Country music’s brightest stars will be honoring the legendary Dolly Parton this fall.
The concert special “CMA Presents I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton” will air Wednesday, October 21 at 9 p.m. on ABC, and will be available to stream the next day on Hulu.
Filmed live at Belmont University’s Fisher Center for the Performing Arts in Nashville, the two-hour event “will be a joyful, emotional celebration of the artist, songwriter, entertainer, humanitarian and entrepreneur whose music and generosity carried her from the mountains of east Tennessee into the hearts of generations around the world,” per the official description, “told through performances, archival footage and personal stories that trace her extraordinary journey to becoming one of the most beloved entertainers and philanthropists in American history.” Performers for the special will be announced at a later date.
Parton, a country music icon who went on to become a star of movies and TV as well, passed away in August at the age of 80 following “a brief battle with cancer,” her representatives said in a statement. Parton’s “9 to 5” co-stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin and fellow country star Reba McEntire were among those paying tribute to the singer following her death.
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- The Hulu documentary “The Swan: Behind the Mirror” will premiere Tuesday, September 29 on the streamer. The doc takes a hard look at the controversial Fox reality show “The Swan,” which offered cosmetic surgery to its contestants, interviewing “the women who went under the knife and the producers behind the show” and “revealing the complicated human stories behind one of reality TV’s most talked-about experiments.”
- CBS will broadcast “The JLo Show: Live in Las Vegas,” a two-hour film chronicling Jennifer Lopez’s 2025 Sin City residency, on Thursday, November 26 at 8 p.m. The special also will stream on Paramount+, which will offer an extended version.
- HBO has released the full trailer for the drama series “War” (premiering Thursday, October 1 at 9 p.m.), starring Dominic West and Sienna Miller as a high-profile couple in the midst of an ugly divorce:
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