With the 2025 CMT Music Awards done away with due to budget cuts (at least for this year), CMT is filling that vacuum with a sort of "best of." For what would have been the event's 20th anniversary, CMT has announced the 90-minute special, "CMT Music Awards: Ultimate Party Edition." It will feature some of the most memorable performances from the last two decades of the award show, along with new interviews with stars like Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Cody Johnson, Cole Swindell, Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Little Big Town and Luke Bryan. Cody Alan hosts; the special airs on Thursday, July 17th at 9 pm ET/PT on CMT.