CMT's parent company, Paramount also cancelled a handful of other award shows for "optimization" and "reimagining."

It was announced that the 2025 CMT Awards have been canceled. Officially the show is on a “pause” because parent company, Paramount Global, has agreed to a merger with Skydance Media and the deal won’t close for another couple months.

(Photo by Erika Goldring/ for CMT) for CMT The CMT Awards will not take place in 2025 as the merger between its parent company, Paramount Global, and Skydance Media continues. The country music award show joins several others,

The CMT Awards won’t air in 2025. In fact, country’s biggest night is one of several major award shows that were cancelled this year. The Hollywood Reporter reports how the ceremony — along with the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choices Awards Mexico and the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) — was a casualty of Paramount Global’s merger with David Ellison’s Skydance Media.