Taylor Swift Is One Of Barbara Walters' Most Fascinating People

Watch the promo on ABC World News Sunday.

Make Holiday Memories With Your Favorite Country Stars

Enjoy the magic of the holidays with your favorite Country stars, as they perform classic Christmas songs and share their treasured holiday memories.

It’s a night of celebration guaranteed to get you in the spirit! “CMA Country Christmas” comes to ABC this Monday, Dec. 2 at 9|8c, hosted by Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles.

Behind the scenes:

Relive June 6-9

If you missed The Ultimate Country Music Fan Experience this year or if you're going through CMA Fest withdrawals, take a look at CMA's extensive photo gallery from the 2013 CMA Music Festival with almost 3,000 photos and relive the best four days of the summer.

The live streams of the CMA Close Up stage are also available for playback. Watch as George Jones' wife Nancy, his tour manager Bobby Birkhead, Jamey Johnson, Randy Travis and John Rich share memories about the Possum . See what fans experienced during Lady A Day after the group cut the ribbon to AT&T U-verse Fan Fair X and answered questions from fans before performing a few songs for the crowd.

Other videos include heritage panels from the 70s, 80s and 90s, two interviews and performances with Ronnie Dunn and Wynonna, and a CMA Songwriters Series with Bob DiPiero, Kristian Bush and Brett James.

Check out other media from CMA through Instagram, plus photos from fans using the #CMAfest hashtag at the Live at the Fest page.

Back From Hiatus, "Nashville" Continues To Compete

"Since its launch last fall, ABC’s highly hyped “Nashville” has gone from drama series about the music industry to a wild and crazy soap opera, with the music industry sometimes involved."

Hayden Panettiere and Connie Britton sat down with the women from The View and Jonathan Jackson, Charles Esten, and Clare Bowen & Sam Palladio performed.

Watch the four clips from the show below and get more at The View!

CMA Country Christmas Is Tonight

Make holiday memories with your favorite Country stars as host Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland is joined on ABC-TV by The Band Perry, Dierks Bentley, Colbie Caillat, Katherine Jenkins, Lady Antebellum, John Legend, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Scotty McCreery and Keith Urban.

The night will be full of amazing performances and shared memories. Find out what Christmas was like in Australia for Keith Urban, the outrageous Christmas gift The Band Perry received when they were kids, what Jennifer Nettles expects with a new addition to her family. 



You can also text CHRISTMAS to 66937 for a show reminder sent right to your phone.  



Share your comments with @CountryMusic tonight on Twitter using hashtag #CMAChristmas.

ABC-TV's "Nashville" Gets A Full Season

ABC-TV has ordered nine additional episodes of Nashville, bringing it to a full-season of 22.

Big Machine will release the show's soundtrack Dec. 11.

The album features music performed by the cast, which so far has sold more than 500,000 digital downloads.

ABC Sweeps Thursday Night with its Broadcast of “The 46th Annual CMA Awards”

With its broadcast of “The 46th Annual CMA Awards,” ABC won Thursday night, beating out runner-up CBS by 7% in Total Viewers (13.6 million vs. 12.7 million) and by 19% in Adults 18-49 (3.8/10 vs. 3.2/9).  ABC ranked No. 1 in 5 of 6 half-hours of the night in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.  In fact the Network swept the evening, finishing No. 1 in Viewers and all key Adult demos (AD18-34/AD18-49/AD25-54), while standing as the highest-rated broadcaster in Teens 12-17 and Kids 2-11.

Please note: ABC’s “CMA Awards” telecast moved from its traditional Wednesday night airing to Thursday this year.  Also, due to the ongoing impact of Sandy with continuing power outages and preemptions in the east, year-to-year comparisons for the “CMA Awards” are not valid apples-to-apples comparisons.

ABC marked its most-watched non-sports Thursday in well over 3 years and delivered its top non-sports Adult 18-49 number on the evening in nearly 2-1/2 years – since 9/24/09 and 5/20/10, respectively.

The Net scored its highest Adult 18-49 number on any night this season.

A note about increasing DVR penetration (you can watch the whole show online) and year-to-year rating comparisons: Year-to-year rating comparisons based on the Live + Same Day data stream are distorted by the level of DVR penetration in the Nielsen sample, which has jumped up to 46% currently, from 43% at the same point in 2011. More viewers are watching shows on their own timetables, which may not be reflected in the overnight next-day numbers. The only truly valid year-to-year comparison would be one based on the Live + 7 Day metric, once those stats are released by Nielsen.

Source: The Nielsen Company, Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings, 11/01/12.

Contacts: Jeff Lindsey (818) 460-5095 jeffrey.s.lindsey@disney.com / Salima Merchant (818) 460-6847 salima.merchant@disney.com / Pons Rongavilla (818) 460-5615 ponciano.rongavilla@disney.com

Preview The Pilot: "Nashville"

Big Machine Label Group will have four songs placed in the first episode of the new ABC drama Nashville.

The songs include "Even If It Breaks Your Heart" (Eli Young Band), "Did It For The Girl" (Greg Bates), "Too Good To Be True" (Edens Edge), and "Small Town USA" (Justin Moore). Nashville premieres Wednesday, October 10th on ABC, but you can watch the pilot now on ABC.com.

 Be sure to watch each week for more songs placed throughout each episode of the series.