Hot 20 Countdown: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

CMT Hot 20 Countdown is a weekly live music video show that counts down the twenty most popular country music videos. The show features a live audience, in-studio performances, and interviews. It premiered January 5, 2013, on CMT and airs Saturday mornings from 9 A.M. to 12 Noon. It replaced the long running Top Twenty Countdown that aired from 2001–12 and is similar to CMT Most Wanted Live, which aired from 2001–04 and featured a live daily countdown.

Series details

• Title: Hot 20 Countdown
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Genres: Music
• Premiere date: 2013-01-05
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: CMT
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 177 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9532
• TVDB ID: 289343

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 2013: premiered 2013-01-05; final listed air date 2013-12-28.
• Season 2014: premiered 2014-01-11; final listed air date 2014-12-27.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-01-10; final listed air date 2016-01-09.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-01-16; final listed air date 2016-12-24; episode order: 50.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-01-07; final listed air date 2017-09-23.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hot 20 Countdown on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.