Especially for the 50th anniversary of the American Music Awardsa two-hour throwback special, will air on Sunday, October 6, in the time slot that was to fill the 2024 AMAs. That show has been moved up to May 2025. It will be the first annual AMAs since the one that aired on the 20 November 2022 hosted by Wayne Brady.
CBS and Dick Clark Productions announced on April 26 that the 2024 AMAs will air in the October 6 time slot. It would be the series' debut on CBS after nearly 50 years on ABC. Instead, the AMAs franchise will debut on CBS with an anniversary special that promises to be more ambitious than a typical clip show.
Especially for the 50th anniversary of the American Music Awards will feature new performances, artist interviews, special guests and exclusive never-before-seen footage from DCP's extensive archives.
The program will feature themed highlights from the AMAs' extensive broadcast archives, each culminating in an original performance or artist interview. Segments will look at the progression of specific artists and genres at the AMAs, as well as award and performance milestones. The shows, created just for Especially for the 50th anniversary of the American Music Awards, will feature collaborations, debuts from today's top stars and appearances from AMA legends. Performers will be announced in the coming weeks.
The special will air simultaneously on both coasts, from 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET/5:00-7:00 p.m. PT on CBS and broadcast on Paramount+ Especially for the 50th anniversary of the American Music Awards Produced by Dick Clark Productions.
ABC aired a special anniversary edition of the American Music Awards in 1993. Kenny Rogers hosted the two-hour program.
Nominees for the AMAs are based on key fan interactions as reflected in the Advertising sign charts – including streaming, album sales, song sales and radio.
The AMAs were created in 1973 as an alternative for fans of the Grammys. The first two live Grammy telecasts in March 1971 and March 1972 aired on ABC. When the Grammys moved to CBS for the March 1973 telecast, ABC looked for a show to fill that void and went with the fan-based Dick Clark Show.
In December 1973, Clark was working the first AMAs, which would begin on February 19, 1974. The veteran producer knew a little publicity couldn't hurt, so he made time for an interview with Advertising signby Bob Kirsch which ran on the front page of the December 15, 1973 issue under the headline “ABC-TV Slates Favorite Acts' Awards Feb. 19.”
At the end of the piece, Clark tried to take a long view of his fledgling show and said, “If this is done right, we might have a show that lasts 20 years and finally gets the general public involved in the pop music awards. . “
Clark underestimated the longevity of his own creation. Next year's AMAs will be the 51st. (There were two performances in 2003 and none in 2023 or 2024.)
This first performance in 1974 lasted just 90 minutes. It has been allocated three hours for many years, although the length of the 2025 show has not been announced. The show for its first five years had a narrow focus on three broad genres – pop/rock, soul/R&B and country. It now recognizes many more genres, including hip-hop, Latin, inspirational, gospel, Afrobeats and K-pop.
But, for the most part, the vision Clark outlined to Kirsch in 1973 still guides the show.
“This is perhaps the first time that a major effort has been made to test the public musical taste of the US through popular vote. … To date, we have received an extremely favorable response from those in the music industry we have spoken to about the show. They seem delighted at the opportunity to be honored by the music-buying public.”
Helen Reddy, Smokey Robinson and Roger Miller co-hosted that first show – each representing one of the three main genres. Reddy, who was hot at the time, was also the inaugural winner of Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist.
A master showman, Clarke was a legend in both music and television. He received a Trustees Award from the Recording Academy in 1990 and was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1992. He died in 2012 at the age of 82.
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