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2015 ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
April 19, 2015  | By David Bianculli

CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET

 

Blake Shelton, who has parlayed his judging sessions on NBC’s The Voice into a second career as a comfortably casual, telegenic “good old boy,” once again co-hosts this performance-heavy CMA party with Luke Bryan. If you’re having a hard time conjuring the image of Bryan, but know instantly what Shelton looks and acts like, that’s my point exactly. On this stage each year, they goof around like good-natured bickering brothers – the same act Shelton works so well with Adam Levine on The Voice. This is the event’s golden anniversary, and this live telecast is loaded with major-name talent for the occasion (performers include Garth Brooks, Miranda Lambert, Reba, George Strait, Keith Urban, and Florida Georgia Line). It even takes place in a fittingly oversized venue: the stadium home of the Dallas Cowboys.

 
 
 
 
 
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