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CMA Awards 2016: Watch Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley discuss plans for the show

Carrie Underwood will perform at the 2017 Grammy Awards. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for CMT)

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Carrie Underwood will perform at the 2017 Grammy Awards. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for CMT)
By Melissa Ruggieri
Nov 2, 2016

BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene

When the 50th annual CMA Awards air tonight at 8 on ABC (and you can bet the show organizers are just thrilled to be going up against the biggest Game 7 of a World Series in years), Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley will again serve as amiable hosts and fill the night with mildly hokey humor and clever songs.

Hear what the pair had to say about steering the show this year - and here are three things to note about this year's show:

And check out what Macon native Jason Aldean has planned with country legends Brooks & Dunn:

About the Author

Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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