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How the Academy of Country Music Awards Switched to a Unifying Evening Amid a Pandemic

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A little over a month ago,the Academy of Country Music Awardswere still set to take place in Las Vegas on April 5 for what was billed as "country’s biggest party of the year." Then the world came crashing down as the coronavirus pandemic spread across the globe and all live events came to a halt.

A party was the last thing on anyone’s mind. With some nimble thinking by the Academy, producer dick clark productions and CBS and the major help of technology, the show will still go on Sunday night, but in a different form as ACM Presents: Our Country.

The two-hour program, which will air on CBS at 8 p.m. ET, will feature more than 20 country artists—many of whom were already slated to appear on the ACM Awards —performing from their homes.

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