The 55th annual Academy of Country Music Awards has officially been postponed as a result of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
“The ACM Awards is a tentpole event for our country music industry, and the Academy of Country Music and Dick Clark Productions went to great lengths to find a safe solution for the show to go on so that we can honor our artist community,” Damon Whiteside, CEO of the Academy of Country Music, said via statement.
Last April’s broadcast of the Academy of Country Music Awards delivered nearly 10 million total viewers along with a 1.6 demo rating for CBS, down 10 and 24 percent from the year prior yet still dominating that Sunday night in both measures.
Among major awards shows televised in the past 12 months, in total audience the ACMAs only trailed the Oscars, the Golden Globes and the CMA Awards, while outdrawing the Emmys, Tonys and American Music Awards.