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Tony Awards Extends CBS Broadcast Agreement Through 2032
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The Tony Awards have extended their broadcast agreement with CBS through 2032, extending a partnership that began in 1978. The deal gives the Broadway ceremony a continuing platform on network television and streaming.
The 80th annual awards will air live to both US coasts on CBS and stream on Paramount+ Premium on 13 June 2027. The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League announced the agreement with CBS; Raj Kapoor, Sarah Levine Hall and Jack Sussman are set to produce the 2027 show, with further details to come.
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In short
- CBS will broadcast the Tonys through 2032.
- The partnership began in 1978.
- The 80th ceremony is set for 13 June 2027.
How this story developed
- 44 minutes ago The Tony Awards has extended its broadcast agreement with CBS through 2032, continuing a partnership that has lasted 48 years. The deal keeps Broadway’s major awards ceremony on the network and provides a long-term platform for performances and recognition of theatre.
- 54 minutes ago The Tony Awards have extended their broadcast agreement with CBS through 2032, extending a partnership that began in 1978. The deal gives the Broadway ceremony a continuing platform on network television and streaming.
Full account
The Tony Awards will remain on CBS through 2032 under a renewed broadcast agreement announced by the network and the ceremony’s organisers, the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League. The extension continues a relationship that began in 1978 and has lasted 48 years. One report describes the agreement as a five-year deal; the parties have not otherwise provided further terms in the accounts cited here.
The renewal also sets the broadcaster for the 80th Tony Awards, due to air live across the United States on Sunday, 13 June 2027. CBS and the premium tier of Paramount+ are named as the platforms. One report gives an 8 p.m. Eastern / 5 p.m. Pacific start time and says the ceremony will be at Radio City Music Hall. Another says the venue has yet to be announced, while noting that Radio City Music Hall is the usual location.
The organisers said the agreement would carry their partnership into the awards’ 80th anniversary year and allow the ceremony to continue presenting Broadway performances to a broad audience. CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach also welcomed the extension, describing the Tonys as part of the network’s history of arts programming. The joint venture of the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League produces the awards.
Raj Kapoor, Sarah Levine Hall and Jack Sussman are scheduled to produce the 2027 ceremony, with Kapoor and Levine Hall as co-showrunners. Patrick Menton and Rob Paine will be co-executive producers, and Menton will also lead talent. The reports place the renewal amid changes in where other major awards shows are broadcast or streamed, though they differ in which moves they highlight. Further details about the 80th ceremony are expected in the coming weeks.
Where outlets differ
From the full account, which is AI-written from the sources:
One report calls the agreement a five-year deal; the others state only that it runs through 2032.
The reports give different levels of certainty about the 2027 venue: one names Radio City Music Hall, while another says it has not been announced and notes it is the ceremony’s usual venue.
The first report says the ceremony will stream on Paramount+ Premium in the US but omits a start time and venue. The second gives the time and venue; the third says it will stream on Paramount+ and gives no start time.
Their context differs: one focuses on the long CBS relationship, another calls it the longest-running major awards show and network partnership, and the third discusses leadership uncertainty, recent ratings and moves by other awards shows.