CBS to air Nashville NYE show with Aldean, Wilson, Bailey Zimmerman

CBS will return to downtown Nashville on Dec. 31 with a five and a half hour New Year’s Eve broadcast headlined by Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman, the network announced Monday. New Year’s Eve Live Nashville’s Big Bash will be staged at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park and air live in the Eastern and Pacific time zones from 8 p.m. on Dec. 31 until 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 1, with a half hour break from 10 to 10:30 p.m. for local news. The special will also stream on Paramount’s services, and additional performers will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Country and gospel acts will share the bill, with 17-time Grammy winner CeCe Winans slated to appear alongside the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Producers said the show will include primarily live performances with some prerecorded sets. Music City locals and visitors will be able to attend many of the performances in person at the public stage on the Capitol Mall grounds free of charge.

The broadcast is produced by longtime Country Music Association Awards executive producer Robert Deaton and artist manager Mary Hilliard Harrington in partnership with Music City Inc., the nonprofit foundation of the Nashville Convention and...