The American Music Awards Found a new long -term home on CBS and Paramount+. The Music Awards ceremony produced by Dick Clark Productions will be broadcast on the Paramount-owned network and stream on its platform as part of a new partnership by 2030.
Amas will broadcast its 52nd edition on Memorial Day Weekend 2026 from Las Vegas. More information about TeleCast will be revealed at a later date.
2025 AMAS reached over 10 million unique viewers over its CBS premiere May 26 (Memorial Day) and Encores on MTV (May 27), CMT (May 28) and bet (May 29). The CBS broadcast marked the show’s largest audience since 2019 with a +38% increase during its last live which was broadcast in 2022 at ABC. CBS previously broadcast a 50th anniversary special, entitled “American Music Awards 50th anniversary special”, in October 2024, shortly after the rights for the show switched hand from ABC to CBS.
Despite declining viewers for price exhibitions, 2025 AMA was up-digit percentages from the 2022 Live show, with 2025 91% emerge among adults 18-34, 23% among adults 18-49 and 16% among adults 25-54.
The news also comes when CBS prepares to log out as the broadcasting home for Grammys, which will set up Disney store from 2027, after 54 years in a row which will be broadcast on CBS.
2025 AMA hosted at the brand new Luxury Luxury Fontainebleau Las Vegas with Emmcee Jennifer Lopez. She returned as a host for the first time in ten years and opened the show with a medley of 23 of the biggest hits of the year.
Performances included the recipient of the Icon Award Janet Jackson, Alex Warren, Becky G and Manuel Turizo, Benson Boone, Blake Shelton, Gloria Estefan, Gwen Stefani, Lainey Wilson, Reneé Rapp and Lifetime Achievement Award Award Rod Stewart.
