live TV subscription. The ad-supported package comes with 95+ channels, including CBS, starting at $76.99 a month. It also gives you access to watch Disney+ and ESPN+, both of which come included with the service.

Can You Watch the CMT Music Awards for Free?

You bet. If you’re looking for a free way to livestream tonight’s CMT Music Awards, you have no shortage of options. Country fans can tune into the CMT Awards online for free with trials to DirecTV Stream and fuboTV, as well as Paramount+ With Showtime. You won’t be charged for the subscriptions so long as you cancel your membership before the trials end.

When Are the 2024 CMT Awards? Date, Time, Channel

The 2024 CMT Music Awards air live tonight, April 7, 2024, on CBS, at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. The show kicks off at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT / 5 p.m. PT.

Who’s Nominated at the CMT Awards?

Ballerini, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney, and Cody Johnson lead the 2024 CMT Music Awards nominations, each scoring three nods a piece, including the top Video of the Year prize. Anne Wilson, Ashley Cooke, Brittney Spencer, and Tigirlily Gold are up for Breakthrough Female Video of the Year, while Tyler Childers, Zach Bryan, Chayce Beckham, and Warren Zeiders received nods for Breakthrough Male Video of the Year.

Who’s Performing at the CMT Awards?

Some of country biggest acts will grace the awards show stage tonight, from Jelly Roll to Ballerini. Keith Urban will perform his new track “Straight Line,” and Wilson is set to play the new single “Country’s Cool Again.”

On top of that, the evening’s performers include Sam Hunt, who’s debuting a new song, as well as Ballerini, Bailey Zimmerman, and Trisha Yearwood, who will also receive the the June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award. Dasha, Jordan Davis, Old Dominion, Cody Johnson, Megan Moroney, Parker McCollum, and Brittney Spencer will also perform.

Jason Aldean, meantime, will reportedly perform the single “Let Your Boys Be Country” during tonight’s broadcast, less than a year after CMT previously banned the controversial “Try That in a Small Town” music video. Aldean’s performance marks his ninth time playing at the awards show.

Last week, CMT announced that Wilson, Sammy Hagar, Brooks & Dunn, Lukas Nelson, and Roger Clemens will also perform a tribute to Toby Keith, who died in February at 62.

Who Are the CMT Music Awards Presenters?

Along with Johnson, Moroney, and Jelly Roll, Amber Riley, Billy Bob Thornton, Carly Pearce, Cody Alan, Emily Osment, Emma Roberts, Gayle King, James Van Der Beek, Jane Seymour, Melissa Etheridge, Mickey Guyton, Minnie Driver, Montana Jordan, Parmalee, and Paul Walter Hauser have all been announced as some of the presenters at tonight’s CMT Awards.